Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

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

24 reviews

jameyer1216's review

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicidal thoughts, and Chronic illness

novella42's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

Moderate: Grief and Chronic illness

issyd23's review against another edition

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

5.0

Fuck I love John Green. I give The Anthropocene Reviewed 5⭐️ 

Feels ironic rating this book which is a memoir told through short essays rating various things. Highlights include ‘you’ll never walk alone’ about his love for Liverpool and ‘Auld Lang Syne’.

NB why is JG a Ringo Starr hater? He is the coolest and least problematic Beatle 😭 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Panic attacks/disorders

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. 

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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

trueveracity's review

challenging emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Cancer, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Chronic illness

redrosemoth's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Child death, Medical trauma, Death, Medical content, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, Chronic illness, and Vomit

mattiedancer's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Note: I cannot possibly review John Green’s work in a way that doesn’t sound biased, which is natural as I am biased towards it. I’ve been a fan of him since before I knew he was an author, as I used to watch his YouTube series with his brother (called Vlogbrothers) regularly. 

Writing: 5⭐️/5 

I love John Green’s writing, so this is a very biased review on this part. His writing style is very similar to my inner monologue at times (or how I hope my inner monologue would sound if it were an outer monologue). It reads effortlessly and smoothly, with some simply gorgeous passages. The writing is both funny, poignant, and serious when necessary, but woven with a beautiful thread of hope. 

Approach: 5⭐️/5

The book itself deals with a number of different human aspects: some are funny, others series, a few trivial, and others repulsive. And yet, Green approaches it in the most stunning ways. He is direct with the content when necessary and slightly evasive at other times, yet always with a frankness that respects the review-like structure. 

Content: 5⭐️/5

It’s about life. The littlest and largest aspects of life itself. If you’re unfamiliar with the work or thing being reviewed, then Green does a wonderful job of breaking it down without patronizing the audience. 

Post-Reading Rating:  5⭐️/5

I cried. I laughed. I wept. Expect it all. 

Who Should Read This? 

• People who looking for a little hope within a realistic worldview
• Fans of John Green
• Fans of fun essays and non-fiction collections
• Nerdfighteria 

Final Rating: 5⭐️/5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Chronic illness

lindsayerin's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Chronic illness and Medical trauma

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

 - Honestly, who gave John Green the right? Who let him make me experience the fullness of the human condition via audiobook?
- So many essays in this book had me thinking, oh this will be silly. Rating the Disney Hall of Presidents? This will be a laugh. Yes, but then he'll take a roundabout through a seemingly unrelated anecdote and suddenly you're crying while commuting to work.
- I do think a lot of the power of this book comes from the fact that Green wrote much of it during the early stages of the pandemic, and he frequently references that in the text. But it also adds more layers to the essays, helping to bring our current moment into the context of the whole of human history (whether or not that makes you feel better about the state of things...I'm not sure).
- I do recommend the audiobook for this, as Green puts so much emotion into his reading. Plus, you must hear the call of the extinct bird included in one of the essays. I hear the print version has additional notes, though, so I'll be checking that out as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Animal death, Chronic illness, Classism, Colonisation, Genocide, Grief, Violence, Alcohol, Cancer, Death, Vomit, and Mental illness

catphilli's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

What an unexpected treat of a book. I think people tend to pretty quickly discount John Green’s writing because they associate it with the female teen fanfare surrounding his other fiction novels and their associated book to film/tv adaptations. I’ll admit I’d fallen into the trap myself. But this book was surprisingly nuanced and truthful and a fantastic balance of contemplative and considered while also maintains a lightheartedness and genuine tone throughout. Would highly recommend the audiobook as its narrated by Green himself and I think he really brings his personal anecdotes to life in a visual and engaging way. Like I said - I didn’t expect to like it quite as much as I did (I intend on getting a physical copy purely so I can highlight and underline to my hearts content) and I think it’s one I’ll be mentioning to people in future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Mental illness