Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

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

4 reviews

youngwessels's review

hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

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.

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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

elissareadsbooks's review

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

5.0

i laughed. i cried. i felt like when you spend five hours having deep conversation with a good friend, come home happy and exhausted, and collapse on the couch to take a nap. this was so special and personal and my heart feels like it cracked open a bit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Antisemitism, Colonisation, and Cancer

Minor: Xenophobia

skudiklier's review

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I loved this book more than I can say. It's so unique and I honestly think almost anyone could love it; it's probably the only John Green book I will unreservedly recommend to anyone, regardless of their interests.

I've listened to every episode of the podcast The Anthropocene Reviewed, meaning I had kind of already read a great deal of this book before it came out. I do have to admit that I think some of the really impactful moments in these essays are more impactful when you hear them read aloud by John; however, they don't lose much in their written form, and he has gone back and added quite a bit too.

I also really love the mini reviews he has for things like back page book ads and the font used in the book. They gave me so much delight to notice.

You already know this, but I give The Anthropocene Reviewed five stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Mental illness, Medical content, Islamophobia, Grief, Genocide, Drug use, Cursing, Child death, Cancer, and Antisemitism