The Atlas Six

I learned about this book in tik tok and I’m so glad and grateful that I did. I had a lot of high expectations and this book does not disappoint. Easily the best book I’ve read this year and one of my ultimate favorites. I’m in love with the writing style and the illustrations in this book.

***4.75 Stars***Overall,Have you ever known you were going to love a book that was the first in a series and tried to hold off reading it until at least the second book is close to coming out because you knew you wouldn’t want to wait forever to find out what happens next? I bought this book back in April and have been putting it off projecting my TBR out to about August. I had decided this felt like a good August book (don’t ask me why). Alas, in what feels like a fever dream, I had put this book (the audiobook version) on hold through Libby when I first downloaded the App. It had a super long hold time and I then promptly forgot about it. Fast forward to last Friday and I receive a notification it is ready to read and here I am now on Monday having devoured this book (a mix of reading and listening).The book so aptly titled follows 6 powerful Medians who are invited to participate in a fellowship of sorts to gain access to a secret society. The catch? Only 5 of them will continue on and the 6th will be eliminated. The book is medium paced with some slower parts and some faster parts. Each chapter follows a different one of the main characters for the most part. The book is filled with twists and turns, keeping you wondering about people’s motivations and what alliances are real and which are not. I don’t believe you are meant to love all of the characters. Olivie Blake poses a lot of very interesting, thought provoking existential questions about how our perceptions skew our view of the world. I found it incredibly intoxicating to be honest. I love stories that really make me think about larger meanings.Now, my predictions on how I feel about this book were correct. I loved it. I have read a few reviews talking about unlikeable pretentious characters and maybe it’s because I listened to about the first 60% view audiobook but I liked the morally grey characters and all of their pretentious speak. ::shrug::AudioThe narration of this book is superb and yet takes a bit to get used to. I both love and hate that it has six different narrators, One for each main character. I love it because it gives a very unique voice to each person. The issue that took me a bit to get used to was that because there are different narrators for each chapter depending on POV, there voice for other characters that their character is interacting with does not sound the same. It is a bit jarring at first.CoverThe cover of this book is middle of the road for me, there is nothing exceptional about it but I don’t hate it. I am not sure I would have picked this book up solely based on the cover. However, there is character art for each now section of the book (6 I think) which is really cool and I love it.RecommendationThis is an adult contemporary(ish) magic dark academia book. If you are interested in magic set in modern times and love mystery and intrigue and don’t mind morally grey characters this book is for you! If you struggle getting into reading the book but are still interested I would recommend trying the audiobook. It takes a minute (or a few) to get used to but it also made parts of the more complicated stuff easier to digest. The second book in this series comes out later this year and I am excited to see where the rest of this story goes.

Alright, so I definitely didn't understand the hype about this book before I read it. I also read a lot of negative things about the world and how pretentious the writing was. So it made me a little hesitant about really getting into the book. 😬I did find it a slow start, and I had some parts that seemed to drag for me... But, I honestly enjoyed! A lot! I would say the world building was basically non existent because it's more of a character study. I also wouldn't say that the writing was pretentious, but rather pretty much all the characters are. 😆 At the very end of the last bit of the book... 🤯I didn't know what to think starting the last of the book. And then that part... youll know when you read it... wow. I cat say much because I will give spoilers. BUT, I would definitely recommend this book!! With the statement that it's a character study. Round of 👏 for this book. I'm very glad I had already pre-ordered the second book. 😅⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5

Comecei o livro quase que completamente cega relacionada a sinopse. Sabia que tinha uma sociedade secreta e que os 6 personagens principais teriam que competir uns com os outros para as 5 vagas mas não sabia como que o livro ia ser profundo. Cada personagem é de uma maneira diferente e cada um tem seus problemas e suas manias e a autora deixou isso MUITO bem escrito. [Possível spoiler] Temos aqueles manipuladores, aqueles que são muito inseguros de si e claro, aqueles que são manipuladores E inseguros.O livro chega a ser único e relevante, por sua escrita poética que é leve, em diversos momentos a autora contempla a vida e faz questionamentos sobre quem somos nós, como vivemos e como que tomamos as nossas decisões.O livro tem uma reviravolta muito grande do final que me deixou de boca aberta. Vale muito a pena!

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