A review by mad_ds
The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

4.0

wow! okay overall, i enjoyed this read!! a fun, dark academia feel. i definitely found it making me think (philosophical stuff, science things, and all about and around the characters). i also really enjoyed the author’s style! i will be investing in the next installment hehe~ 
on the characters end, for the most part i enjoyed all of them. these are some messy, fascinating people. i found all of them intriguing except reina, (who i hope will have some growth in the next book and redeem herself to me). i think the hard part is there was not a lot of character growth… we learned about them but their was very little change considering everything going down in the house?? (if you’ve read the book you know.) side note: sexual tension is not character growth okay? grr. i understood parisa’s piece but other times/people i was just like… what? i feel like the author definitely tried to show growth/the changing thought process but libby was the only one that i saw internal shift in. for everyone else, their thought process was very repetitive as we reached the end of the book. that was disappointing because i think the set up for characters like callum, nico, parisa, tristan ect. have so much potential! because i DID like learning about them and reading their thoughts!! they just needed as a character to develop more. again the problem with reina: she was so one dimensional!! i wanted to like her, but we did not get to know her? and i was confused why she stayed with the alexandrian society… like ‘knowledge you can’t get anywhere else’, yes, but WHY. for WHAT PURPOSE FOR HER SPECIFICALLY. as i see it, her power is plot relevant and so the author just tied her in but didn’t give her dimension, motive, ect. idk… sad :( don’t get me wrong: i still enjoyed them!! just felt there could have been so much more. 
plot! while it starts out simple enough, as the story progresses you find yourself trying to unravel the pieces and the plot builds and draws in some side plots i personally found fascinating. there were  twists and turns and a couple times i almost SCREAMED cause i was like, “what! wait! ah! how!”  which i always think is a good sign hehe. in all honesty, reading through i was engrossed in the story and just enjoying it. looking back and reading through some helpful reviews, i can now say there were a lot of plot holes which are *now* bothering me but whilst i read were primarily not an issue.  so do with that what you will. 
in the end i enjoyed the atlas six and am excited to see where the next installment takes both the characters and the plot! 
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