The Atlas Paradox (Atlas Series, 2)

In a one sentence summary: every character falls somewhere in the LGBTQIA+ community, and I honestly was living for it.Libby Rhodes has disappeared, and the Atlas Six will never be the same. After going through initiation, the remaining five Nico, Tristan, Reina, Callum, and Parisa, must focus on their independent study. But they will soon learn the consequences to defying the library.The Atlas Paradox is different than The Atlas Six, but I enjoyed it all the same. In the Atlas Six, we got a lot more character interactions, whereas in The Atlas Paradox the characters are working individually to grow, forgetting the presence of the other Society members. It’s almost like Libby was the glue that held them all together, and honestly I love that for her.My favorite characters by far are Libby and Nico. I love how Libby grows on her own, and I love how Nico also does, and it felt like they were missing a piece of each other. One of my complaints about the Atlas Six was that we hardly knew enough about Reina, but that gets remedied in this book, and I loved getting to know her. Learning about Tristan as Tristan learns about Tristan was fantastic, and I can’t wait to see what becomes of him. Callum develops in his own way, as he learns the consequences of being alive.I love the sheer understanding of physics and life and matter and thermodynamics that goes into these books. For me personally with a background in this, I was able to follow along fairly well, even if some things didn’t make sense. But for someone who doesn’t have background and previous knowledge of that, I could see how the book gets boring and confusing.I didn’t understand Parisa’s storyline with Dalton. It was very back and forth. Her POV was beautifully written, and she felt like her own character, with incredible powers, but Dalton didn’t make sense, and Parisa with Dalton didn’t make sense.Overall, I need the next book because how could the Atlas Paradox end like this??

Olivie Blake’s writing is just ugh *chef’s kiss*. The vocabulary is so enrapturing. All of the characters are written so well and Blake does such a great job of capturing the characters’ inner dialogue. It really feels like you’re in their heads. I liked that there was more background revealed about some of the characters that you didn’t get to know as well in the first book. The shifting alliances between the group was also a nice refreshing change.One thing that did bother me is I felt like nothing of substance really happened for a huge part of this book and what did happen could have been summarized in 20 pages, which is why I didn’t rate it 5 stars. It seemed like all of the characters were stuck in limbo for a majority of the book and it got really tiresome. I think I was more excited for the second one than I am for the third unfortunately. Will I still be preordering the Atlas Complex? HELL yes 💕

I didn't like this quite as much as the first book. It seemed a little tedious too often. The first section of the book, in which the characters find out about each others impressions, was overlong and frankly getting to be a bit boring. There were lots of ideas and points where it seemed like something interesting might happen, but then nothing actually did. Without a plot moving, the result is a book that meanders a little too often and often seems static. For a year, the characters sort of stand around while key issues are back burnered and little happens. The book reads that way too.I still liked it; only a relative criticism. But I hope the next book is more focused.

I bought this book after reading the first book, The Atlas Six. I heard about it on NPR and decided to give it a try and I'm really enjoying it.I'm looking forward to reading more Olivie Blake books.

Extraordinarily complex. It's an intricate read on many levels. From book 1, Atlas 6, a second installment reader should have already bought into the theme, plot, and premise. If that's the case, it’s a must-read in the genre from an author largely unknown 2 years ago.The characters, both protagonists and antagonists, are detestable. It's not easy to write such self-loathing characters consumed by their lack of redeeming social value. Delightful! Blake has the authoring skill for character development. I’ve not read a similar character-centric writer since Pynchon. The writing is extraordinarily skillful. Blake's writing has been the highlight for me.Blakes’s word-hoard palette is phenomenal. It’s fun to read such an expansive vocabulary correctly applied to the turn of a phrase. The twists and turns of conversation are just fun.Anyway, the characters are left trapped in a trap of their own making by the end. They remain so far incapable of even short-duration cooperation to engineer their way out of the trap.The third installment should be fun.

I bought The Atlas Paradox soon after I bought The Atlas Six.... and returned it before I even got half way through the first book.I really wanted to love this book, the synopsis sounds so good, with so much potential! BUT my gosh, the writing is so bad... so so SO BAD.It took me absolute ages to finish it and towards the end I had to skim read. I hear they are turning this in to a TV adaptation, and I think that would be much better!

I am full. My mind is still trying to process the psychoanalysis, the quantum physics and the moral hypocrisy of geo politics. The relationships between ‘colleagues’. What on earth have I just read? Why is my brain spinning?Oh my God where is the final part of this marvellous story?

Good book

I've been looking forward to reading book 2 of the series.

Si sente che questo è il secondo libro di una trilogia: veramente lentissimo, si focalizza molto sulla psicologia dei personaggi ma a livello di trama succede poco o niente. Ci sono state tante cose che però ho apprezzato, in particolare l’evoluzione del personaggio di Libby e il rapporto che si viene a creare tra molti di loro. Il finale è illegale, e non posso credere che dovrò aspettare più di un anno per sapere cosa succederà!