Reviews tagging 'War'

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

13 reviews

youngwessels's review

hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Minor: Vomit, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Pandemic/Epidemic, War, Xenophobia, Death, Alcohol, and Suicide

takarakei's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

THE AUDIOBOOK! John narrates it himself (I find his voice so soothing) & one of my favorite essays was an audio exclusive. I just described this book to someone as a 'pop culture' book, but I think that does it a great disservice. This book is just so much more than that. I actually have not read any of John Green's novels (yet), but I have been following him and his brother Hank (read The Carls!) for a couple years, so I knew going in that John has a way with words. You may flip through the table of contents to read the titles of the essays and think this book sounds rather ordinary, but John is able to take even the most seemingly mundane topics and weave beautiful connections to (the often brutal) humanity. There were several times when I was misty eyed.

I give John Green's book 5 stars.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Grief, Mental illness, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

Minor: War, Slavery, Alcohol, Bullying, Cancer, and Antisemitism

Animal death -

Spoiler

extinction of species, descriptions of hunting and animal cruelty (zoos, captivity, human disregard for animal well being/sentience) - all of which are told in historical context

illgiveyouahint's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

The Kauaʻi ʻōʻō  story made me bawl my eyes out. I think I'm gonna have to buy the physical copy so that I can reread it at some point and highlight favourite passages. But also I think it's great to hear an audiobook of a book of essay by the author himself. With fiction it can feel weird since they're narrating their characters but with essays they're narrating their own thoughts which I think is nice. 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Self harm, Animal death, Colonisation, Mental illness, Grief, Chronic illness, Death, Classism, Confinement, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Suicide, Racism, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Slavery, Violence, War, and Vomit

alienem's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

Just wonderful

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Terminal illness, and Mental illness

Minor: Racism, Grief, and War

franzi_'s review against another edition

funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Genocide, War, Death, Alcohol, and Colonisation

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!

---

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.

---

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

---

Content Warnings

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

Moderate: War and Cancer

leilorenzo's review

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.

---

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.

---

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