I have always loved John Green's writing. I listened to the first episodes of The Anthropocene Reviewed podcast when they were first being released. I remember viscerally listening to his speech at NerdCon Stories in October of 2016, a convention where I first became aware of my-now perennial favourites Mikki Kendall and Nalo Hopkinson, where I heard Patrick Rothfuss talk about why he didn't allow pressure from fans to write faster get to him anymore. While I love Green's fiction work, I've long been especially drawn to his nonfiction writing, which started with Vlogbrothers videos that I've now been watching for over a decade, but was solidified by that speech at NerdCon. His vulnerability and earnestness, his disappointment and hope, his observation of our limitations and also the miracle of the human condition, have always resonated with me, and perhaps none more so than this one. So I give The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet five stars.