Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

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

57 reviews

takarakei's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

THE AUDIOBOOK! John narrates it himself (I find his voice so soothing) & one of my favorite essays was an audio exclusive. I just described this book to someone as a 'pop culture' book, but I think that does it a great disservice. This book is just so much more than that. I actually have not read any of John Green's novels (yet), but I have been following him and his brother Hank (read The Carls!) for a couple years, so I knew going in that John has a way with words. You may flip through the table of contents to read the titles of the essays and think this book sounds rather ordinary, but John is able to take even the most seemingly mundane topics and weave beautiful connections to (the often brutal) humanity. There were several times when I was misty eyed.

I give John Green's book 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Grief, Mental illness, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

Minor: War, Slavery, Alcohol, Bullying, Cancer, and Antisemitism

Animal death -

extinction of species, descriptions of hunting and animal cruelty (zoos, captivity, human disregard for animal well being/sentience) - all of which are told in historical context

issyd23's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Fuck I love John Green. I give The Anthropocene Reviewed 5⭐️ 

Feels ironic rating this book which is a memoir told through short essays rating various things. Highlights include ‘you’ll never walk alone’ about his love for Liverpool and ‘Auld Lang Syne’.

NB why is JG a Ringo Starr hater? He is the coolest and least problematic Beatle 😭 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Panic attacks/disorders

m_liz's review against another edition

hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

illgiveyouahint's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

The Kauaʻi ʻōʻō  story made me bawl my eyes out. I think I'm gonna have to buy the physical copy so that I can reread it at some point and highlight favourite passages. But also I think it's great to hear an audiobook of a book of essay by the author himself. With fiction it can feel weird since they're narrating their characters but with essays they're narrating their own thoughts which I think is nice. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Self harm, Animal death, Colonisation, Mental illness, Grief, Chronic illness, Death, Classism, Confinement, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Suicide, Racism, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Slavery, Violence, War, and Vomit

sarahweyand's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

 So hi. My name is Sarah and I DO NOT cry while reading. In all the 239 books on my Goodreads shelf, I have cried while reading exactly four of them. But DAMNIT if John Green didn't make my cry this week. For those of you wanting specifics, I cried during the Auld Lang Syne essay, on the audiobook version where John asks you to sing a version of the song with him. I went to Barnes & Noble to compare versions, and no, the print copy doesn't have this part, so if you choose to read that, maybe you'll be safe.

This is such an intimate look at the mind of a person with anxiety during the early months of the COVID pandemic. It is raw and honest and the prose is beautiful; it is definitely my favorite work by John Green. I would highly recommend listening to the audiobook, as Green narrates it himself. 

Each essay centers on a different topic that Green explores the history of and then ties into some aspect of the human experience. Some are better than others, but I did enjoy the majority of them. Sometimes I felt a little emotional whiplash going from a lighthearted and interesting essay to one so deep, existential, and anxiety-filled. I think some people might feel like it might be too soon for them to read this, and I fully understand. Overall, I think this was a well-written and mindful look at different elements of history and humanity and I look forward to reading more work by Green if he continues to publish in the adult space. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

trueveracity's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Grief, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

hnagarne's review

hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Grief, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

alyssa_s10's review against another edition

informative inspiring relaxing medium-paced

5.0

A beautiful series of essays inspired by the good and the bad of life and humanity. I listened to the audio book which was read by the author. It was quite a good listened and each essay is interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Child death

Minor: Cancer

redrosemoth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Child death, Medical trauma, Death, Medical content, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, Chronic illness, and Vomit

wrestleacademic's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts