When I picked up this book, I didn't really know what I was expecting, but it was a definite surprise at first, but not in a bad way. While initially, the book's format and essay-like structure was new and slightly daunting, I began to really enjoy Green's opinions, experiences and anecdotes. It felt like a conversation with a friend, constantly alternating from sarcastic humor to deeply emotional recounting to nostalgically sharing happy memories. After growing up with John Green's fictional novels, seeing this new side of his writing was like revisiting my childhood.

The whole book taught me so much about the world, about life and history and geography and brotherhood and love and anything and everything in between. That's not to say that there were moments where my lack of Americanized knowledge was evident, hence my recent google searches for "Auld Lang Syne" and "Where is Indiana?", but overall the book was a breath of fresh air in an increasingly human-centered planet.  I'd give Canada Geese, Halley's Comet, and New Partner a 5 star rating. 

And so, I give The Anthropocene Reviewed... 4 stars