Reviews tagging 'Child death'

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

86 reviews

anni_o's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

I liked it! I learned a lot about John and about his life but also about the world. Some essays were super interesting, some really not my thing. It moved me a lot in several parts and I did cry like, 4-5 times. The through line with the star reviews was nice, but it is a short story collection and maybe I just prefer Mr. Green's long story formats. Since I did very much enjoy myself though, it is a solid 4 stars. A good book club discussion book, just because of the small separate stories though! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Grief, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Child death

amschelly153's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book somehow captures the complexity of the human experience will also just capturing the beauty and every day life. I give it five stars.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, and Child death

grace33's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, and Death

Moderate: Child death and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cancer

dev921's review

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5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Child death, Cancer, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Self harm, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

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2.75

Formatting would have benefited greatly with the use of footnotes, which in turn would have helped with pacing and flow.

I found myself reading an essay or two about topics I had varying levels of interest in, and on to the next essay I would read the title and often put the book down because I had had enough of the meandering stream of consciousness associations for that session.

There were some things that I found value in, but it wasn’t really my cup of tea.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Toxic relationship, War, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Cancer, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Death, Deportation, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Classism, Islamophobia, Antisemitism, Child death, Chronic illness, and Mental illness

abigailbat's review

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I read this for Jacob’s book group at the library and was so glad to have an excuse to finally pick it up and read it. In a series of very short essays, John Green examines and “reviews” items and events from the Anthropocene (from the epoch of human life on earth). From Canada geese to the Lascaux cave paintings to scratch & sniff stickers to wintry mix, the topics are a wide, eclectic range. And through these musings, Green reflects on his own life and his own place in the world and our place as a human species interacting with the world. A few essays made me cry, a few made me laugh, and I’m excited to see which essays stuck out to everyone else because I bet they are all different. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Mental illness

Minor: Death and Child death

iang186's review against another edition

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5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Child death

Minor: Vomit

basicbookstagrammer's review

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5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, and Medical content

takarakei's review against another edition

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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

kelecoo's review against another edition

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5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Child death

Child abuse doesn't quite cover it. "Child harm" or "child pain" is very graphic.