A review by lily1304
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green

hopeful reflective relaxing slow-paced

3.25

The hot dog eating contest is a monument to overindulgence, to the human urge to seek not just more than you need but also more than you actually want. But I think it's also about something else...

I am John Green trash, so I wanted to like this book more than I actually did. Mundane things become profound metaphors for like, the human experience and finding hope in an uncaring universe etc. John's tendency to over-metaphor-ize things is one of the things people dislike about his fiction, so I imagine people who don't like his fiction would find The Anthropocene Reviewed insufferable. But I enjoyed reading it, it was a nice slow pace, I liked the little windows into John's life, and I found myself thinking, "oh, yeah, I too am like this". It's difficult and vulnerable to be earnest, and I appreciated his earnestness.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Child death