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Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
4.0

4.5 I think.

A tough one to call because I devoured this book and fell in love with Joan and Vanessa. I think there were just elements that felt expected or unexplored fully.

If someways it feels unfair to say I wanted a bit more, but I did. I even just wanted more pages to explore the relationships and just have a bit more time with everyone.

Some of my issues were that a couple of the relationships were not as complex as they could be. Barbara felt a bit stereotypical and I wanted a few more difficult conversations there. In contrast to Barbara, Joan felt like a saint with her relationship to Frances and I don't think it would be perhaps have been a more difficult decision with more consequences.

Ultimately, it was just a desire for a tad more complexity in the relationships and dynamics.

But at the same time, I loved the novel and loved watching Joan learn more about herself.

Ooooh, just remembered that Joan works out her sexuality when they randomly go to a strip club, for no real reason. Yeah that felt like a lazy decision.

Also, TJR used to be very clever with shocking twists that make complete sense. This one didn't. A tad bit more simple.