Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

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

23 reviews

danasaur's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

4.5

Particularly excellent as an audiobook!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Grief, Alcohol, Cancer, Vomit, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Drug use, and Death

sarahina_b's review

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexism, Emotional abuse, War, Pandemic/Epidemic, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Animal death, Medical content, Grief, Xenophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

voldycat's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Mental illness

Moderate: Terminal illness and Chronic illness

zoiejanelle's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

i very casually listened to the audiobook (thanks spotify premium!) and really enjoyed being able to listen to a few chapters at a time. listening to him read the book, laughing with him and crying with him, made the experience so much more enjoyable. i would love to go back and read the physical book when i have time so that i can pore over his syntax and highlight my favorite phrases/sentences. 

john green was one of my favorite authors as as teen, and i am so glad to still be learning from him. his unique experience as an almost-pastor, a writer, a father, and a person who struggles with mental illness all really inform this beautifully reflective and inspiring body of work. his voice (literally and figuratively) really shine through each chapter and the context/further research provided made me feel like i was FEELING but also LEARNING at the same time. 

 i'm not sure what i expected from this book, but it was certainly profound. i found myself considering not just the human condition but my own place in the world and my own motivations. this was a really beautiful read, and i highly recommend it to anyone who likes memoirs, non-fiction, or yelp reviews. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Mental illness, Cancer, Pandemic/Epidemic, Grief, and Death

mopare's review

challenging hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Death

grahamjpark's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

I really enjoyed this book. John used reviews of random things from present day (or recent history) to share his thoughts on life. His thoughts were different from mine and I found they offered interesting insights. If you're someone whose already gone deeper on the topics of grief and "why are we here" perhaps you'd find it shallower, but I would still recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Grief

Moderate: Cancer and Suicidal thoughts

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

andra_mihaela_s's review

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

3.5 stars

This is my first book by John Green. For many years I stayed away due to the fact that many people seem to really like him as a person, but not find his work compelling. :(

When I saw he published a nonfiction title, better yet..a collection of essay mainly from the podcast he does...I thought this is my chance to see if I enjoy his writing style! ^^

I think this book is personal for him mainly because it was written in the middle of the pandemic.
The subjects he tackles are varied and unique in their own right: from sunsets to favorite bands and places, from sports to the pandemic and mental health, and from important changes at the global scale to a personal journey he needed to put on paper mainly for himself. :)

This book is beautiful, and reading it, I kept imagining his voice and fragile delivery from crash course literature.

In terms of content I loved about a third of essays, liked another, and I was mildly interested in the rest.
Here are some of my favorite chapters: 
-Humanity's Temporal Range
-Halley's Comet
-Lascaux Cave Paintings
-Teddy Bears
-Air-Conditioning
-<b>Sunsets</b>
-<b>Pinguins of Madagascar</b>
-<b>Auld Lang Syne</b>
-<b>Googling Strangers</b>
If you have a copy of the book at hand, you can see that I connected with the first part of the book more...which is not a bad thing. I just vibe with some of the subjects of interest for him, not all. ^_^

I highly recommend this collection of essays if you need something meditative, or are in the mood this reflect on serious subject matters for short periods of time.
In the end, I'm not sure I will ever read more from him, certainly not his earlier work..but a similar project as "The Anthropocene reviewed" will appeal to me.:)
One things is sure...I loved his authorial voice! If you enjoy hearing him talk, give this book a try!

Enjoy

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, Bullying, Grief, Terminal illness, and Death

greeneyed_ives's review

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Child death, Terminal illness, Grief, and Death

alienem's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

Just wonderful

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Terminal illness, and Mental illness

Minor: Racism, Grief, and War