Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

162 reviews

bek_p87's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

How can I rate a book that made me cry several times, laugh out loud, feel intense grief and immense hope, question humanity's existence and my role in it, anything other than 5 stars?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Medical content

k1313's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Mental illness, and Death

kaiciemesser's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

spacekee's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, Bullying, and Death

Moderate: Colonisation

abigailbat's review against another edition

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. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Mental illness

Minor: Death and Child death

luisaaaa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

i cried way more times than socially acceptable to cry to an audiobook

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

lettuce_read's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Cancer

brookey8888's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

I really enjoyed this! I learned a lot and some of these essays made me emotional which shocked me. I’m not going to lie some of this went over my head, but overall it was easy to follow and understand. There’s a lot of humor in this, but a lot of seriousness as well. It really made me think of all the little things in the world as well as the big things. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Death, and Mental illness

erin22's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

Beautiful, thoughtful, informative regarding new subjects and insightful regarding familiar ones. A excellent review of Green’s collection of reviews from the modern age.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Mental illness

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

novella42's review

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