#otherwise i'm just reading a pretentious wall of text that's just there bc the author wants to sound clever or something
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tired of reading mediocre books
#finished the atlas six—it was bleh#started it yesterday though so it's the fastest i've finished a book in a while#i just didn't really care for what was happening in the book overall. nor the characters#neither the knowledge of the library of alexandria nor the character morivations were fleshed out enough to get me invested#i just couldn't understand why the characters were so hell bent on becoming scholars#it was kind of just. all over the place#there was absolutely a lack of atmosphere as well. i mean for a book that claims to be like the secret history.....#the setting was. some building?? and in the building there was a library and a sitting room.....like??#literally felt no awe or wonder or any sense of grandeur that would have come from reading anything about the library of alexandria#also there was so much telling and not enough showing which was really grating bc the author would literally state the obvious#ultimately—and obviously my biggest problem—is that i couldn't care for these characters. couldn't care for their motivations#which means i could never get invested in the things that happened to them#like. there were no stakes. i couldn't Feel anything. nor was i interested in their powers. i felt they weren't utilized creatively#they can manipulate the physicality of matter.....they can read minds....one is an empath....like.#no one used their powers in an interesting way. it was just. boring#there is a girl that can control plants though and the plants talk to her and call her 'mother' which i thought was cute#and that was really about the only positive emotion i felt reading this book#oh and there was soooo much philosophizing.....now i Love philosophical tangents but they have to feel earned#otherwise i'm just reading a pretentious wall of text that's just there bc the author wants to sound clever or something#maybe the fact that this book is a 'booktok sensation' also just threw me off#i just want to read something that will light my soul on fire....guess i'll just have to wait for my anticipated new releases#i guess i'll try to continue the traitor baru cormorant now
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