Reviews tagging 'Child death'
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green
81 reviews
abigailbat's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
I read this for Jacob’s book group at the library and was so glad to have an excuse to finally pick it up and read it. In a series of very short essays, John Green examines and “reviews” items and events from the Anthropocene (from the epoch of human life on earth). From Canada geese to the Lascaux cave paintings to scratch & sniff stickers to wintry mix, the topics are a wide, eclectic range. And through these musings, Green reflects on his own life and his own place in the world and our place as a human species interacting with the world. A few essays made me cry, a few made me laugh, and I’m excited to see which essays stuck out to everyone else because I bet they are all different.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Mental illness
Minor: Death and Child death
iang186's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Child death
Minor: Vomit
basicbookstagrammer's review
emotional
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Grief, and Medical content
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.
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 contextkelecoo's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse
Moderate: Child death
Child abuse doesn't quite cover it. "Child harm" or "child pain" is very graphic.emilyexley's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, and Medical content
stw07's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
5.0
This is maybe the first work of literature I’ve read that is a direct result of and reflection on the effects of the Covid pandemic, and I don’t know, I just really needed this right now.
Highly recommend the audiobook version. Of course the narration by the author adds a lot to it, but the recording of that extinct bird near the end honestly made me emotional.
Highly recommend the audiobook version. Of course the narration by the author adds a lot to it, but the recording of that extinct bird near the end honestly made me emotional.
Content Warnings
Minor: Child death
erosikessel's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Death, and Alcohol
mfeustel's review
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Child death
unviincible's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
5.0
god.
this was completely incidental so this review is biased, but I picked up this book at exactly the right time in my life. my meds make it difficult for me to cry but I needed to and this book yanked the tears right out of me. and even though it came to me at the right moment, it's also a book I know I can return to later for comfort; john green shares the same kind of specific, existential anxiety that I do, and so I find this work soothing. they're frank, but kind and patient and passionate, and they're written in language that's easy to follow. thanks john green!
Content Warnings
Minor: Child death