The Atmospherians, Isle McElroy
The Atmospherians, Isle McElroy
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The Atmospherians

Author: Isle McElroy

Narrator: Emily Tremaine

Unabridged: 10 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/18/2021


Synopsis

Best Book of 2021 by Esquire
Book You Need to Read in 2021 by Harper’​s Bazaar

“Darkly funny and glitteringly satirical, The Atmospherians unforgettably takes aim at wokeness, wellness, and toxic masculinity.” —Esquire

This “edgy, addictive” (Kirkus Reviews, starred) satire about two best friends who form The Atmosphere—a cult designed to reform problematic men—is “a book to be devoured” (Vanity Fair).

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 she’s at rock bottom: canceled and doxxed online, isolated in her apartment while men’s rights protestors rage outside.

Sasha confides in her oldest childhood friend, Dyson—a failed actor with a history of body issues—who hatches a plan for her 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. 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, dazzling, and wickedly funny, The Atmospherians is “a book written with this exact cultural moment in mind” (Oprah Daily).

About Isle McElroy

Isle McElroy (they/them) is a nonbinary author based in Brooklyn. Their writing has appeared in The CutEsquireThe Guardian, GQ, Harper’s Bazaar, The Atlantic, and elsewhere. Isle has been named one of the Strand’s 30 Writers to Watch and has received fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, the Tin House Summer Workshop, the Sewanee Writers Conference, and the National Parks Service. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Julie

The Atmospherians by Alex McElroy is a 2021 Atria Books publication. Okay- well, that was different- in a good way! Satire is hard to balance, but if it is done right, I love it! This book hits an uncomfortable mark as it examines influencers, toxic masculinity, and body image, and perhaps the role w......more

Goodreads review by Farrah

I enjoy satire, when it's done right, so this book was great for me. It's bizarre, funny, and relevant. ๐˜‹๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ - ๐˜ข ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด-๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข '๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด' ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข '๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ' - ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข - ๐˜ข ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ'๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ '๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ' - ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช......more

Goodreads review by Michael

โ€œโ€˜So youโ€™re abandoning me? Tossing me overboard to the sharks?โ€ I made grotesque sucking and biting sounds. โ€œDo you hear that? Thatโ€™s the sound of the sharks eating me whole.โ€™โ€ Sasha Marcus is mortified with everything going on in her life. Just recently a social media star who ran a wellness brand f......more

Goodreads review by Alex

I know the author......more

Goodreads review by Lark

The Atmospherians by Alex McElroy manages to be both completely serious and completely funny at the same time, the same sentence. What a delight to read. Itโ€™s very good at threading a path between the serious and the satirical and the narrative voice rollicks forward. Itโ€™s perfect that Mat Johnson h......more