Olivie Blake

The much-anticipated final instalment in Olivie Blake's trilogy that began with the New York Times bestselling phenomenon, The Atlas Six.

The Atlas Complex

Elle bagnall

Okay, I believe in it as a theoretical possibility, but I don't BELIEVE in it. We don't get to undo our mistakes. We just make new ones and try to make the next ones more interesting

Tristan's fingers traced her spine. "Why do you?" Because if I have come this far it has to have been fora reason Because if I choose now to settle for ordinary, lm spitting in the face of every life I traded for my own. Because I paid an impossible price to be here, and now I have to answer for my choices. Because if I was given this much power, I have to let the fucker burn.

Once the idea of death becomes necessary, even palatable, there is always someone the rest of the herd can stand to lose

Be the locusts. Be the plague. “Let's be gods," Atlas says aloud, and it’s important to remember that he's on drugs, that he misses his mother, that he hates himself. It's critical to recall that at this very moment in time, Atlas Blakely is a scared, sad, lonely little speck of a being, a freckle on the arse of humanity's latest impending doom. Atlas Blakely doesn't care if he makes it to tomorrow, or tomorrow, or tomorrow. He doesn't care if he gets struck by lightning, dies tonight. Atlas Blakely is a neurotic, desperate-for-meaning twenty-something-year-old (twenty-five, then) under the influ- e of at least three mind-altering substances and in the presence of maybe his very first real friend, and at first, when he says it, he isn't thinking about the consequences. He doesn't understand consequences yet! 

When an ecosystem dies, nature makes a new one. Don't you get it? The world doesn't end. Only we do. But maybe... maybe we could be bigger than that. Maybe that's what she meant. Maybe we are meant to be bigger than that. (Slowly, Atlas becomes sure. Yes, that must be what she meant.) It doesn't matter where it started. Doesn't matter where it ends. Were part of the cycle whether we like it or not, so don't be the wasteland.

ONLY THE EXTRAORDINARY ARE CHOSEN
ONLY THE CUNNING SURVIVE

An explosive return to the Library leaves the six Alexandrians vulnerable and facing the lethal terms of their recruitment. As the initiates devise opposing strategies to circumvent the deadly bargain they've failed to uphold, old alliances fracture. Those who remain within the Society's archives wrestle with the ethics of their astronomical abilities; elsewhere, an unlikely Alexandrian pair partner to influence global politics, while the outside world mobilizes to destroy them.

The society Caretaker himself, Atlas Blakely, may succeed at a plan with world-ending stakes. It's a race to survive as the six Society recruits are faced with the question of what they're willing to betray for limitless power - and who will be destroyed along the way.

Power is taken

Julia Rutgers

It wasn't forever and it was sweeter that way, ripe on the edge of rotten.

Grief, oh god, the weight of it. Depression was hollow, sadness was vacant. Neither was anything like this.

He hadn't mentioned the other things - the price, the way power was not something waiting to be called on like a lover but something to be stolen like a right. 

The goodness she'd compromise for greatness if given the chance, because the unstained version of her was already gone.

Romy

His hand twitched a moment as if to find his phone, but no, not yet. Not now. Chances were too high that he might say something counterproductive, such as I miss you or forgive me. Or tell me you love me, even once.

Paige Leitner

"because living as deliciously as possible is one of the finest luxuries we're allowed."

An explosive return to the library leaves the six Alexandrians lethally vulnerable to the terms of their recruitment, driving the fractured alliances to opposing strategies. While those who remain with the archives wrestle with the ethics of their astronomical abilities, an unlikely partnership seeks to influence politics on a global stage.

While each member of the erstwhile cohort does what it takes to secure their place on the board, the outside world mobilizes to destroy them, and the Caretaker himself, Atlas Blakely, may yet succeed with a plan foreseen to have world-ending stakes. It’s a race to survive as the six Society recruits are faced with the question of what they're willing to betray for limitless power―and who will be destroyed along the way.

cee 

Now I understand the desire to bless something.

Really well-written but it got so slowww in the middle. I had to leave the book for months before I could come back to it. 

That being said, Tristan’s multiverse chapter was one of my absolute favourites. I could tell the author had a lot of fun writing it; I only wish the rest of the book could’ve shared some of that same spark. 

Kierce

Really well-written but it got so slowww in the middle. I had to leave the book for months before I could come back to it. 

That being said, Tristan’s multiverse chapter was one of my absolute favourites. I could tell the author had a lot of fun writing it; I only wish the rest of the book could’ve shared some of that same spark. 

I loved the first two books. This one was okay… I enjoy stories that are more about the characters than the plot, but this one was too ramble-y for me. 

Maria Fernanda Arnay

The important thing is that it ended and it was true to the other books in that I didn’t love it or hate it, and the characters kinda bugged me the whole time. Which was how I felt about the other books too. I know some people hated the last book. I am not one of them because like it needed an ending and this made sense. One of the least satisfying dark academia series I have ever read, wouldn’t read it again but I also was glad I read it because it WAS creative an interesting. So, straight down the middle. 3 stars. 

Apiecalypse Jen

far too often fiction is regarded as inferior to non fiction in regards to addressing societal issues, but with this crowning piece of her Atlas trilogy Olivie Blake powerfully demonstrates why that is a mistake. the Atlas Complex is not only a thrilling and well written ending to the story of the Alexandrian Society, but also a compelling investigation of humans and the choices we make. by introducing the reader to the thoughts and reasonings of a variety of different people, Blake allows the reader to experience various societal as well as personal issues through the eyes of another. with this feature Blake showcases the fiction genre’s unique ability to foster empathy and understanding for others, which I believe to be crucial in order solve the problems of our world. 

Cecilie Spangsberg

This hurt my brain. This is way too philosophical for me. Parisa, Nicogideon and Novacaine were all I cared about passed a certain point…

Heather Margaret

I think I’m the only one that actually liked this series. 🫡 It’s a lot of words, I. Get. It. I just love the way she writes and I feel like we are alike in that way. My brain always makes things long and over complicated and more poetic than it should be. And I love how none of the characters are really fully likable they are so grossly full of themselves and you have to dig and let them show you their good spots. It is definitely a series you have to want to commit to and not one to vibes and mood reading.

I cannot think of a better way for this trilogy to end. While it ripped my heart out (a little) and chewed it up, it's exactly the kind of ending this series needed. I loved every second of it. 

*It also has one of the best author acknowledgements I've ever read.

I cannot think of a better way for this trilogy to end. While it ripped my heart out (a little) and chewed it up, it's exactly the kind of ending this series needed. I loved every second of it. 

*It also has one of the best author acknowledgements I've ever read.

like. the afterward made me emotional and it looks beautiful on my shelf but when i got 35% in and it was just Vibes. when one character started INSISTING on how she was changed rather than showing us how she was changed. when the relationships started getting overly defined when they were perfectly fine without being so laid out. when we got to the character deaths. 

i'm familiar with olivie blake and have been a fan of hers since the ao3 fic days, but woof dude. this was certainly some words in a book. i think if the overarching theme was to question power and the philosophical question of existence, then i do not think that it did it well. this book is 90% exposition and 10% action. which is a shame because the second book was such a redeemer for the series. this was just. nothing. 

like. the afterward made me emotional and it looks beautiful on my shelf but when i got 35% in and it was just Vibes. when one character started INSISTING on how she was changed rather than showing us how she was changed. when the relationships started getting overly defined when they were perfectly fine without being so laid out. when we got to the character deaths. 

i'm familiar with olivie blake and have been a fan of hers since the ao3 fic days, but woof dude. this was certainly some words in a book. i think if the overarching theme was to question power and the philosophical question of existence, then i do not think that it did it well. this book is 90% exposition and 10% action. which is a shame because the second book was such a redeemer for the series. this was just. nothing. 

The book was good, but I think that it having been months since I read the first two negatively impacted my experience with this one. My one Big Gripe is that the forced proximity/found family combo fell apart except for some people. I think that the ideas the book explores is interesting though, and the last line was a great response to me reading the final chapter and asking myself ‘what a the author trying to say about the truth of the world?’

Emily McMeans

The much-anticipated final installment in Olivie Blake's trilogy that began with the New York Times bestselling phenomenon, The Atlas Six. Only the extraordinary are chosen. Only the cunning survive. In this stunning finale, it's a race to survive as the Society recruits are faced with the question of what they're willing to betray for limitless power—and who will be destroyed along the way. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

fuuuucccckkkkk. Olivie Blake, you have ruined all other authors for me. Great ending to a great series. My heart is ripped into a thousand tiny little pieces!! A must-read if you love character-driven stories (and musings about life). Gonna be thinking about this for a while!!

(Bre)anne✨

TW to be added later

fuuuucccckkkkk. Olivie Blake, you have ruined all other authors for me. Great ending to a great series. My heart is ripped into a thousand tiny little pieces!! A must-read if you love character-driven stories (and musings about life). Gonna be thinking about this for a while!!

emily

I read this book half out of spite because I trudged through the other two, and the other half out of hope that this book would have a good pay off with an interesting ending. But that’s not what happened for me. 350+ pages of insufferable people sitting around talking about insufferable things and repeating the same plot points to different insufferable characters with a little action thrown in here and there. I did not care about a single character out of the ever growing number of characters. The question I walked away with after finishing this book was: what was the point of the trilogy? This book tries very hard to be smart, but it only managed to be tedious for me. Why was it so long. What was the reason.

Floofyflower

The characters are all flawed, and you want to scream at them through. But this gives them a realness I find hard to imagine from any other book I've read. I love to hate them so damn much! And would really love to throttle some of them (looking at you Libby Rhodes).

But Olivie Blake's incoherent rambling writing style is like music to my heart! The intelligence, the indecipherable logic of it all speaks to my little academia loving heart, and I'm going to miss this series for that alone!

Victoria Justice

What an Inception of a series!

The characters are all flawed, and you want to scream at them through. But this gives them a realness I find hard to imagine from any other book I've read. I love to hate them so damn much! And would really love to throttle some of them (looking at you Libby Rhodes).

But Olivie Blake's incoherent rambling writing style is like music to my heart! The intelligence, the indecipherable logic of it all speaks to my little academia loving heart, and I'm going to miss this series for that alone!

Lydia Enge

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The much-anticipated final instalment in Olivie Blake's trilogy that began with the New York Times bestselling phenomenon, The Atlas Six.[Bokinfo].

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