It's been a long time since I read the Atlas Six (which I should have reread before starting the sequel) so it is hard to compare it to the first. Overall, I really enjoyed this book!

It is definitely a bit slower to get through than most books because it has so much highly intellectual writing, which could also be described as pretentious. Because of the prose and concepts discussed, sometimes I found it hard to follow the story or 100% understand the plot. However, this is definitely a character driven story and I feel like the quality here that most people like is just the overall vibes, which is the most fun aspect of this series. 

In the first book, I feel like a lot more of the story centered around Libby and Nico, and in this book we got a lot more insight into Tristan and Callum, mostly their backgrounds and you start to see them recognize and understand their flaws further. I felt like this book made me care about the characters even more, all six, and I liked all of the characters a lot more, even when they aren't necessarily the nicest or greatest people. I would say the biggest growth came from Libby

who now has completely shed her moral objections

and Tristan. 

I was invested from the beginning and I liked how the plot twisted and turned. There's still a lot of mysteries that are not revealed, especially about the Society and even further the character of Atlas. to I'm curious to see how the next book progresses based on the ending of this one.