The Anthropocene Reviewed

"A collection of essays on topics today. It’s really a creative nonfiction book but I just must not have got it…so well reviewed but I did not like it. I want essays to either be funny on difficult topics, or have deep meaning. This has neither for me. "

"Some of these essays really hit home. I really enjoyed reading this a few essays a day. Several essays written in the early days of COVID and that moment is very well encapsulated. "

"4.5 ⭐️ This book has something for everyone. I actually highly recommend this in audiobook form because JOHN GREEN. It had me laughing, crying, contemplating…just all the feels and the fun. "

"Started: Jan. 23 | Finished: Feb. 12 | Pages: 274"

"The audiobook was like binging a podcast version of John’s Instagram reels. (Probably because he reads it.) Very enjoyable."

"The audio book is great too, read by John Green himself. “I give it 4 and a half stars.”"

"Great essays for pointing out the environmental ignorance of much of human culture. Green does this with humor and research. Worth the read."

"one of the greatest books of all time. genuinely changed my outlook on life and made me cry almost every chapter. a must read"

"Charming, funny, and movingly earnest, I give The Anthropocene Reviewed four stars.<br/>I feel really bad saying it, but I've never really enjoyed John Green's novels. Which is a shame because I genuinely like John Green. I am a huge fan of his work on the vlogbrothers, and I think he seems like a really awesome person. But his books? They kind of bored me. I felt like the author was so worried that the audience would misunderstand the message he wanted to convey, that he had to spell it out every five seconds. Turtles All The Way Down was better, in that the exploration of mental illness was very real and I thought was handled fairly well. The story itself was not very memorable and I resigned myself to not liking any of John Green's books.<br/>I really enjoyed this book.<br/>I think what I've learned, at the end of the day, is that Green himself is the engaging one. His novels were all removed from himself in a way that made his writing difficult for me to get through, but with these essays, he himself is at the center, and his writing is much improved for it.<br/>John Green has an earnestness in this book that really comes through and adds to the charm of the whole thing.<br/>I was not expecting to enjoy this as much as I did, but I think it's definitely a book work coming back to."

"This book was wonderful. I love how John took seemingly random subjects and related them to him, life, and each other. If you can call this an autobiography, it’s one of the most interesting layouts of the genre I have encountered. I laughed and cried and felt genuine connection, even on topics I wouldn’t necessarily find relatable. I give The Anthropocene Reviewed five stars."