Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

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

80 reviews

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

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

hanross94's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

bbygirl21's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective slow-paced

4.0

I was thoroughly surprised by this book. I went in open minded, but I fully expected not to enjoy this book. I don't usually read nonfiction books. I don't go out of my way to find nonfiction books and beyond that general hesitation with nonfiction, the premise of the book didn't really interest me all that much when going into it. But I surprisingly really liked it. I did start to feel a little bored with the book near the end of it. But overall I really enjoyed it and would recommend.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Chronic illness, Antisemitism, and Alcohol

spacekee's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Colonisation

mayavd's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

Contrived musings

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Pandemic/Epidemic

jameyer1216's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

novella42's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Chronic illness and Grief

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.

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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

grahamjpark's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

I really enjoyed this book. John used reviews of random things from present day (or recent history) to share his thoughts on life. His thoughts were different from mine and I found they offered interesting insights. If you're someone whose already gone deeper on the topics of grief and "why are we here" perhaps you'd find it shallower, but I would still recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Grief

Moderate: Cancer and Suicidal thoughts

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: Animal death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Misogyny, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, and War