This took me such a long time to finish and I’m so disappointed. While The Atlas Six was enticing and unique, its sequel was very muddled and confusing.


Let’s start with the characters. I agree with a lot of people who said they literally hate everyone, I literally hate everyone. Their unique but while TA6 had interactions between the characters and explanation of their thought processes, as well as some sort of central plot, Atlas Paradox was so confused and disorganized.

I don’t understand Reina at all, she just seems irritating and although it keeps being referenced that she doesn’t have feelings and hates everyone it really doesn’t make sense. Like the reason she hates Nico? Does not make sense.

Parisa and her Dalton project was interesting but in this book I don’t quite get this other identity he has, I feel like that could have been way better explained rather then just a page or two right at the end of the book.

Tristian is the perfect example of an insecure dumb man. When did he fall in love with Libby? What was up with him and Callum? Like nobody spells it out? Or even hints at it? And for all these powers we don’t even know how he got there’s just something missing from his overall storyline.

Nico and Parisa? What is that I am so confused. And everyone keeps calling Nico a child and I felt he was sort of the most understandable character in a way because he’s straightforward but even then I don’t understand him.

Libby in her situation? It was such a cool concept and executed poorly. Adding an element of time and time travel is always my favorite and I’m so disappointed it wasn’t done well.

I’ll still read the third book to round out my review and opinions of the trilogy overall but this is just…blegh. My brain hurts and not even because it was intellectually stimulated but because it was so hard to follow along in the book.