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The Atlas Six
by Olivie Blake
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 4 stars
The Atlas Six is an Adult Fantasy book about six individuals, chosen by Altas, as the initiates for the Alexandrian Society, where only five can continue on.
I got a beautiful edition of this book from Fairyloot’s first adult box and it is absolutely gorgeous! I couldn’t wait to start reading this book, which I did!
It took me quite a while to finish this book, over three weeks, and that when I can read 1000+ books in two days… honestly, this book was a bit frustrating for me. I wanted so much more that I didn’t get. I just couldn’t get into the story which made it so much harder to pick this book up and continue reading.
The world-building, albeit still a bit confusing for me (what’s the difference between a witch and median?) was really interesting. The magic woven into our world, like an urban fantasy was something I liked. Kinda made me want to have powers and be able to go to a university for magic haha.
The writing itself was really, really slow. When you have six characters that all get their own POV’s, usually a story just follows along. In this case scenes or moments often overlapped in the chapters from different POV’s, which made the story quite slow. Often times, scenes were written twice and then suddenly a time jump from a few weeks or even months happened which wasn’t always smooth. It made reading this book just slow.
This book is 100% character driven, as not much happens story wise. Honestly, when I was about 200 pages in, I was still confused as to what was going to happen or in which direction the story was going. The characters were learning and studying, but not a lot of it is seen. Some conversations they have were very theoretical/scientific sometimes and I sometimes required me to read the passage again to understand what they were saying. Because of the character-driven way the book is written and the slow pacing, the stakes just weren’t high and thus it didn’t really make me want to keep on reading. I could easily put the book down and just start another (which I did whoops).
The characters themselves though, were really interesting to learn. The different vibes they each give off and the different ways they interact is really interesting to read. Not all characters were really likeable (not a fan of Parisa and Callum, while I love Libby and Nico) they did grow on me. The way they interact with each other does change, especially towards the end and it makes me really curious to see how they’ll grow together in the second book. I did think not all characters got an equal opportunity to grow. Reina is a character for example that I can’t really pinpoint and it feels like she was mostly on the side this whole time. I would’ve liked to see more of her.
Towards the last 100 pages, the stakes really do become higher and the pacing picks up. From that point on I was totally emerged into this book and couldn’t stop reading. I was shocked to read the reveal, it was so cleverly thought out! I hadn’t seen that reveal coming and I loved that shocked feeling it gave me!
Overall, I did enjoy this book. it is really interesting, but you have to be aware that the pacing is really slow and the story is very character driven. Other than that, it is very detailed and super intriguing.
The Atlas Six is an Adult Fantasy book about six individuals, chosen by Altas, as the initiates for the Alexandrian Society, where only five can continue on.
I got a beautiful edition of this book from Fairyloot’s first adult box and it is absolutely gorgeous! I couldn’t wait to start reading this book, which I did!
It took me quite a while to finish this book, over three weeks, and that when I can read 1000+ books in two days… honestly, this book was a bit frustrating for me. I wanted so much more that I didn’t get. I just couldn’t get into the story which made it so much harder to pick this book up and continue reading.
The world-building, albeit still a bit confusing for me (what’s the difference between a witch and median?) was really interesting. The magic woven into our world, like an urban fantasy was something I liked. Kinda made me want to have powers and be able to go to a university for magic haha.
The writing itself was really, really slow. When you have six characters that all get their own POV’s, usually a story just follows along. In this case scenes or moments often overlapped in the chapters from different POV’s, which made the story quite slow. Often times, scenes were written twice and then suddenly a time jump from a few weeks or even months happened which wasn’t always smooth. It made reading this book just slow.
This book is 100% character driven, as not much happens story wise. Honestly, when I was about 200 pages in, I was still confused as to what was going to happen or in which direction the story was going. The characters were learning and studying, but not a lot of it is seen. Some conversations they have were very theoretical/scientific sometimes and I sometimes required me to read the passage again to understand what they were saying. Because of the character-driven way the book is written and the slow pacing, the stakes just weren’t high and thus it didn’t really make me want to keep on reading. I could easily put the book down and just start another (which I did whoops).
The characters themselves though, were really interesting to learn. The different vibes they each give off and the different ways they interact is really interesting to read. Not all characters were really likeable (not a fan of Parisa and Callum, while I love Libby and Nico) they did grow on me. The way they interact with each other does change, especially towards the end and it makes me really curious to see how they’ll grow together in the second book. I did think not all characters got an equal opportunity to grow. Reina is a character for example that I can’t really pinpoint and it feels like she was mostly on the side this whole time. I would’ve liked to see more of her.
Towards the last 100 pages, the stakes really do become higher and the pacing picks up. From that point on I was totally emerged into this book and couldn’t stop reading. I was shocked to read the reveal, it was so cleverly thought out! I hadn’t seen that reveal coming and I loved that shocked feeling it gave me!
Overall, I did enjoy this book. it is really interesting, but you have to be aware that the pacing is really slow and the story is very character driven. Other than that, it is very detailed and super intriguing.