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A review by beccabookshelf
The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake
4.0
☆ 4 Stars - 7.71 CAWPILE
This book put me into quite the reading slump about halfway through. Usually I finish books within 7 days of starting them when they're this length. However this book took me 102 days to read from start to finish. I really loved the characters that Olivie created and wanted to know more about them after reading Atlas Six however really struggled to hit that vibe with this book. I had to force myself to pick it up and read more on multiple occassions which really sucks and had me almost DNFing this book.
Olivie's writing is often very lengthily worded and information heavy, I often feel like a need a thesaurus next to me whilst reading. That hadn't turned me off whilst reading Atlas Six, however this time around it got very tiring to read very quickly for me. However the way she writes is beautiful and so intricately detailed, so definitely not on my cons list, just seemed too much for me at this point in time.
Bouncing between multiple POVs is usually fun for me, yet this time felt very jarring most times we swapped characters since they were often in completely different sub-plots. This meant that I spent quite a lot of time adjusting to each perspective rather than really being in it.
The story really picked up for me within the last hundred or so pages as the characters were more intertwined whilst resolving our plot. I really ended up enjoying the book and am still interested in reading the next book in the series however it's sitting shy of the 5 stars I gave it's predecessor.
This book put me into quite the reading slump about halfway through. Usually I finish books within 7 days of starting them when they're this length. However this book took me 102 days to read from start to finish. I really loved the characters that Olivie created and wanted to know more about them after reading Atlas Six however really struggled to hit that vibe with this book. I had to force myself to pick it up and read more on multiple occassions which really sucks and had me almost DNFing this book.
Olivie's writing is often very lengthily worded and information heavy, I often feel like a need a thesaurus next to me whilst reading. That hadn't turned me off whilst reading Atlas Six, however this time around it got very tiring to read very quickly for me. However the way she writes is beautiful and so intricately detailed, so definitely not on my cons list, just seemed too much for me at this point in time.
Bouncing between multiple POVs is usually fun for me, yet this time felt very jarring most times we swapped characters since they were often in completely different sub-plots. This meant that I spent quite a lot of time adjusting to each perspective rather than really being in it.
The story really picked up for me within the last hundred or so pages as the characters were more intertwined whilst resolving our plot. I really ended up enjoying the book and am still interested in reading the next book in the series however it's sitting shy of the 5 stars I gave it's predecessor.