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mandaraffe's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Grief
jodunn_'s review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Cancer
readandfindout's review against another edition
4.5
Themes: 4.5 stars
Perspective: 5 stars
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Grief
Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Antisemitism
Minor: Cancer
bujo_bellel's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Grief
Moderate: Animal death and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Cancer
mollywill's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Medical trauma, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Cancer and War
caseythereader's review against another edition
5.0
- So many essays in this book had me thinking, oh this will be silly. Rating the Disney Hall of Presidents? This will be a laugh. Yes, but then he'll take a roundabout through a seemingly unrelated anecdote and suddenly you're crying while commuting to work.
- I do think a lot of the power of this book comes from the fact that Green wrote much of it during the early stages of the pandemic, and he frequently references that in the text. But it also adds more layers to the essays, helping to bring our current moment into the context of the whole of human history (whether or not that makes you feel better about the state of things...I'm not sure).
- I do recommend the audiobook for this, as Green puts so much emotion into his reading. Plus, you must hear the call of the extinct bird included in one of the essays. I hear the print version has additional notes, though, so I'll be checking that out as well.
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism
jayisreading's review against another edition
3.25
I didn’t hate this collection, but I didn’t love it either. I realize Green really wanted to attend to the importance of care and empathy, as well as to instill a sense of wonder for the world, but I think after ten or so essays, I got tired of the formulaic writing: random object, facts, musings, a literary quote or two, more facts and musings, star rating. Rinse and repeat.
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Death and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Cancer
annabellehimstreet's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief
Minor: Cancer
alyssasaurus's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, and Alcohol
moonytoast's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Mental illness
Minor: Cancer, Death, and Grief