A review by djm_chal
The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

What did I just finish, and why the hell was I crying so much?!?! This is probably going to be a bit all over the place as I feel I have not enough but at the same time too many words to try and describe my thoughts and feelings on this. (Probably doesn't help that I'm writing this at approx. 2am)

That ending was very confusing and unsatisfactory. I thought the first two books were fine, a bit confusing, and filled with lots of unlikeable characters, but interesting enough to keep me reading so I needed to see how it ended.
In the last couple of sections of this book, I just kept hoping that what was happening wasn't real because my favorite characters, Nico and Callum, died while everyone else seemed to be making stupid decisions. Then the chapter where Tristan is seeing all these different possible scenarios (which I think were alternate universes?) had me very confused.
I just kept being baffled by the decisions these characters were making, and some of them just straight up felt pointless ~cough, cough~ Reina. Even with all that I somehow didn't hate the book, but was definitely left with more questions.
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