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

15 reviews

spaceraspberry's review

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

Minor: Antisemitism

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

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

lou_o_donnell's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Antisemitism, Bullying, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

skudiklier's review

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I loved this book more than I can say. It's so unique and I honestly think almost anyone could love it; it's probably the only John Green book I will unreservedly recommend to anyone, regardless of their interests.

I've listened to every episode of the podcast The Anthropocene Reviewed, meaning I had kind of already read a great deal of this book before it came out. I do have to admit that I think some of the really impactful moments in these essays are more impactful when you hear them read aloud by John; however, they don't lose much in their written form, and he has gone back and added quite a bit too.

I also really love the mini reviews he has for things like back page book ads and the font used in the book. They gave me so much delight to notice.

You already know this, but I give The Anthropocene Reviewed five stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Mental illness, Medical content, Islamophobia, Grief, Genocide, Drug use, Cursing, Child death, Cancer, and Antisemitism