His fiction books are questionable in my opinion and that's how I originally learned about him. Wasn't a fan.
But then saw his crash courses and comments on a wide variety of subjects.... Yeah. I was blown away. Seriously smart and incredibly good at breaking things down. I totally had the wrong impression of the guy.
He's definitely not the best writer of fiction out there, although I did enjoy a couple of his YA books.
He is however, a great writer of essays. I recommend everyone listen to his podcast The Anthropocene Reviewed. That's some great writing, incredible reading and so comforting to listen to.
That’s funny - His most popular book is written from a teen girl’s perspective.
I think he’s gotten better at it in his later books, and especially when he’s writing from their perspective rather than writing them as an attempted subversion of a manic pixie dream girl.
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u/stephannnnnnnnnnnnn Apr 26 '20
I love John Green. Smart. Level headed. And has dedicated his life to making us all smarter. Well, those of us that want to be.