A review by bibliorama
The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Enjoyment - 4.5
Start - 4

Characters - 4.5
I found these characters fairly complex and they have interesting dynamics between each other. There's this overarching tenseness between everyone where I can never quite tell if they hate each other or love each other. Jury is still out on that.
My order of enjoyment:
  1. Libby (I feel like we get the most from her)
  2. Tristan (though he took time to climb this list)
  3. Nico (though I can't quite pin his and Libby's relationship  down on what exactly it is, but I find it the most interesting)
  4. Parisa (she's interesting and likes to cause some chaos which I think could be pushed even further)
  5. Callum (similar to Parisa but even more so on the chaos scale)
  6. Reina (I want to like Reina more but she has the least amount of action going on)

Atmosphere - 3.5
I would like the book to have more. The characters don't think much on their settings.

Plot - 2
There is no plot. It's characters ruminating on ideas and talking to each other. There are maybe 3 to 4 true plot events (them accepting, the break in, a threesome event thing, and the ending). Everything else is mostly happening in the background or the past or just being told.  I didn't mind this read being character diolog and thought heavy since the characters are the most interesting part of the book, but if you aren't intrigued or in love with the characters pretty early on this book will probably disappoint you.

Ending - 4.5
I like the direction we're headed in.

Style - 4.5

Overall - 4