Atmosphere Review
For some reason, I keep reading books by Taylor Jenkins Reid, although every time so far I have been left quite a bit disappointed with her writing. However, ‘Atmosphere’ seemed like it could be a fun one, so I decided to give it a chance. Unfortunately, I found it to have the same exact issues as almost all of the other books by this author I have read and I have read a few by now. ‘Atmosphere’ is set in the 1980s and it follows Joan Goodwin and her journey to being one of the first women in space, as she joins the NASA program. Throughout the novel, we are introduced to a myriad of other characters, although the majority of the story is told through Joan’s perspective through third person narration. The narration also switches between a crucial event in 1984 and then goes back and forth to get to that point, focusing on Joan’s story. My first and perhaps the biggest problem with the story is Joan herself. There were a lot of compelling and interesting parts of her charact...