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

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5.0

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5.0

This book accomplishes so much. It's imbued with the same care and thoughtfulness that Green has used to make YouTube videos for many years. He captures a sliver of the human experience yet showcases its beautiful, terrible, ephemeral nature. When the big things in life were overwhelming me, this book focusing on small things and small experiences was a welcome respite. I'd recommend this book to anyone who enjoys learning about both important events and useless trivia, to anyone struggling to get back into reading (the essays are short and easily absorbed), and to anyone who is tired of toxic positivity when they are feeling down. This book felt like someone sitting beside you when you're hurting and just being there.

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5.0

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4.5

Really enjoyed the careful tread between hopefulness and reality that Green is able to display while also exploring just some... really weird and wonderful stuff about the world and the mark we have left on it. One to keep on my nightstand and re-read when I can't sleep.

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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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