Review: The Atlas Six
[Seriously, after all the hard work I do, suffering for y'all while reading AND finding pretty fonts, I deserve love]
Okay, honest confession, I don't know how to feel about this book. Like I seriously don't. I am SO conflicted it's beyond it's beyond comprehension. And on top of that I am confused. Confliction plus confusion never make a good combination, mind you. Never have, never will. Seriously, y'all should avoid me sometimes [don't though, I need this blog to survive]
The Atlas Six, by Olivie Blake is the story of six individuals who have been recruited by the mysterious Atlas Blakely who claims to be one of the Caretakers of the Library of Alexandria. Six individuals considered to be the most powerful in the world. But here's the catch, only five of them will be remaining after one year. Their current task is to work with each other for a year and then find out who will be eliminated while the others become the protectors of Alexandria.
QUICK THOUGHTS AND REVIEW: 3.4/5, I don't know how it makes me feel, it's hard to describe.
PROS:
1. Premise: Okay, Library of Alexandria. Chosen few. Survival of the fittest. All three of them crammed into one book. And that's literally me handing over my [non-existent] credit card. I actually wonder what would happen if I handed over my actual credit card. Y'all I'd go broke in 24 hours. Anyways, yeah, the premise is awesome. I loved it.
2. Characters: I'd let Parisa rail me. That's a fact.
To be honest, at this point, I'd let any of them rail me.
Anyways, loved the characters, every single one of them. Cloud of mystery and morally grey. Except perhaps for Reina, there was a lot of infodump. And I like how layered they are. I can't specifically say something joint about them because each of them was specifically different. Though Callum did seem like the typical male cishet to me. So he's in the half hate half love zone.
3. Dialogue: Love it, love it LOVE IT.
“Because the problem with knowledge, Miss Rhodes, is its inexhaustible craving. The more of it you have, the less you feel you know."
JUST FREAKING ICONIC.
CONS:
So, let's get down to it.
1. Plot: In the words of Cindy, "What fucking plot?". Like seriously, someone gotta tell me what is the plot, because I sure as hell didn't understand any of it. Like seriously mate, damn, what in the world is happening in this book. There are countless times I had to put the book down because I was like "whoa, what just happened right there." Kinda defeats the purpose.
2. Pacing: GURL, GAY or my fellow NB hoe, if you're into books that go fast really furiously, don't opt for this book. Seriously, I am doing you a fricking favour by telling you to avoid this book because it is slow as heck. Like its literally slower than a banana slug. And just, man, you'd want to fall asleep if you're used to fast paced books. Like mate, I get it, get a grip and move on. I think if the book was a bit more fast paced, instead of 470 pages, you'd get a roughly 350. Seriously, fast and the furious lovers, yeet this book out of your tbr.
3. The vibes: They failed my vibe check y'all. Just failed, and it's not like failed by half a mark, they failed miserably. Like if it were a test of 100 marks, this book would get a negative. That's the lowest you can go yo, failing my vibe check.
4. Like, too much info dump.
5. I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE ENDING.
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