Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

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

10 reviews

rehearsal_collection's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

This book really made me think. The audiobook is read by the author, and well read at that. It's on Spotify if you have premium.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

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

bbygirl21's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective slow-paced

4.0

I was thoroughly surprised by this book. I went in open minded, but I fully expected not to enjoy this book. I don't usually read nonfiction books. I don't go out of my way to find nonfiction books and beyond that general hesitation with nonfiction, the premise of the book didn't really interest me all that much when going into it. But I surprisingly really liked it. I did start to feel a little bored with the book near the end of it. But overall I really enjoyed it and would recommend.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, War, Confinement, Genocide, Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Grief, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Alcohol, Cancer, Chronic illness, Animal death, and Antisemitism

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

abigailbat's review

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

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

novella42's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

Moderate: Grief and Chronic illness

redrosemoth's review

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

mollywill's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Child death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: War and Cancer

emmie_says_hi's review

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Suicidal thoughts

ceecee9093's review

funny informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Medical content