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A review by melcanread
The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake
4.5
I found that I had the hardest time figuring out what I wanted to rate this book. I thoroughly enjoyed my time with the characters and such, enough for me to buy the next two books in the series, but I did find myself struggling to stay engaged. I truly doubt that it was the book's fault - I think I just wasn't in the right mindset to pick up something halfway intelligent when I did, but we're here now, and it was quite a journey.
Blake had written some of these characters a little too well, if I'm going to be honest with you, because I found myself absolutely loathing the majority of them. Every single one of them was perfectly flawed and problematic in some capacity, and some characters (some more than others) needed a right punch to the jaw.
But this, I feel, is always a testament to the writing skills of the author, and how they can make me feel so infuriated with a character I would like to do some physical damage. And Blake captured it all so magnificently, it was truly an incredible and fun read, even if I did need to take breaks from the novel to lower my blood pressure.
The world was so well thought out and built that I didn't feel like I had any unanswered questions or found any plot holes. Or rather, as much as the first book in a series will give you. Naturally, I have questions about the plot, but I feel like Blake's attention to detail will have all my questions answered by the time I end the third book. I'm sure I'll be satisfied with whatever she ends with, right? Right?
I think the only reason why it might be missing 0.5 of a star is just because of how slowly I got through it, and thus, I feel like this is a purely emotional response rather than a logical one, if that makes any sense? I think this was the right book at the wrong time, and so it took me a long time to get through it just because, for some reason, I hadn't actually prepared myself for the level of intellectualism this book expected me to have when I opened its pages.
But it was still a fantastic read nonetheless, and I'm excited to get back into the series once I've tackled the rest of my autumn TBR.
Blake had written some of these characters a little too well, if I'm going to be honest with you, because I found myself absolutely loathing the majority of them. Every single one of them was perfectly flawed and problematic in some capacity, and some characters (some more than others) needed a right punch to the jaw.
But this, I feel, is always a testament to the writing skills of the author, and how they can make me feel so infuriated with a character I would like to do some physical damage. And Blake captured it all so magnificently, it was truly an incredible and fun read, even if I did need to take breaks from the novel to lower my blood pressure.
The world was so well thought out and built that I didn't feel like I had any unanswered questions or found any plot holes. Or rather, as much as the first book in a series will give you. Naturally, I have questions about the plot, but I feel like Blake's attention to detail will have all my questions answered by the time I end the third book. I'm sure I'll be satisfied with whatever she ends with, right? Right?
I think the only reason why it might be missing 0.5 of a star is just because of how slowly I got through it, and thus, I feel like this is a purely emotional response rather than a logical one, if that makes any sense? I think this was the right book at the wrong time, and so it took me a long time to get through it just because, for some reason, I hadn't actually prepared myself for the level of intellectualism this book expected me to have when I opened its pages.
But it was still a fantastic read nonetheless, and I'm excited to get back into the series once I've tackled the rest of my autumn TBR.