Atmosphere ~T.J.R.

I'm dead. I'm literally dead. What can be said about a book that is this good. Speechless. Crying. In love. I was way too emotionally attached to this book, and I have no regrets. Period.

Yes! I loved this book if you couldn't already tell, but before I give my review, I need to discuss a few updates throughout my blog. A quick reminder that conventional errors are just going to be a part of my blogs, and I have come to peace with that (so like... don't mind all my mistakes). I have added a categories bar so you can filter all my posts by the age range you are looking for and genre. I post most of the books that I read on here, but some of them are just so incredible and I don't give them the credit they deserve on my post. Therefore, I have added a "Favorites (Must-Reads)" category. I genuinely don't care how old you are, at some point in your life you must read these books. Anyways, if you press the "more" option you can then filter by genre, but the age ranges are on the bar to be more accessible. Also please consider that the age ratings is either when I read the book or when I think I should've read the book. If you know that reading is more challenging, they might not fit your expectations. I have also made my search section a little clearer and accessible. My blog has stayed the same, but just a little more user-friendly. Thank you!

Atmosphere is excellent. I had read one TJR (Taylor Jenkins Reid) book before this and also loved it. For that reason, I walked into the book expecting a comfort-read that I would enjoy. Instead, I got a book that absolutely loved. This is the kind of book that I laughed aloud in class in a moment of joy and strained not to cry in class in a moment of despair. This book is not for everyone... and I get that! BUT... it was for me and I believe that many of my readers would enjoy it as well. My friend recommended this to me, and while I was hesitant at first, I fell in love.

Throughout Atmosphere, the main character Jane Goodwin (a NASA employee) finds a life she is meant to live, a job she is meant to love, and a lover she is meant to be with, but what if one of those costs everything else? This book takes place in a dual timeline. The book starts at the end and then goes back to explain all the history through years and years. After that, it spontaneously brings you back to the end of the book to slowly build your knowledge of the moment. Goodwin starts her career at NASA as an ASCAN (astronaut candidate) and end as a Mission Control CAPCOM (the person who directly communicates to the astronauts in the capsule). I went into this book knowing nothing about the sky except for the Big Dipper and Camelopardalis (due to a random science project in 6th grade). You don't need to be a space expert to read this... at all! I have read some comments of people who know a lot about space complaining about the basic space talk and lack of true, but the thing is TJR realizes that and acknowledges it. She didn't mean to write an informative thesis on the galaxy. Instead, she wrote a romance. In the acknowledgments TJR writes, "It was incredibly challenging to get close to Joan and *******'s world. So much of my growth as a writer was in accepting that my work cannot and never will be flawless. I am flawed; my scope of understanding the world is limited" (Reid 235). She acknowledges the readers who know more than her even though she spent so much time researching the sky. That takes character, and she resembles this honestly all the way through her raw, heart-felt novel. Not to mention, this quote also exemplifies her beautiful writing skills!

I literally finished the book today and wanted to immediately post about it in hopes of not forgetting anything. I have tried to avoid some topics in this blog to prevent spoilers, but if you feel like this was too vague, just leave a comment and I can elaborate. I would 100% recommend this book to anyone who comes my way! Thank you for recommending this book (you know who you are)! Have a nice day!