Reviews tagging 'War'

The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

18 reviews

happilyeveralli's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Ah, yes. If John Green and I have much in common it’s that we both can’t stop having existential thoughts!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Death of parent and War

ssgcedits's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Green's books always leave me feeling a little more hopeful. His wit and lyricism are even more evident in essay form than in a novel. There are as many funny, wacky facts in this book as you would expect from a celebrity nerd.
My only criticisms are that for a book that claims to review the Anthropocene it is obscenely American in perspective (despite a couple of essays being on non-American topics/stories); and that, if you've followed John Green for a few years, even if you don't listen to the Anthropocene podcast, a lot of these stories will be at least familiar to your ears.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Terminal illness, War, Child death, and Death

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

leilorenzo's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Pretty sure this will be in the top 5 for 2022.
The way John Green manages to write about seemingly everyday actions or items and relate them to the grand scheme of things in life and living is exquisite.
I recommend this book to everyone. I am certain you will find at least one of these reviews to relate to. If not the reviews, the notes pages and recommended section of 'also by this author' offer some good bits too, of course.

I am now unsure whether to continue with Turtles all the way down or one of Hank's books or rather space them out a bit so that I can enjoy them fully.

I give reading 'The Anthropocene Reviewed'experience wonderful 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, and War

scruffie's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I could hear John's voice in my head while reading this book. Simultaneously sad and anxious and hopeful, it felt very comforting to me; exactly what I needed right now. Medium-paced most of the time, but also slow-paced, on occasion.

Probably like others before me, I give the Anthropocene Reviewed five stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, and Body horror

Moderate: Antisemitism and Terminal illness

Minor: Vomit, Slavery, Colonisation, Islamophobia, Drug use, and War

mathildem's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Antisemitism

Minor: Alcohol, Cancer, Genocide, and War

ntvenessa's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

A scrapbook of memories reflecting on the life of one, John Green, in the modern world, the Anthropocene. Indeed, it is phenomenon forward, and analyses our human relationship toward such phenomena. It shows that the distance between person and subject is not so distinct as we imagine, and that our experiences of a thing, contribute to the thing, as well as vice versa. It is about the density and quality of connection hewn in the modern world. The writing is deeply introspective and generous, and the themes broadly applicable to all. The essays capture the experiences of events spread across the spectrum of a life well lived, and indeed still living. Ultimately it is a beautiful, hopeful read, and personally my favourite Green novel. I rate The Anthropocene Reviewed five stars.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Antisemitism, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, and War

kmturpie1025's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Grief, Mental illness, and Medical content

Minor: War