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The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

This book has been all over the place and I was just too curious to know whether all the hype was worth it. This is a fantasy novel with six main characters who all have different magical abilities and who are chosen to be iniciated into the secret society of the library of Alexandria. This is said to fit into dark academia, to be honest it does mainly for the general vibes because these characters are acadamics and study, but that's it. It's not necessarily a bad thing, but do not expect something like The Secret History by Donna Tartt that is entirely focused on academia. With this being said The Atlas Six wasn't a bad book, but it wasn't as perfect as everybody said, at least for me. It's a bit slow in the beginning, but after that it's really entrataining, and you really want to know how things are going to develop. I feel like the strong point of this book are the characters. They are crafted well, they all have very distinct traits, and they all work very well with each other. The plot is not bad, but to be honest I wished it dived in a bit more certain things and topics, especially cause the idea at the base of the book is really cool. The magic system not really explained as much as it could have, it works, but since in my opinion the idea of a magic system based into science was really cool, I would have loved to know more. There's a big twist at the end of the book that everyone said it blew their mind, in my opinion it wasn't that unpredictable, but still it was an interesting choice I liked. The ending of the book surely leaves you wanting to read the next novel in the series, and although I tend to prefer stand alone books I think I'll be reading the next book when it will come out. Overall as I said it was a good book, it's definitely a good fantasy novel for people who are intimidated by high fantasy but like magic in their novels, it feels like a good compromise accessible to everyone. It's really entrataining one you get into it, I particularly liked how you cannot really predict which character will end up with whom, because generally a lot of books are really obvious from the beginning. Here everyone can be shipped with anyone else, which is really fun. I also really liked the idea of having the empath of the group being one of the less likable characters instead of having your typical loving empath who cares for everyone, that was a really cool choice. I would recommend this book, the audiobook wasn't bad but I really didn't like one of the narrators which didn't help at all, so maybe go for the physical copy (which I have been told has illustrations so I am considering getting it). As for any book that has this much hype try to be realistic in your expectations.

AUTOR: Neal Shusterman

EDITORA: Seguinte

ESTRELAS: 4/5

O Ceifador é o primeiro livro de uma trilogia utópica, que diferente de distopias, se passa em um futuro perfeito, sem doenças, guerra, pobreza e até mesmo morte. No entanto, para sustentar uma sociedade imortal, criou-se a Ceifa: uma organização independente, onde pessoas são treinadas para matarem permanentemente alguns cidadãos, como uma forma de impedir a superpopulação. A criação de mundo foi o que mais me fascinou, nele não existe mais um governo regido por humanos, mas por uma “nuvem” que evoluiu e se tornou a Nimbo-Cúmulo. Já a Ceifa tem suas próprias regras, sendo assim proibida qualquer intervenção, a não ser que seja feita pelos próprios ceifadores. Nós acompanhamos Rowan e Citra, dois adolescentes que são escolhidos pelo ceifador Faraday como aprendizes para no futuro um deles ser nomeado.

Mas é claro que uma sociedade como essa não se sustenta, então enquanto existir um grupo ainda governado por humanos haverá brigas políticas e corrupção. Com a Ceifa não é diferente, por mais que sejam disfarçadas, as intrigas, ideais de superioridade e a ânsia pelo poder estão presentes e cada vez mais acabam manchando os princípios do novo mundo. É muito interessante acompanhar como algumas dessas características fazem parte da natureza humana e não vão deixar de existir.