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The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake
4.0
I’m taking a Children’s Literature class right now, and, as you might imagine, we talk a lot about the past, and what it’s like to interact with the “childly” as adults, about nostalgia. This quote in particular stuck with me, so I want to share it.
“We can’t help clinging to our origins, Callum said. The past always seems more ordered, Rhodes. It always seems clearer, more straightforward, easier to understand. We have a craving for it, that sense of simplicity, but only an idiot would ever chase the past, because our perception of it is false—it was never that the world was simple. Just that in retrospect it could be known, and therefore understood.”
Makes you think, which I appreciate when books do. And “The Atlas Paradox” does, in fact, make me think, so I really enjoyed it.
“We can’t help clinging to our origins, Callum said. The past always seems more ordered, Rhodes. It always seems clearer, more straightforward, easier to understand. We have a craving for it, that sense of simplicity, but only an idiot would ever chase the past, because our perception of it is false—it was never that the world was simple. Just that in retrospect it could be known, and therefore understood.”
Makes you think, which I appreciate when books do. And “The Atlas Paradox” does, in fact, make me think, so I really enjoyed it.
The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni
2.0
It took me a LONG time to finish this book, but the ending at least helped tie everything together for me.
This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi
4.0
The writing is beautiful, and the characters are well-developed and interesting. This is a promising start to a series. I hope the journey continues to pick up speed.