Disclaimer: this is a biased opinion. I love the Green brothers and how they view and explain the world, so I loved this memoir, as it was bound to happen.

The Anthropocene Reviewed is exactly what it says on the title: snippets of everyday human life with a little star rating attached to it. The magic happens when Joh Green uses what is essentially a memoir to make commentary about the essence of human experience.

I don't watch car races, or have kids, or had ever seen this very specific picture he reviews, but that doesn't matter. Because while, sure, the reviews were about these things that are particular to *John Green's* life, it wasn't really about them at all. They were just a way to convey a very beautiful and honest message of hope and wishfulness amidst the despair of life.

There are some points were I did get a little tired, or wished for more excitement. And the author knew that. But he also knew that real life wasn't a story that perfectly fit to optimal narrative purposes, and he let me know that. Which was cool too.

I'm don't have an easy time with non-ficton books, but I had it quite a good with this one. I give the Anthropocene Reviewed four and a quarter stars.