A review by rizbee
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

3.5

i’m not sure how i feel about this. it definitely wasn’t what i was expecting. this book had a great concept in my opinion. however, it could have been executed better. so much of the writing and dialogue sounds soooo pretentious (which to some extent i get given the setting of the book but come on). parts of this dragged where nothing happened and the characters weren’t worth investing in. but then the last third of the book takes a turn that’s actually interesting! it’s a good set up for a sequel; i’m just a bit sad that this one fell pretty flat for me. the extra .5 comes from purely the last few chapters which is a bit sad. otherwise i think i’d have been pretty neutral on this. 

overall, i’m a bit disappointed with the characters which is sad because i love a character driven novel. i didn’t feel connected to really any of them, and their connections and interactions with each other felt so forced and underwhelming (maybe with the exception of nico and libby). 

i’ll probably read the sequel but maybe i’ll take a break to recover from a bit of a letdown.