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

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

 

As a human being I rarely think of all the things that make up being a human and the effect we have on nonhuman things. This book was originally supposed to be a podcast, and as someone who has now both read the book and listened to the audiobook, I can tell you that audio is the way to go. John Green as the narrator feels as though you are having a deep conversation with a friend you haven’t spoken to in awhile. John Green does what he does best, he provides witty and truthful commentary on how people interact with things and ideas without even knowing. He helpfully ranks Diet Dr. Pepper, professional tennis players, and canadian geese, based off of their merit in the human world and helpfully ranks them for us between 1-5 stars. He shows how we have changed, created, and destroyed things for better or worse, and forces us to feel both large and small on such a human centric planet. I give The Anthropocene Reviewed 5 stars.