The Anthropocene Reviewed

I like JG's prose and the topics were varied and enjoyable. I think the Sycamore trees may have been my favorite review. I appreciate the way he weaves his struggles with mental illness through the book; sometimes they're central, even all-encompassing, and sometimes they're absent or just sort of quietly following along. It felt relatable.

(I was originally giving this a 3, but upgraded to 4, because I think it's a 4 for content, 3 for format.)

This is a collection of short essays. I knew that going in, yet I think I still expected some sort of arc, which there was really not. I enjoyed each essay individually but thought reading straight through was a bit of a slog. This would be a great book to keep somewhere you're only going to be able to read an essay or two at a time (bathroom? car?). (Also, every time I write a review I'm a little afraid the author is going to read it and then I'm going to become, say, the person who just recommended their book as a bathroom book to their proverbial face, and that makes me so uncomfortable. My review of reviews: two stars.)