Reviews tagging 'Child death'

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

92 reviews

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

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2.75

Formatting would have benefited greatly with the use of footnotes, which in turn would have helped with pacing and flow.

I found myself reading an essay or two about topics I had varying levels of interest in, and on to the next essay I would read the title and often put the book down because I had had enough of the meandering stream of consciousness associations for that session.

There were some things that I found value in, but it wasn’t really my cup of tea.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, War, Classism, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

abigailbat's review against another edition

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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: Mental illness and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death and Death

iang186's review against another edition

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5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Death

Minor: Vomit

basicbookstagrammer's review against another edition

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5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Medical content, and Grief

takarakei's review against another edition

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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.

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

Animal death -

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

kelecoo's review against another edition

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5.0

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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

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5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, and Medical content

stw07's review against another edition

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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. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death

erosikessel's review against another edition

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5.0

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Content Warnings

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

mfeustel's review against another edition

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5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death