Reviews

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

kaylaogle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Were some of the characters dealing with a grandiose view of themselves? Yup. Were some of the characters dealing with some crazy internalize misogyny? Oh yeah. Was some of it a little pretentious? Sure. Am I going to read the next book to figure out what the hell is happening? You bet your ass I am. 

remmslupin's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

jolock's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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? No

2.5

 Finished the book, but struggled to be honest. I kept hoping it would improve, some bits were great and interesting. I am determend to finish the series though, in two books I have to! 

lostlibraryofalli's review against another edition

3.0

The jury's still out as to whether I truly loved this or thought it could have been better with a better storyline/twist. Loved the multiple pov chapters but not sure about the "this world is shit, let's be gods of the next one" kinda thing. Will have to read the second book to see how the story unfolds.

thug's review against another edition

mysterious

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

4.0

This is a decent enough read. Some of the characters I didn't like and the magic got a bit confusing at times but the plot starts to come together in the second half and set itself up for the next book

ramreadsagain's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

I was expecting to either love this or hate this but I have surprisingly ended up feeling largely mid about The Atlas Six. 

This was definitely entertaining and has begun an exploration of elitism within academia and I would be interested to see where the story goes (though I have seen people are very disappointed with how the trilogy ends). The characters of

Gideon and Max

particularly interest me, as well as the relationship between

Gideon and Nico

so I would like to follow them more. The sneak peak of Book Two at the end of my edition seemed promising in terms of that. 

I have very mixed feelings about the world-building and magic system here; the different 'types' of skill were interesting but the main characters seemed too powerful to me and never struggled with anything. It seemed whenever one of them was challenged by something, they could just think about it for a few sentences and then do it. I usually much prefer to see magical characters struggle with how to do certain things and have more of a learning journey or curve. 

The characters themselves also seemed very one-note and beyond being told each character's trauma I'm not convinced we got much development from anyone. I also hate how the one explicitly bisexual character is the "promiscuous temptress using sex as manipulation" trope. The author tries to explore this and dig a bit deeper into her reasons but I do not think this was done successfully. 

I'm also by no means a prude but I do wish ALL characters had stopped thinking about sex every 5 seconds. It felt like a lot of the development of relationships between characters was based around whether or not they'd have sex with each other. 

The writing was giving pretentious but at the same time I did enjoy it and rarely wanted to put the book down. I'm very intrigued by the reveal towards the end and I can see why this book is so widely loved. 

meaghanmkreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

jenstarfury's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

lilli_w12's review against another edition

3.0

I am a sucker for dark academia! Review when I get back from vacation!

definitelynotghostt's review against another edition

4.0

“Isn’t it? The day you are not a fire,” he said, “is the day the earth will fall still for me.”

4.85 ⭐️

This book took some time for me to get into. There is a lot of thinking that goes into it and it took me a second to get used to the writing style.

That being said I REALLY enjoyed this story. I don’t have the newest edition so I know i’ll have to reread the newer one to see everything that was changed before I continue the series.

I adore Nico and Libby, they are probably my favorite characters. All the characters grew on me and I now love them all. Even with all their flaws I see why they are the way they are. Callum was one of the characters that slithered his way into my heart. He is definitely not for everyone but he is such a complex character, which are always my favorites.

This was my first dark academia book and i’m excited to read more books in this type of setting