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

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5.0

This was not what I expected. Full disclosure: I had no idea what Anthropocene even meant which is probably why I ignored this book for so long. Perhaps I feared it was "too smart" for me?

Thank you John Green for helping me slow down. For helping me open my eyes again. For reminding me that it is ok to like, dislike, enjoy, or be nervous about literally anything because my thoughts and feelings are valid too.

This essay collection includes everything. Who knew I could find comfort in an essay about Diet Dr. Pepper, or wisdom hearing his take on Halley's Comet? I didn't realize Green and I are the same age. I felt oddly closer to him when he gave a shout out to a bottle of Strawberry Hill. This book was straight up comfort. 
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