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cemeterygay's review against another edition
5.0
I very casually read a couple of John Green's fiction books when I was younger but I grew out of that brand of YA pretty quickly. When I heard about The Anthropocene Reviewed I expected more of the same, but I was incredibly surprised.
If you need some joy and hope with a twinge of bittersweet sadness during this hell of a pandemic, I cannot recommend this book. This book helped me find beauty in the mundane but to cope with some of the most horrific parts of life in a way that didn't feel like either romanticization or denial. I especially adored the explorations of mental health and community throughout the entire book.
While I did like John Green's writing style previously, it never really stuck with me but I think the format and subject material of this book made it really stick with me.
This book was an incredibly intense rollercoaster with high highs and low lows, that still managed to give me hope for the future and remind myself of the beauty that humanity can be.
Graphic: Antisemitism, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Death, and Child death
Additional CW: Heavy discussions of pandemic and death (particularly COVID-19), discussions of systemic oppression including antisemitism, discussions of mental illness including OCD, anxiety, and depressionmollywill's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Medical trauma, Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Child death, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: War and Cancer
rileywilson's review against another edition
4.5
Minor: Medical trauma and Mental illness
jodean's review against another edition
Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma
Moderate: Mental illness
anniefwrites's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Child death, Death, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness
robiok's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Panic attacks/disorders
manarnia's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness and Grief
Moderate: Medical trauma
Minor: Child death
cosmicsapphic's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Grief, and Child death
beccaruthe's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Bullying
Minor: Grief, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Child death
ahliahreads's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Medical trauma and Medical content