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The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green

30 reviews

abby_reads_books's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

4.75

essays

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

mruks's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I didn’t want this book to end. 

This book was refreshing and comforting, like a warm bowl of soup on a cold day. John Green is an author that takes me back to high school - whether it was my obsession with THE FAULT IN OUR STARS (I had a freaking t shirt that said “okay?” “okay” on it lol) to watching his nerdy YouTube videos and listening to his brother Hank’s nerdy songs. I really needed to hear him read this audiobook aloud to me this year. It soothed my soul, made me laugh, and spoke gently to my hidden fears and anxieties. 

It feels ironic to review a book about reviews, but here we go: 5/5 ⭐️. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

kimi72714's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book pulled me out of my reading slump in the way that only the writing of John Green can do. 

I knew many of the stories from Vlogbrothers videos, and so, even without the audiobook, John was reading aloud to me in my head. 

This book made me cry laugh with lines like "But you do so much yoga!", and real laugh with lines like "I've read more books on Hamlet than parenting". 

The pandemic is still going, and I'm still huddled inside my house to keep myself and my community safe, but this book reminded me how to fall in love with the world. 

The wind is whipping around my house as a big weather front moves through, which is very common this time of year. But I can hear the kids next door squealing in delight as they play in their backyard, and I'm grateful for a connection to the wider world. 

I give The Anthropocene Reviewed five stars. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Islamophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

ntvenessa's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

A scrapbook of memories reflecting on the life of one, John Green, in the modern world, the Anthropocene. Indeed, it is phenomenon forward, and analyses our human relationship toward such phenomena. It shows that the distance between person and subject is not so distinct as we imagine, and that our experiences of a thing, contribute to the thing, as well as vice versa. It is about the density and quality of connection hewn in the modern world. The writing is deeply introspective and generous, and the themes broadly applicable to all. The essays capture the experiences of events spread across the spectrum of a life well lived, and indeed still living. Ultimately it is a beautiful, hopeful read, and personally my favourite Green novel. I rate The Anthropocene Reviewed five stars.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Antisemitism, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, and War

ceecee9093's review against another edition

funny informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Medical content

samvansam's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

earth loving earth.

i give the anthropocene reviewed five stars.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

libbyhb's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

 This book captured the exact energy I loved so much in John's videos when I first discovered Vlogbrothers and watched their 2007 backlog. I really appreciate the way John approaches nonfiction writing, especially the way he mixes information and emotion for whatever topic. Honestly the entire time I was like, this would be a great podcast - and then at the end I found out it IS a podcast and has been for three years. Whoops! But that's one of the things I liked best about the flow of the writing - the way it sounded like it could be read out loud really well. My favorite essays were Googling Strangers, Piggly Wiggly, and The Notes App.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death, Chronic illness, and Grief

Moderate: Terminal illness, Cancer, and Suicidal thoughts

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective relaxing sad

5.0

the irony of leaving a 5 star scale review on a book that has so much commentary on the 5 star scale is not lost on me, and initially I didn't want to review it for that reason, but I loved it so much that I felt like I should tell you all that. My relationship with John Green as an author goes back almost 10 years. I've always loved his books, his Tumblr posts, and to borrow a line from TFIOS, I would read his grocery lists. Through his fiction he has always captured humanity through such a beautiful and sometimes ugly lense and so when I found out he was coming out with essays on the human condition, I was signed up immediately. It did exactly what I thought it would do. It brought me comfort, made me cry, made me laugh...specifically the chapters "Auld Lang Syne" and "Sycamore Tree" really got me. He reviews things that seem trivial like Dr. Pepper and then a chapter later he's talking about the meaning of life itself. I've really never read anything like this and at the same time I feel like I've read this before because the person who wrote it seems so familiar to me.

For its insight, it's softness in this rough time, and for keeping me company when I can't sleep at night, I give John Green's the anthropocene reviewed 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Medical content, Genocide, Chronic illness, and Colonisation

Moderate: Child death, Antisemitism, Bullying, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Animal death

elissareadsbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

5.0

i laughed. i cried. i felt like when you spend five hours having deep conversation with a good friend, come home happy and exhausted, and collapse on the couch to take a nap. this was so special and personal and my heart feels like it cracked open a bit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Antisemitism, Colonisation, and Cancer

Minor: Xenophobia

caitlinjadams's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

5.0

This was exactly the right book to for me at this time. I’m very grateful to have had it now and will certainly return to certain essays again and again. None of that helps you know if it would be the right book for you, but it’s the essence of what this book is for me. It matches what I need in this weird time with my particular brain. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Terminal illness

Written in part during the COVID-19 pandemic with references to the pandemic woven throughout.