John Green (1) (1977–)

I appreciate the author's attempt at addressing an important subject to a younger audience. Sadly, the lack of sophistication, nuance, art, and craft makes for a cliche ridden tale. This is a missed opportunity because with better editing and more attention to detail, this could have been very good.

THESE similes? Really?
Plot was pretty pointless, but it passed the time. For a day.

Even though I did find that the characters portrayed in this book were unlikely, it's a work of fiction and there's a vast difference between unrealistic and unbelievable. I found them believable. I found their honesty striking and I finished the book wanting to believe that their entire experience is exactly the experience any person with cancer would have - the good and the bad.

After listening to the podcast for some time, I can basically hear John Green while I read the book version. I find it fascinating how he can weave two different subjects into most of the topics and yet create a cohesive short essay on each. I give "The Antrhopocene Reviewed" five stars.