Status Updates From The Atlas Paradox (The Atla...

'Without Libby for a counterweight, there was nothing to temper his recklessness. Nothing to anchor him at all. Nico wasn't the only one left unbalanced. They were all slightly different without Libby Rhodes. Without them realizing it, she had established herself as the "but" in their collective conscience, their measure of morality.'

"Within the simulation, you'll be faced with a projection of someone else in your initiate class. Not as they are, but as you perceive them." There's the theme of identity/self-image coming back again

This book is so good but SO incredibly complex. The writing style is so thick (?? Idk it’s just the word that came to mind when trying to describe it) and I’m very interested in the storyline but I have to take breaks so often because my head HURTS