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A review by natyweiss
The Atmospherians by Alex McElroy
5.0
Thank you @atriabooks for my ARC.
Sasha is a successful Influencer until one of her followers, feeling humiliated and insulted by Sasha, decides to take his own life on live streaming, pointing her as the reason of his decision. Sasha falls victim of the cancel culture and loses everything: her friend Cassandra, her boyfriend and her most appreciated asset: her popularity.
But Dyson, Sasha's childhood friend has a revolutionary idea: to create a rehabilitation camp to help men overcome their toxic masculinity and to fight the man horde epidemics . This will not only be a good for society but also something that will help Sasha regain her popularity. That's how The Atmosphere ("a place where men become human") was born.
Many questions are raised at this point:
What can go wrong when you decide to create a cult that gathers 13 violent men in need of absolution in a remote place? What are Dyson's real motivation behind the project? What are these men capable of in order to get the atonement they are seeking?
This book is clever, fun and thought provoking. A contemporary and much needed satire about current issues that you won't be able to put down.
The chapters alternate between the events taking place at The Atmosphere and Sasha's past and traumas: childhood memories, her friendship with Cassandra, her highschool years trying to help Dyson overcome his eating disorders, unsuccessfully. We also learn about some of The Atmospherians traumatic experiences and motivations behind their reprehensible actions.
The storyline is flawless and higly entertaining. A remarkable debut novel as current and necessary as it is amusing. It is also a reflection about society and cancel culture and how a really ambitious person manages to regain her place in the spotlight, even through bad publicity. Alex McElroy is a wonderful writer. I really hope to read more by them in the future.
Sasha is a successful Influencer until one of her followers, feeling humiliated and insulted by Sasha, decides to take his own life on live streaming, pointing her as the reason of his decision. Sasha falls victim of the cancel culture and loses everything: her friend Cassandra, her boyfriend and her most appreciated asset: her popularity.
But Dyson, Sasha's childhood friend has a revolutionary idea: to create a rehabilitation camp to help men overcome their toxic masculinity and to fight the man horde epidemics . This will not only be a good for society but also something that will help Sasha regain her popularity. That's how The Atmosphere ("a place where men become human") was born.
Many questions are raised at this point:
What can go wrong when you decide to create a cult that gathers 13 violent men in need of absolution in a remote place? What are Dyson's real motivation behind the project? What are these men capable of in order to get the atonement they are seeking?
This book is clever, fun and thought provoking. A contemporary and much needed satire about current issues that you won't be able to put down.
The chapters alternate between the events taking place at The Atmosphere and Sasha's past and traumas: childhood memories, her friendship with Cassandra, her highschool years trying to help Dyson overcome his eating disorders, unsuccessfully. We also learn about some of The Atmospherians traumatic experiences and motivations behind their reprehensible actions.
The storyline is flawless and higly entertaining. A remarkable debut novel as current and necessary as it is amusing. It is also a reflection about society and cancel culture and how a really ambitious person manages to regain her place in the spotlight, even through bad publicity. Alex McElroy is a wonderful writer. I really hope to read more by them in the future.