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The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

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ashleyreads88's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

The Atlas Six is nothing like I have ever read before. It's about a secret society, knowledge, and power. The six characters selected have different abilities and two of the characters (Libby and Nico) already know each other. I loved seeing Libby and Nico's complex relationship develop. There were so many things that happened in the book but the story was easy to follow and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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taranightreader's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

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chluless's review against another edition

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Plot- or character-driven? Character
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

Does it have issues? Absolutely. Can I understand why some hate it? Yes. It’s not (as booktok claims) adjacent to The Secret History, not even close. But I LOVED this book for its vibes and my enjoyment - and I hope its potential comes to fruition as the series progresses.

If not, I will happily read the books anyway. These characters with all their messy issues have me in a chokehold. It’s overdramatic and it’s fun.

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blessjessmess's review against another edition

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dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I understand the mixed reviews on this book. Its definitely not for everyone. This book is dark academia and an alternate universe where magic users are a normal part of society and society reflects magic in all aspects of the world.

OF COURSE, if magic were commonplace, it would find itself being used corruptly in finance, politics, and crime.

But what I really loved about this book is that this books main theme revolves around information. How information is weaponized against those without the means to access it. How the more information you know you realize theres so much you don't know. How easily information can be altered and how that can have dire consequences. How censorship hurts the entire population. And how information is power and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

I held off on a 5 simply because the first book (the intro book, if you will) of a series should never be its best, which means I have high expectations for the upcoming 3rd in the series.
- I, personally, loved this book. It's a bit meta in the most original way I've seen any genre meta book written before, so I really enjoyed that.
- I liked that each character was well rounded, and time was spent on developing the entire cast in the novel.
- This book is incredibly cerebral, but I love cerebral fiction so that's a win for me.
This book basically said F*** the Hero's Journey and took its on path....and I really respect that.

kaziaroo's review against another edition

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Six spectacularly unlikeable people plot against each other (while also sleeping with each other) and explore the secrets of time and space through magic. Even that uninspired summary makes the book sound more interesting than it is. The book tries desperately to make you think everything it says is clever, but it's just not; the descriptions of science and magic felt like dry nonsense and the characters aren't nearly as deep and interesting as the amount of time spent in their heads implies. I read a good chunk (nearly two thirds) but ultimately decided it wasn't worth a minute more of my time and just read a plot summary online instead. Not worth the paper it's written on.

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hannahcstocks's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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fruitbatflora's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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abbyycadabbyy's review against another edition

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adventurous dark slow-paced

3.0

I had really high hopes for this book, and I was disappointed. I thought that the book was going to be a lot different then it was.

When people said that the characters were "competing to be in the school" I was thinking like physically competing. I thought the book was going to be kinda A Court of Thornes and Roses vibes with the challenges. To be honest I don't really feel like they were competing.

This kinda goes along with the "competing" thing, but this book was SO slow. I feel like the book was way too long and had way too much random info dumping. Like the characters would talk about the molecular build of something and that would take up like 20 minutes. Like I took chemistry I don't need to relearn it. I don't know that was like extremely boring.

I didn't really like any of the characters. The only character I kinda liked was Prisa. Even then, I felt like she was annoying because all she would talk about was how she knew how to get into a man's pants so that they would give her information. I didn't like that at all. She could be really smart if she actually tried, but instead she resorted to sleeping with people.

I am going to be so for real I don't think I would have finished this if I wasn't listening to the audiobook. I also don't know how I am going to get through the second book.

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weltengaengerin's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Not going to lie: the booknhad me hooked and turning page afzer page until I finished it.

BUT it also left me unsatisfied and wanting. There was a lot of potential and fun ideas but none of it was really well executed.

There was very little grey, i. e. characters were portrayed very black-and-white. They also all were very edgy and non-conformist and still managed to lack depth and come across very tropey. Which is sad as there is very limited actual plot and mostly a character study and hence the characters remaining so flat despite us getting so much insight and information on them is frustrating.

Alsonsome characters are just annoying in the relationships they have. Specifically the one who feels he needs to protect and solce his best friends problems all on his own. Very annoying and unbelievable.

We also get very little in terms of actual studying. Just some pseudo philosophical stuff sprinkled throughout the pages that wants to be thought provoking but is more embarassing.

Also everyone is on and on about all the benefits and what they get from the fellowship but to me as a reader the actual motivarion / benefits are only believable / clear to me for maybe 2 of the characters.

So yeah. Loved the idea, fell in love with the potential of the story but was disappointed by the execution.

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centrifugepolitics's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

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