The Atlas Six

I was very disspointed by this book. It has been promoted so much by so many for being an amazing queer book that is amazing. And I have to disagree on both counts. 

Blake just goes on and on in her writing style. It is conversations within conversations, often interluded with some sort of philosophical monologue that is really saying nothing and going nowhere. It felt like filler in the sense that it would be the same of even better without it, and removing it would make this book so much shorter and perhaps more palatable. 

It waited far to long to come together and it is as if none of the characters are ever fully developed. The last act really isn't meant to describe characters, with an exception made for the surprise reliance of someone who was lying about their identity. Not to mention the book constantly underestimates the intelligence of the reading. Spelling out everything from parallels to character development. If you did it right I wouldn't need to be told you did it. 

I also would not call this book lgbtq, sure some characters has some briefly mentioned gay thoughts. But it was like an afterthought. And I would definitely not identify this as a queer book. If anything it was a million times more about straight relationships.

And the ending wasn't even really and ending. It is obviously setting up for a second book but in a way that I never liked. Because now the book itself doesn't have an ending and can't sit on its own in space. It is now only the first book in a series instead of it being just a good book with a sequel.