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The Atmospherians
The Atmospherians: A Novel | Alex McElroy
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A dazzling (Bryan Washington, author of Lot) and brilliantly satirical debut novel for fans of Women Talking and Red Clocks about two best friendsa disgraced influencer and a struggling actorwho form The Atmosphere, a cult designed to reform problematic men. Sasha Marcus was once the epitome of contemporary success: an internet sensation, social media darling, and a creator of a high profile wellness brand for women. But a confrontation with an abusive troll has taken a horrifying turn, and now shes at rock bottom: canceled and doxxed online, fired from her waitress job and fortressed in her apartment while mens rights protestors rage outside. All that once glittered now condemns. Sasha confides in her oldest childhood friend, Dysona failed actor with a history of body issueswho hatches a plan for Sasha to restore her reputation by becoming the face of his new business venture, The Atmosphere: a rehabilitation community for men. Based in an abandoned summer camp and billed as a workshop for job training, it is actually a rigorous program designed to rid men of their toxic masculinity and heal them physically, emotionally, and socially. Sasha has little choice but to accept. But what horrors await her as the resident female leader of a crew of washed up, desperate men? And what exactly does Dyson want? Explosive and wickedly funny, this Fight Club for the millennial generation (Mat Johnson, author of Pym) peers straight into the dark heart of wellness and woke-ness, self-mythology and self-awareness, by asking what happens when we become addicted to the performance of ourselves.
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Chelsea.Poole
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This started out super strong for me but petered out in the end. A low pick 😔
Sasha, a disgraced influencer and childhood friend Dyson begin The Atmosphere in a remote, wooded camp. This “retreat” (cult) will cure men of their toxic masculinity. Backstories are plentiful. Motivations are learned. Satire, though I wasn‘t completely sold on it. But the cover alone is 😍

rachelm This is one of the best covers of the year I think 3y
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KarenUK
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Sharp, witty and dark. Odd, but I kinda liked it. It‘s a satire of society, obsessed with ‘likes‘ and ‘cancel‘ culture. Sasha is an influencer and after an ‘unfortunate‘ incident with a troll (reminiscent of Ms. Tiegen‘s current woes) gets cancelled. Desperate, she decides to help an old friend, by creating a cult for men to purge their toxic masculinity. This book is bizarre and unsettling. But definitely a unique take on our image obsessed world

charl08 Sounds intriguing. 3y
Hooked_on_books This one was bananas. I loved it! 3y
Megabooks I can‘t stop thinking about this one! 3y
KarenUK @Megabooks @Hooked_on_books It‘s why I love Litsy! Putting books on my radar I might never have picked up otherwise 💕📚 3y
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GidgetsTreasures75
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6-23-21: My 68th finished book of 2021! This was a weird one but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Sasha, an internet sensation has a run in with an online troll, with devastating results. At her lowest point, her best friend Dyson, convinces her to help him start a rehabilitation community called The Atmosphere, designed to rid men of their toxic masculinity. Very clever concept. A little unnerving but entertaining. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 👍🏼📖#️⃣6️⃣8️⃣

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rachelm
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This is how I‘m celebrating Father‘s Day this year: Donating blood for the first time since my dad died. Blood donors helped him live two years longer than he might have otherwise. If you are able to, consider donating blood this week. There are shortages everywhere.

Ruthiella Well done! 👍 4y
DivineDiana A kind and thoughtful way to honor your father. ❤️ 4y
Megabooks What a wonderful tribute. 💕 4y
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rachelm
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Outside reading with one of my kiddos— this is true summer. Excited to have kids finally old enough to do this!
Still getting a handle on this book. An influencer starts a cult with her friend to reform “bad men”. Only 60 pages in

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Chelsea.Poole
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This book is 🔥
And this salad is delicious 😋

Megabooks Truth re: the book, but I have mixed feelings about salad! 🤪 4y
Chelsea.Poole @Megabooks lol! This one is exceptional — my cousin and I whipped it up tonight 😋 This book though, it‘s giving me vibes of (edited) 4y
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Chelsea.Poole
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Digging into this one! I‘m loving it already! 🍷

rather_be_reading cool cover 4y
Megabooks Enjoy!! 4y
Hooked_on_books I listened to the audio last week. So good! 4y
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Hooked_on_books
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Sasha has a spectacular rise and fall as an influencer, so her friend rescues her by having them form a cult together that helps problematic men fix themselves. This is awesome feminist satire with a dystopian component that I found to be outrageous good fun.

Megabooks Great review! 4y
rachelm I have this sitting by my bed! Can‘t wait to dive I 4y
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Megabooks
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Such a f***ing bizarre book, yet compulsively readable.

Sasha is an Instagram influencer. When a guy who‘s trolling her livestreams his suicide and blames her, Sasha‘s world implodes. After a few horrible months, Sasha‘s friend Dyson contacts her and wants to start a cult with them as leaders. This book is a literary dystopian tale of that cult founded to rid the world of toxic masculinity.

This is one that has me thinking. Note on the author ⬇️

Megabooks The author said they were going through a dark time when they wrote this, and it shows in their portrayal of Sasha. She is ultimately a dark, self-sabotaging character. I couldn‘t always follow her motivations, but she was compelling. (edited) 4y
Cinfhen Im still scarred from that other WAF dystopian book we buddyread / the one with a cult and climate change 4y
Cinfhen This one sounds similar 🤷🏼‍♀️?!?!! 4y
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Megabooks @Cinfhen Nothing like GFC. This one is MUCH better!! 4y
britt_brooke And the TBR grows. 😅 4y
Megabooks @britt_brooke I thought this sounded like one you‘d enjoy! 4y
Reggie Yeah, this sounds really good. Stacked. 4y
Chelsea.Poole I caved and checked this one out too! Sounds right up my alley!! 4y
Megabooks @Reggie yes! This is up your alley too! 4y
Megabooks @Chelsea.Poole 👯‍♀️ for sure! 4y
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Megabooks
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#CurrentlyReading #TheStorygraph

The Atmospherians is just getting exciting. So far, I‘m glad I picked this up @Chelsea.Poole 👍🏻

I forgot Nothing Personal was coming out, so I snapped the #audiobook up. Sales finally turns the pen on herself after years of covering teen sex and dating. She‘s hooking up with 20somes on Tinder at 50. Definitely on the spiceometer! 🌶

Historical Corrections is a #reread, and I definitely recommend it!!

Megabooks @Cinfhen Therese Plummer narrates Nothing Personal, so it was no question whether to go with the audiobook. I‘m such a fan!! 😂 4y
Cinfhen Your tagged book sounds really good....audio or print?? 4y
Megabooks @Cinfhen Print. Didn‘t look into the audiobook. 4y
Chelsea.Poole Eek! I may have to do it! Also, now I may need Nothing Personal?!?! 4y
Megabooks @Chelsea.Poole About to review Nothing Personal. It was surprisingly good! (edited) 4y
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Chelsea.Poole
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This novel is published today! Looks soooo good but I have too many checked out as it is and several I‘m in the middle of reading. I couldn‘t possibly add another to my stack. Could I?? 🤔 💭

Librariana You can 😁😊 4y
Megabooks You can. I have it coming as a preorder today. 👯‍♀️ (I just save that emoji for when I‘m talking about books with you! 😂) 4y
Chelsea.Poole @Librariana @Megabooks thank you both for the support (enabling?! 😂)!!! 😉♥️ 4y
Chelsea.Poole @Megabooks I should have known you‘d have this one! 👯‍♀️ I‘ll look for your review— tag me!! You‘re so much faster than me! 4y
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abookishbutterfly
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Alex McElroy brilliantly tackled a fascinating concept through a hyperbolic setting, yet its ridiculousness makes you realize how absurd so much of what we unwittingly allow to control us really is. They managed to make me question whether or not I should write this review, telling all of you that you should read this book!

But, you should.

**You can find my full review on my Goodreads/link in bio. GR isn‘t cooperating with me right now.

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ReadingOver50
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Sasha's friend Dyson decides to start a cult, and convinces Sasha to go along with him. The thing is, Sasha is very good at being a cult leader, even when she is not trying.

My favorite part was when Sasha was recruited by DAM, a cult-like organization that had a utopian vibe. I‘m fascinated with people trying to create the perfect society. And seeing the cracks appearing in the foundation. This book was interesting and had a lot of good ideas.

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ReadingOver50
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I don‘t always make a TBR list for the month, but these are the books I would like to read in December.