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4.44 AVERAGE
4.44 AVERAGE
I really enjoy hearing John Green's thoughts, I have always enjoyed him and Hank watching vlog brothers for years. And this is a mixture of his vlogs, crash course, his novels and a mini memoir. And it's even better listening to the audiobook because it's like a John Green podcast. I give this book 5 stars.
I loved this book. I'm blown away by how much I enjoyed it. I've always been partial to non-fiction, but this was excellent. The storytelling is fantastic. I highlighted so many quotes, but I'll share just one. "...the complicated relationship between art and its viewers is never more fraught than when we look deeply into the past."
I give The Anthropocene Reviewed five stars.
I give The Anthropocene Reviewed five stars.
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reflective
challenging
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3.5 stars. I enjoyed this. I enjoy Crash Course John Green. I haven’t yet red Novel Writer John Green. But Nonfiction Writer John Green was lovely.
I enjoyed how he often references a childhood of “no special talents.” I think there is so much pressure on literal children to be good at a something very young, then only pursue that thing forever. I see John Green as intelligent and possessing the ability to consistently show up in the world (which I am so very jealous of) whether it is with videos or writing. So reading about his childhood where he was just a normal kid who got Cs and was bullied and did great at Decathlons was honestly so inspiring. It is hard to get inspired by those who have had luck sewn into their life just by being born to the right people. John seems like he had a good family growing up, and maybe that’s good enough to be good enough.
His essays are accessible and understandable. I don’t think I got any massive new perspective shifts or learned something I had never even heard of, but I found the book charming and inspiring and easy to recommend to others. I too have OCD, and I didn’t know that’s what his novel Turtles All the Way Down was about. I’m happy I listened to this in his voice. He has a weird cadence, but I feel it adds to the authenticity and is ignorable after getting used to it. It is similar with Crash Course. There is a specific way things are said.
I enjoyed how he often references a childhood of “no special talents.” I think there is so much pressure on literal children to be good at a something very young, then only pursue that thing forever. I see John Green as intelligent and possessing the ability to consistently show up in the world (which I am so very jealous of) whether it is with videos or writing. So reading about his childhood where he was just a normal kid who got Cs and was bullied and did great at Decathlons was honestly so inspiring. It is hard to get inspired by those who have had luck sewn into their life just by being born to the right people. John seems like he had a good family growing up, and maybe that’s good enough to be good enough.
His essays are accessible and understandable. I don’t think I got any massive new perspective shifts or learned something I had never even heard of, but I found the book charming and inspiring and easy to recommend to others. I too have OCD, and I didn’t know that’s what his novel Turtles All the Way Down was about. I’m happy I listened to this in his voice. He has a weird cadence, but I feel it adds to the authenticity and is ignorable after getting used to it. It is similar with Crash Course. There is a specific way things are said.
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reflective
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Interesting, humorous, reflective collection of thoughts about humans and the world. Definitely full of facts i never knew i needed to know, and some things that I have thought about before, so it was interesting to hear written out in this format. As someone who reads minimal non-fiction this was the perfect tone and pacing for me to enjoy it.
listening to the audiobook gave me flashbacks to watching crash course in high school but I actually enjoyed the content John was talking about
favorite chapters-
sunsets
the yips
googling strangers
kentucky bluegrass
whispering
the notes app
the worlds largest ball of paint
the kaua-i-o-o
the ginkgo tree
favorite chapters-
sunsets
the yips
googling strangers
kentucky bluegrass
whispering
the notes app
the worlds largest ball of paint
the kaua-i-o-o
the ginkgo tree
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Forever my favourite podcast. Also good as a book. I had to rush through the end a bit to get it back to the library in time, but I'd happily read this again and sit with my favourites a bit longer.
Favourite quotes:
I am thoughtful, full of thoughts, all the time, inescapably, exhaustingly. But I am also mindless, acting in accordance with default settings I neither understand nor examine.
Favourite quotes:
I am thoughtful, full of thoughts, all the time, inescapably, exhaustingly. But I am also mindless, acting in accordance with default settings I neither understand nor examine.
I know we've left scars everywhere and that our obsessive desire to make and have and do and say and go and get (six of the seven most common verbs in English) may ultimately steal away our ability to be (the most common verb in English). Even though we know that none of our marks will truly last, that time is coming not just for all of us but also for all we make, we can't stop scribbling, can't stop seeking relief from wherever we can find it.
Driving alone at night is heartbreak without the agony. I had this thought while driving alone at night and then I pulled over to write it down, which ruined the feeling.