Reviewing Reviews of My Reviews

In which John goes Full Inception and reviews reviews of The Anthropocene Reviewed. Signed copies of TAR are still available in many places. Order one today: anthropocenereviewedbook.com/
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[@vlogbrothers]

Hi. Thanks for all your reviews. If you haven't read The Anthropocene Reviewed book yet, there are still signed copies available from lots of places: anthropocenereviewedbook.com/ (or, if you prefer, an audiobook read by me). And if you HAVE read The Anthropocene Reviewed, check out this amazing collection of covers/pictures/reviews/loveliness that people have made around the world at theanthropocenereviewed.com Thanks. -John

[@grambottle033]

Monotonic is a word, at least in mathematics! Monotonic sequences!

[@SylviaRustyFae]

Just fyi, most of your books have a higher rating than MacBeth; so youre clearly, statistically, a better wordsmith than Shakespeare

[@OrigamiMarie]

@@grambottle033 I know it from graphs; the phrase "monotonically increasing" refers to a graph that goes upward without ever dipping down (like a chart over time of how much ice cream I have eaten). "Monotonically decreasing" is a thing too, and means just the opposite, like a graph of the number of jellybeans left in a bag as you eat them.

[@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat]

Not enough pictures, 1/10.

[@pandasomebody7158]

i notice vision boards have been rather lacking in the latest videos, is this on par with some master plan of yours or simply an odd arrangement of coincidences?

[@AllieYourAlly]

“Essentially feminine instinct” honestly feels like such an unintended compliment and I love it!

[@chloeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

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[@JDoetsch23]

Right? It's sad to me that so many guys think that having any sort of femininity in one's life is a weakness or an insult. Then they'll turn around and tell you how much they respect women. 5 star review of your review of the comment John reviewed that initially gave him a 2 star review that he then gave a 4 star review

[@johannesbrahms3322]

Well here is the full review: There are four talking points that no reasonably written review about Mr. John Green and his book 'The Anthropocene Reviewed' that cannot possibly be ignored: 1. There are numerous defects, physical, mental, and moral, that clearly mark Mr. Green as a narcissistic, hectoring Fagin. 2. Mr. Green’s surrogates will leave us high and dry as they introduce a zeitgeist of yahooism to our society. 3. It must be stated quite categorically that he has lost all sense of compassion, understanding, and humanity. 4. Behind his ideological views I recognize the typical characteristics of a man with essentially feminine instinct. I'm saying this as a writer of four books and having spent 14 years studying Religion, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, History, Human Anatomy and Traditional Chinese Medicine; I can confirm and would testify in court that what I have stated in this review of the book to be true.

[@Skip6235]

@@johannesbrahms3322 Wow. Someone got a thesaurus for their birthday and realllllyyy wanted to put it to good use.

[@liv9589]

@@johannesbrahms3322 wow! do you have a link to the original? this seems almost like an artwork

[@sarahneu8349]

“There is nothing more radical or counter cultural, at the moment, than laying down one’s cynicism in favor of tender vulnerability.” Dam.

[@anniesoernym]

Yes! This! I actually turned the captions on and screenshotted the sentence because _damn_ !

[@3countylaugh]

Hope is the most punk thing you can do now.

[@crystalstellwagen2600]

I give this review of a review of a review 5 stars.

[@JeskidoYT]

Damn such a provoking thought in big brain words. Wish people listen John more.

[@anikastork5549]

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[@hereverydayadventure]

The irony of criticizing someone for “not knowing people” while simultaneously misidentifying the person being criticized is just. A lot. A lot of irony.

[@aksjomat1372]

EXACLTY

[@tegan6554]

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[@lilyofluck371]

"you don't know people" - says the person who doesn't know people

[@briellehohne4121]

My review of "Reviewing reviews of my reviews": maybe a bit self absorbed but honestly I kind of love that. It's a refreshing peek into the community that is reading this book. As someone only halfway through the book itself, I still identify with many of the reviews. Touching and hilarious. But no vision board so for that I have to give only 4 stars.

[@DampeS8N]

My review of "My review of ' Reviewing reviews of my reviews' " and also my _own_ review as I write it: While this meme is beginning to reach into the dankness - It is never-the-less heartening to see it continue in the form of a review of a review of a review of a review of itself, so I felt the need to contribute. However, neither new comment reviews offer much additional context and are really just cheap premises for a gag. I give our reviews 3.1 stars repeating.

[@patricksarama4963]

4.379 out of 5

[@VOLKOV9]

John, please review this review of the review of your review of reviews of your review.

[@nathaniel201]

A Review of "My Review of 'My Review of 'Reviewing Reviews of My Reviews": William Brall grapples with the nearly incomprehensible nature of an unending spiral of reviews folding in upon itself and deals with it in perhaps the best way one can, given the circumstances. This fifth layer of reviews takes more of a step back than the other self-aware foundations it is built upon and acknowledges that, at this point, whatever humor has come from the novelty of the concept has grown stale, and that further layering additional reviews atop this one would likely serve no purpose. However, while I respect the strength in admitting that the concept one is extending is likely on its last legs, the attempt to effectively kill, by oneself, what is essentially a community endeavor, feels somewhat misguided. Were this a series that was begun by this particular reviewer, they would have a right to declare it over. But since it has been established as a multi-reviewer structure, the author's machinations to declare their review as the final word and to definitively judge the quality of not just their own work, but all the work that comes after it preemptively, feels like a foolish attempt to say that the concept is dead and they have come to the fullest understanding of it. There is truth in these words, of course. Continuing this particular series may be belaboring the point, and it is always a good idea to know when to stop. But pretending no one else will build upon our work in a context which invites that sort of collaboration feels short-sighted. We must know that more will come after us. Perhaps it will be pointless, and perhaps that is the best judgement we can make given our grounding in the current present. But we are in no place to completely judge the future, even if we are, as the structure of this series has so firmly established, entitled to our opinions. I give this review 3 stars, which is, admittedly, only slightly less than the rating the author assigned.

[@Shrooblord]

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[@miacoss9809]

Due to your book I have confused my family by knowing random facts about the origins of monopoly, modern supermarkets and Canada geese so thank you

[@vlogbrothers]

The story of supermarkets is the wildest story I know. -John

[@jobriq5]

@@vlogbrothers I thought piggly wiggly was going to be the name of a card game

[@toomuchawesomeness5886]

This is weirdly the comment that makes me want to actually read the book

[@miacoss9809]

@@toomuchawesomeness5886 Haha I think John should pay me commission!

[@sarabaker2782]

Oh man, I got into a heated discussion about the history of air conditioning a few weeks ago. Thanks for the facts, John.

[@BFedie518]

John tearing up while reading positive reviews about his book -- 5 stars.

[@Pikminiman]

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[@michael_gibbs]

There we go, the review of "Reviewing Reviews of My Reviews"!

[@SpaceSoups]

I rate this review of a review of a review of a review, 5 and a half rubber chickens.

[@jackservans6906]

The Anthropocene reviewed reviews review review.

[@dragonharris5465]

It is such a soft book! It’s like a very cozy sweater and hot chocolate on a stormy night

[@vlogbrothers]

Thanks! -John

[@tomrogue13]

I thought John was going to say it's not a soft book cuz its only available in hard cover

[@Efflorescentey]

With some butterscotch schnapps in it to really warm the cockles of my heart ♥️

[@NickGreyden]

This. This book is the kind of book you pull out on a cold snowy morning when the world has stopped with a cup of hot chocolate and read by a fire or window. It is a book of reflection of things and of self. Snowy mornings, stormy nights, or sitting on the toilet... wherever that calm self reflection in your life comes ;)

[@dionnajenkins3335]

This title. Just when I thought all things Anthropocene couldn't get anymore meta 😅

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Nothing is more human than commenting on things, especially commenting on other people's comments.

[@diegomorett142]

@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 what about commenting on the comment of another person's comment?

[@pontifexcellence6648]

The thing I love about your fiction is being able to live in your worlds. The thing I love about Anthropocene, is the way in which you make our world livable.

[@vlogbrothers]

That's very kind. Thank you. -John

[@estrellarouge]

5 star review. Why is everyone making everyone else cry around here today?

[@RainbowSprnklz]

@@estrellarouge seconded, absolutely a 5 star review

[@aditi_05]

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[@benbisaillon7488]

I actually started watching these videos BECAUSE of the podcast. And I’m not planning on leaving anytime soon :)

[@chloeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

welcome! glad to have you here :)💜

[@Speederzzz]

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[@sccrespoc]

Same here!!!

[@robzrapid3166]

Same here

[@kayisfish]

Welcome!

[@chocolatereigns]

"the idea is that I make you cry, not the other way around." John, I've been a nerdfighter for a good 8 years now and I'm pretty sure we're all just making each other cry. In a good way.

[@ClaireF_]

So true 😭

[@RemizZ]

Yeah they do that a lot... Part of the reason I'm here :D

[@emilycaballero6052]

I get the impression that a lot of cynicism is based in fear. Being vulnerable and tender, therefore, is the most courageous thing you can do.

[@hambonefakenamington69]

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[@smithhenke5049]

this. you've got it.

[@chloeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

+++++++ this is fucking poetry

[@javiermeza274]

++++ Big ups!

[@margaretschachte489]

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[@LarvisK10]

I give this review of reviewing reviews 5/5 stars. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️/ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

[@vlogbrothers]

I give your review of my review of other people's reviews of my reviews five stars. -John

[@ThePrimevalVoid]

@@vlogbrothers It's 5 star scale reviews all the way down.

[@munjee2]

@@vlogbrothers now I have to write a bad reviews in order to be the only one with less then a perfect score

[@hambonefakenamington69]

@@ThePrimevalVoid that sentence brings me so much joy

[@robw2379]

@@vlogbrothers I give your review of his review of.... well, you get it. Three stars. Needs more exposition.

[@AcesStar]

John throughout the last year and many years before that I have felt entirely hopeless. Your book instead of blindly trying to change that hopelessness, recognizes it, and deals with it in a way that makes me feel both validated and lifted up. Thank you so much for this book and I wish you the very best.

[@vlogbrothers]

That's so, so kind. Thanks for letting the book into your life in such a profound way. -John

[@nightowlpete8223]

I resonate with this comment so much. I have read the self help books, done the yoga, sat in nature in awe of all that is. Still, I have felt the ache of hopelessness and despair. This book names those feelings for what they are, and welcomes them to the party of life without shoving them into a closet. It brings attention to all that it means to be alive in this moment. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[@Anilikedifranco]

aside from its more obvious incredible qualities, the anthropocene reviewed is Perfect for basing my outfits around, as i read it on public transit & hope that someone will notice and comment on it

[@vlogbrothers]

Very good cover for building outfits with! -John

[@inklingofadream]

are you color coordinating your outfits or going by theme? what does an anthropocene reviewed based outfit look like? :)

[@Anilikedifranco]

@@inklingofadream mostly by colour, but if you had any outfit ideas centered around the concept of air conditioning, i would be thrilled to hear em :)

[@chloeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

ok but imagine an outfit based on the lasceaux cave paintings that’d be the best thing ever

[@juliettedavies1550]

I really want a t shirt with one of the lascaux cave paintings on now that you mention it

[@insertclevernamehere9094]

This isn’t totally related to the video, but I’d like to rate a moment from Turtles All the Way Down. It’s when Daisy says something along the lines of “ladies and gentlemen, and people who do not identify as ladies or gentlemen”. I know that it’s just one line delivered by a supporting character in a book, but it meant a lot to me. As a non binary person, I hardly ever see people use language that includes us. It means a lot when I see someone include me. So, I give this moment in Turtles All the Way Down 5 stars. Thank you John.

[@vlogbrothers]

Thank you! -John

[@rafaelah1492]

Yes! It's such a small thing, but the amount of serotonin I got from that...

[@Shutupalready47]

I think you’ll love chef J Kenji López-Alt’s video sign off: “Guys, gals, and non-binary pals.” Highly recommend his cooking videos by the way

[@RitaSuszekTV]

big fan of "enbies and gentlethems"

[@kennys9383]

“Is monotonic a word?” *Sad calculus noises*

[@michaelmicek]

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[@iamkieranm]

I think he was going for 'monotonous'.

[@zucchinispooks5052]

It is now, a New York Times Best Selling Author just used it in a sentence.

[@jamestoothaker1584]

@@iamkieranm Nope, I think he just independently coined the word Monotonic and assigned it the exact meaning that it already had.

[@anniabalcazar1885]

Imagine receiving TAR as a “soft book” - like those foam books for children where the corners are all round and it doesn’t get hurt when it’s dropped. On a related tangent, now I’m envisioning a TAR for Kids! I would melt.

[@jimbrookhyser]

I will buy that book yesterday.

[@yostinator81]

That acronym is not very pleasing. You can’t say the words “I’m envisioning a tar for kids! I would melt” It seems like a great book

[@emilybyars-williams8556]

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[@Asummersdaydreamer14]

@@yostinator81 what about TARfK? To include the ‘for kids’ subtitle? Sounds like a unit of measurement to me and what’s not to like as long as it’s not somehow already a word in another language that is also somehow deeply offensive.

[@anniabalcazar1885]

@@yostinator81 LOL thank you for making my day by roasting my stream of consciousness

[@DanLovesGames]

"The idea is that I make you cry, not the other way around." Finally, a taste of your own medicine, although I feel like you'd have to be crying all the time to make up for the amount you make the rest of us cry, just saying.

[@Zahra-ii4ux]

"a taste of your own medicine" I appreciate this pun

[@bass777chick]

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[@margaretthym8234]

When I was in high school, some classmates and I made a binder of letters to a teacher telling him about the impact he had on our lives. It made him cry (only time I saw that) - Book of letters for John anyone?

[@thistles.and.thread]

agreed. the fact that the “auld lang syne” and “googling strangers” essays are back to back in the book just seems AGGRESSIVELY unfair.

[@vanessapierson4913]

“…which you, know, possibly indicates some problems with the five star scale….” no kidding. 🤣

[@josephbush3091]

Piggly-wiggly is a far better inclusion compared to hurly-burly. Totally justifies the discrepancy IMO.

[@bethan013]

I listened to your book in its entirety while completing a 26mile walk for the Macmillan Cancer Support charity. They helped and supported my mam while she lost her battle with cancer 2 years ago. During the review of Auld Lang Syne I looked around at the hundreds of people from across the country, who may not have had anything in common with each other than our mutual hatred of cancer, and thought how beautiful and momentous and painful it was that we were all here together. I sang ‘we’re here because we’re here’ along with you with tears in my eyes. Thank you for a perfect moment Mr. Green. DFTBA. Bethan xx

[@ShivaniSingh-dl3pe]

Going to borrow the phrase: Equal part stubborn hope and self-awareness. Oh boy! How much do I resonate with it...brb crying😭

[@charliespinoza1966]

Same and same 😭♥️

[@ktw72]

Honestly my new personal goal is to be equal parts stubborn hope and self-aware

[@Andrew-zm8gh]

You seemed hesitant about making this video on the Livestream. Glad you went through with it!

[@vlogbrothers]

I am still a little hesitant but hope it turned out okay! -John

[@chloeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

@@vlogbrothers it was absolutely beautiful, i give this video 4 and a half stars

[@SilverWlf]

@@chloeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee vision board would've aced it, I imagine...

[@Kaivijs]

This is the one book that is a perfect book gift to anyone. Because we all are human and sometimes need a little reminder of what that feels like.

[@bass777chick]

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[@mounika.5861]

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[@kiranicole2096]

"I wanted to write a soft book for a hard moment." I love this so much. It encompasses so succinctly what we should aim to be doing in the moments that threaten to make us worse. On the days that present the choice between hardening our hearts and letting them soften, I want to choose to be soft and bright and good.

[@Kirby.Burgess]

John, I cannot overstate how floored I am and have always been by what that person called your “essentially feminine instinct.” I’ve been listening /very/ carefully to you since I was about 11 (I’m 23 in grad school now) and over the last few months I’ve Realized-with incredible Clarity-that this instinct is the reason I’ve always been so deeply attached to your philosophy and writing. Your words are such a gift, John-thank you for sharing so generously. You’ve saved my heart a thousand times-I cannot thank you enough.

[@kammyethain4591]

I just find it almost unbearably beautiful that John reached out and showed some of his most vulnerable feelings in a wonderful act of bravery and so many people have reached back out with tender hearts and kind words. It’s just so wonderful.

[@chloeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

agreed that sort of radical vulnerability and connection that can spread across the planet is one of my favorite parts of the anthropocene, and i’m glad john’s book has given us so much of it

[@erinodonnell386]

You know what’s pretty cool? Most libraries are going to have signed copies of the Anthropocene Reviewed, which means that people will be able to read a signed copy even if they can’t afford to buy a copy of the book. That’s pretty amazing.

[@skylerwitherspoon]

Also on The StoryGraph it's 4.62 stars!! (goodreads alternative that I love and rosianna uses) Would highly recommend looking at the StoryGraph reviews of your book too John! So many lovely ones I've seen there 🖤

[@vlogbrothers]

Ahhh, that's lovely to hear! -John

[@kashishkukreja5904]

John I went back to the podcast after reading the book and realised that you had changed the ratings for some of the facets of the human-centred planet. I wanted to know why?

[@vlogbrothers]

Mostly because the star ratings are quite arbitrary and don't mean much! But sometimes because in re-evaluating something and rewriting about it, I found that my feelings sometimes changed. (In a couple cases I also think I changed star ratings between the physical book and the audiobook, because when I was reading the audiobook I felt like some of the ratings in the physical book were wrong). I am always changing my opinions on everything! :) -John

[@estrellarouge]

great question!

[@yeshua4845]

Now I'm gonna have to read the book and listen to it. 😅

[@Xailran]

John, I have rather conflicted thoughts about your opinions constantly changing. On one hand, the inconsistency may be found to be annoying by some. On the other, it's a sign that you (and everyone else) is constantly learning, and reframing things based on their new perspectives. I give your changing opinions 3/5 stars Edit: grammar

[@benjesterw]

This is a great question and Im glad John answered it.

[@chloeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

now someone just needs to review this vid so the cycle can continue

[@anna12910]

@hank

[@TamarZiri]

*just* did

[@JackLe1127]

You just did when you hit the like button

[@chloeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

@@JackLe1127 ….. wait a minute 😂😂

[@cheshirecat512]

Soft, hilarious, and deliciously meta. I give this video 5 stars.

[@skylerwitherspoon]

TAR is sitting on my desk right next to me because I'm reading a chapter out loud with nerdfighter friends during a discord call today! :')

[@chloeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

omg that sounds absolutely wonderful, hope you have fun :) 💜

[@Carebearritual]

that’s adorable. i still have not read more then five pages. i am dumb and tired and hate myself

[@Carebearritual]

/lh

[@eeshitaaaa]

My mother loved the book, John. So did I. Thank you, I saw her smile genuinely after weeks while reading the book. Hope you have a good day.

[@vlogbrothers]

Thank you Eeshita! -John

[@cassidywells7959]

I give people who read the Bible and give it a honest to god, book rating as a story like “2 stars, nice thought, a bit all over the place” five stars

[@LolasTBs]

"honest to god" had me chuckling

[@Rwededyet]

The *first* chapter contradicts itself!

[@trin873]

On goodreads people review the Bible like a historical fiction novel and they are hilarious

[@viviantompkins7925]

“A man with essentially feminine instinct” is honestly a fantastic gender IMO

[@jaybodzin107]

this is me =P

[@dzarsos]

It certainly resonates.

[@pseudogenesis]

MEFI here, reporting in!

[@daishoryujin95]

Yep, checks out.

[@inem6474]

"The idea is that I make you cry" I KNEW IT!!! Jokes aside, I feel like John's essays can put into words what I sometimes feel and struggle to describe and, in a way, that sort of unlocking and freeing of my feelings is what makes me cry. I owe so much to John. I can see what was previously foggy. I can appreciate more and allow myself to feel more as I understand more. Thank you, John.

[@mightyNosewings]

"Monotonic" is indeed a word, though I fear it's best known for its mathematical meaning as an adjective describing a function that only moves in one direction, either up or down.

[@estagiariaa8146]

I'm just saying, inventing words is also something the author of Macbeth did 🧐

[@rmdodsonbills]

I gotta say, I found the writing of the author of The Scottish Play* a little dense and hard to read. Not his fault, I hasten to add, but I can see why people might rate John Green's style a little higher. *I'm not generally superstitious, but as an actor, I don't like to trigger my fellow players as they strut their stuff upon the stage. Not only is it kind, but it makes my life easier if I don't have to work around their issues.

[@MusicLover7545]

John's collar today reminds us all that perfection is overrated and our time is better spent pursuing other endeavors. 4 stars.

[@emilyhennessey8294]

This is such a John Green moment.

[@jama211]

Right???

[@tegan6554]

I know EXACTLY what you mean

[@urbfffatima]

I want John to rate me as a human being,

[@vlogbrothers]

I admittedly have a very limited insight into the matter, but five stars! -John

[@urbfffatima]

@@vlogbrothersthis is the best thing that has ever happened to me

[@elizabethsmith6477]

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[@elizabethsmith6477]

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[@suzannelangdon9452]

I want to be worthy of John’s rating me as a human being. Working on it!

[@lilyenpointe7448]

Through out this pandemic, I have gone down to the shore to walk my mum’s new puppy, thought of Mary Oliver’s poem on that subject, and listened to your podcast over as I let the waves carry my sobs away from me. It has carried me through the pandemic, the failing of my degree, the grips of an abusive relationship and subsequent heartbreak that comes with breaking free. Your podcast has helped me hold on to my sorrow and my hope through all of it. It has validated me, and made me feel less alone in my pain, while gently reminding me there will be a time after this pain. A consistent problem in my life, is my need and yearning to be somber and serious when everyone around me feels the need to lighten the mood sooner than I do. Thank you for giving me a space to be heavy and to contemplate, while showing me just enough light so that I don’t lose myself in my grief completely. It has brought so much to my life, and I am eternally grateful ❤️

[@emmab4961]

a little hurt that the last line of my review “this book isn’t as good as dear hank and john, but it’s a valiant effort” wasn’t mocked here. loved the book, john!

[@rafaelah1492]

You don't happen to be Emmma with 3 ms, do you?

[@emmab4961]

@@rafaelah1492 i wish!

[@aacsmiles]

Gave my dad your book for Father’s Day. He’s never heard of you, but he also loves the book.

[@irenes4939]

i love your narration, john! i use the podcast to calm down when i feel anxious and to get emotional and hopeful when i feel numb and frustrated. for a few months, i kept getting panic attacks when i was lying in bed late at night trying to sleep. i tried meditating, melatonin, listening to music i loved at the time, but what eventually was able to steady and soothe me was listening to you talking about the beauty and complexities of humanity. "Humans are often criticized for being short-term thinkers, unable to see past their own lives. And yes, in desperate situations we can become desperate animals. But it is also human to die for want of potatoes you are saving for people you do not know." is a quote, a thought and a feeling you captured, that touches me each time, never failing to ground me from my thought spirals. i suppose tar is my tetris. thank you, john

[@rabbitfishtv]

It’s “monotonous,” but monotonic should totally be a drink.

[@Snarethedrummer]

monotonic is a word

[@estagiariaa8146]

being early is a funny experience, it always feels like I have to take note of it. i get "first" now

[@avnineotia526]

I love your book!!! It has taught me so much!! Reading it bought out so many different emotions l did not even know I had, thank you for this book! 10 out of 5 stars

[@gabehockett]

John, after watching this video, I rate your reviews of the reviews of your reviews five stars. You showed how much you care about your work, while also showing that your work isn’t all that defines you. You showed that you truly care about your audience’s lives and want us to be happy, like we for you. John, you made me laugh while also making me feel very introspective. You get a solid 5 stars.

[@journalsbysophie]

Awaiting very impatiently to get the book here in Uruguay so I can read it in Spanish. But this is so meta such a meta video!! ♥️

[@mariamaj4585]

Was just reading your book when I got this notification

[@rysiskailepai]

Reviews of his reviews!? Where does it end!?Come on Jon, it can’t be Turtles All the Way Down! ...hold on a minute

[@taylorcarmen5336]

I have to believe that vulnerability will save us. I say that in the middle of a protest project about the torture of disabled students at a u.s. school. In the research, for this I've seen videos of shock torture and read stories of food deprivation. As a disabled person myself, it turns my stomach and raddles my heart. For a few days this book gave me respite, and now it reminds me there is hope. There has to be.

[@oliversale7984]

Reading The Anthropocene Reviewed was a pleasure in many ways, from re-experiencing the podcast and finding new reflections, to sharing quotes and passages with my girlfriend, to sitting quietly with myself after a few words build up over many and I cried. Thank you for all you've done for the world, with everything you do.

[@TravisGilbert]

I am really REALLY hoping that Hanks video will be a review of this video on a 5 star scale

[@smithhenke5049]

that's exactly what I was thinking lol!

[@samandmeshach]

Sad it didn't make the cut for the video, but just wanted to leave a comment thanking you again for checking out my video review (and for leaving a very kind comment)! It really means so much to me that you took the time to share in the reading/reviewing experience with me. Thank you. Maybe I'll have to do a review of these reviews just to be thorough. Wouldn't want to leave this joke alone until thoroughly beaten into the ground haha. Thanks again John Great vid! -Sam

[@tangiblethursday]

John’s collar in this video: 4 out of 5 stars.

[@seoyeonahn6377]

deliciously wonky--I'd say 5/5

[@brendanmooney7607]

Your review of John's collar: 5 out of 5 stars.

[@Amberpawn]

A five star audible review: John's vocal cadence holds a joy that defies the anxiety we both know. I give John Green reading chapter titles... Four Stars. Part of me hopes that there were many takes of those chapter titles and the chuckling and happiness that can be heard in some is a memory of a conversation around the process of creating this audiobook and a joy in sharing those moments with amazing people. Congratulations on being the second book of which I have bought three or more copies, the first being several different books by Roger Zelazny.

[@evol-yu4mu]

Hank needs to do a hank reviews everything about this video

[@ForTheLoveOfMusicals]

Now I’m curious how assigned reading influences the average rating of those books

[@rae_lh]

I almost published a review of your review of Harvey but I couldn’t do it because it was too vulnerable. I’ve cried every time I’ve read and heard it.

[@vlogbrothers]

Thanks. That was a hard one for me to write, so I'm glad it resonates with you. -John

[@rae_lh]

@@vlogbrothers it is one of the most personally-important-to-me pieces of media I have ever consumed, because it helped me feel so seen. Thank you.

[@0203mariam]

Now we just need a review of this video to complete the inception. It's lovely,with a lot of humor, without compromising your connection to the audience. I feel your openness and am as always impressed at your ability of being so vulnerable. I give this review of the reviews of the book of reviews 5 stars. I might be biased:)

[@MathAndComputers]

"monotonic" is a word, though missed opportunity to rhyme: "monotone baritone" 😅

[@HumanTypewriter]

When even John Green says ''Is that a word?'' I suddenly don't feel so stupid anymore.

[@TheRealLeesyKate]

I give this review of the reviews of your book of reviews five stars. Thank you John for making the world warmer and kinder with your words.

[@sarahnewton2267]

This has got to be one of your best videos yet. It is really great to see you so relaxed and happy!

[@jazzyaz8634]

The Sycamore Tree Review is my favourite by far from TAR. Came at the perfect time for me. That essay alone compels me to give TAR 5 stars

[@RosalindPlays]

“I read it mostly while asleep” - Hank Green 😂 I love your book btw thank you for getting me through the pandemic too

[@juliannaking8753]

TAR came to me right as I was graduating college, moving out of my first apartment into a new one, and starting a new Grown Up job. The world around me was moving at light speed and I was feeling uprooted in a way I hadn't felt in a long time. Every day in my new apartment I read a chapter of TAR on our new fire escape while the sun rose and I could actively feel myself building a new routine in a new home. Because of TAR I started reading regularly for the first time in my adult life. So thank you for this book. It's everything I needed and more.

[@emboltoriolindy5655]

I read all of your books John except this one, they are all great and truly inspiring. I will make sure to read this one too 💖 Thank you for sharing your works, I appreciate them all.

[@naomiferguson3041]

Your podcast/book helped inspire a lot of thoughts in my valedictorian speech - I wrote (among other things) about how perfection is so easy to want but impossible to even recognize, let alone actually attain. I’ve been striving for perfection my entire life and am only now realizing that “nobody’s perfect” doesn’t mean nobody has gotten there yet and therefore you should keep trying, but the entire concept is flawed and the more you try for it, the more you will hurt. I understand now that in our short miraculous lives, we need self-acceptance and hope, not perfection - we should just Be. That is all we can do.

[@l.paigebowser7769]

You have lucky classmates. Possibly even luckier are their parents and loved ones, who may be more prepared by the cuffs and slaps of life to hear and remember this wisdom.

[@SpyridonTheWonderWkr]

I listened to your book as I was driving, I was headed to what I hoped was my final destination. Though I can't say your book was responsible for me not committing to my final destination, I can without a doubt say that it made me feel like I was not alone. I give the book and this video 5 stars.

[@t3hsis324]

I'm going to tear up as I reply to this, but thank you, thank you, thank you for holding on. This touched a very tender spot, as I lost my brother to suicide a decade ago... and I wish these were words he was able to say. Any words. I want to believe deep in my heart your loved ones are grateful for your existence as well. Wishing you health and happiness.

[@l.paigebowser7769]

We are so very, very glad you are here.

[@arifromm9014]

john: this book has reached a way broader audience than I expected also john: there are still signed copies available

[@mouseluva]

Thank you for writing this podcast and book. It's helped me so much through rough times, especially at the moment. Thank you.

[@harish1105]

That "essentially feminine instinct" review reeks of a guy trying hard to live up to some ludicrous idea of masculinity that he's cobbled together from scraps of popular media. Like he's trying to convince us he read TAG in the library of his remote chalet, sipping whisky while sitting next to a roaring fire whose logs came from trees that he cut down earlier that day with a giant broadsword that he forged himself. One day he's gonna realize that no one outside fiction lives like that. We all cry and get angry and emotional and fart and sometimes drool in our sleep and are moved by beauty and are hurt by words.

[@TeresaAlexandraCosta]

Interesting: I thought it sounded exactly like the feminists (embrace your inner feminity) books I've read.

[@rdear]

“Ted Lasso-like” Dang, John! Where do you even go from there!? I give your review 5.5 / 5 Diamond Dogs.

[@randomsandra4039]

The sinuous twisting of your shirt collar is in league with my shirt collar!! Why are they out to get us? They have ONE job. ⭐️⭐️

[@mariacargille1396]

Love this, and the review mixing you up with Hank made me laugh especially hard. I know it must be a constant problem, but you guys take it so gracefully. Makes me wonder what ultimately inconsequential things I should be working to decrease my annoyance at.

[@jobriq5]

Hank Green knows his science

[@handlejl225]

John, I review this review of reviews of your reviews as a solid five stars

[@jkitty542]

When I think of my favorite pieces of so-called "pandemic art," I'm reminded of Taylor Swift's Evermore and Folklore, Bo Burnham's Inside, and The Anthropocene Reviewed. Being alive is weird. It's weird how we're temporary. It's weird that a pandemic made is sit in our homes for three months in 2020 because if we didn't we might get or spread or die from a plague, and it's weird that people are acting like this plague no longer exists despite the fact that 500 Americans are still dying from it every day, which would put it on par with an unprecedentedly bad flue season. It's weird that we're number to death as a social order that ever before in modern history. Your book captures the weirdness of being alive.

[@inklingofadream]

I just finished reading The Anthropocene Reviewed this morning! I read it in two early morning sittings, in my backyard hammock, a bath, and my front yard picnic blanket. The hammock was a 5 star birthday present in a spot in the yard that we never really used before, but is actually 4 and a half stars (points redacted for blinding morning sunshine), the bath was three and a half stars, and the picnic blanket was 4 and a half stars- usually 4, but it rained last night. :)

[@Dalenthas]

This vlogbrothers episode is tender and heartfelt. Five stars.

[@gabehockett]

Someone needs to review this video

[@Chellio]

I work at a library in Ottawa and you might be interested to know that our library has 10 copies and the wait list is 84 people long. Your book still has so many more people to meet!

[@vlogbrothers]

That is such a lovely way of thinking about it. I am excited for TAR to meet these folks! Thanks for letting me know that. -John

[@Chellio]

I’m excited to recommend and discuss it at work with customers who have read it! Truly a beautiful and wonderful work, I can only say thank you for making it.

[@4ll13n]

my online class is about to start and now i am crying. john, you deserve all the stars.

[@Zveshi]

"Thank you, thank you, thank you" should be a tshirt

[@valdobie2797]

I am receiving a copy on my birthday- which is in August! Can’t wait!

[@CitizenOfNeverland]

Listening to your ponderings and reflections over the last...10 years has changed my brain. You have helped me practice and pave the neural pathways of hope, of insight, of self-relection, of wonder. The Anthropocene Reviewed has been sitting on my night table waiting for a moment when I finally have time to breathe and read and I am taking that break in the coming weeks. After a year and a half of starting a career in school social work during a global pandemic, I need nothing more than to be reminded of how my brain came to be paved to always lead me home. Thank you for this gift, John. Your vulnerability has always been infectious.

[@bengoodchild883]

Very satisfying review of reviews of reviews, one (or more?) of which was about types of reviews. Even as someone who listened to every podcast Im loving reading them a second time. Thank you! Love from the North

[@austinhehir8423]

I give this video reviewing reviews on John's book of reviews 5 stars 🌟

[@thepiewhispererer]

Always a privilege to be here John. 5 stars.

[@abundanceofellies9520]

I always love to see what people have said in their reviews because it gives you another perspective on things. As did this video. Thanks John 😊

[@goldfishcrayon]

I'm working on reading a library copy (that was signed! Feels so surreal to have watched you sign pages months ago and now one of those pages is in my hands). Really enjoying it. Had some shared similar experiences that surprised me. And you quoted Sarah Dessen, someone I grew up reading?! That was cool. Thanks for sharing a part of you with us.

[@CallaLilly414]

Reviews of reviews of reviews are a five star experience.

[@ananas22anne]

fyi: the english book, that i bought in germany, had your signatue. i like your book! half the fun for me is reading about things that have zero cultural significance for me. like dr. pepper... we can't even buy this here.

[@tegan6554]

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[@thegamingruler1996]

I'm still in the middle of the book, but every time I open up audible and play your book, I get a lump in my throat. I haven't felt like this for so long I thought I had strep throat in the first few days. Fantastic book, great job John.

[@charlizegeorge5193]

I just finished the book yesterday. I laughed out loud. I cried quietly. It’s a beautiful piece of your history but summarizes so much emotion that I haven’t seen verbalized like that before (other than in the podcast). Thank you for sharing your vulnerability with us! Thanks to you, I have a newfound love for “New Partner”, niche food stands, and the world around me.