The Atlas Six

 3/22/24

The Atlas Six is a book I grabbed for the reading challenge but I didn't make note on where the book actually lies on the bingo sheet. Now that I started it, I will now have to finish it. This book is pretty quick when you have the audiobook. I'm already a quarter of the way and our students have already experienced an attack on their first night of their studies. This also shows that they have to work together in order to accomplish certain things. This book focuses around the Library of Alexandria that was secretly moved before the fire. It has this secret society the protects it that is made of people that can wield magic. Obviously this book is a fantasy, but it is nice to live in a world where everything in the Library of Alexandria wasn't completely lost to a fire. 

4/2/24

There is only one thing about this book, there is a lot of world building. A lot of getting to know the characters and their stories. Also a lot of talking between characters about what they were going to do about initiation. That is it. I can see why some people never finished the book. If I was reading it instead of listening to an audiobook, I probably would never finish it as well. Nothing really happens in the whole book. There has only been a few parts where it is interesting, but they are so far apart, you forget about it by the time a new scene shows up. But I gave the book a chance. I'm thinking that this is one of the series where the first book drags on because you are just learning the different characters. Then by the next book, things pick up. Hopefully I am correct. But it will be a while before I pick up the second book. I will need a small break from this world. Sadly, this book will get only two out of five stars from me. The slowness kind of gets to me and I didn't really learn anything about the world other than the characters. Figures crossed that the next book is better.