I really, really liked this. Would I have liked it as much if I'd read it in print, instead of listening to the audiobook (which was basically perfect)? Would I have liked it more or less if I'd ever read anything by John Green first? I don't know! But I listened to the audiobook, during a stressful couple of weeks, while I was commuting and doing laundry and, at the very end, just sitting at my table, listening quietly. And I enjoyed the heck out of it.

My one critique is that there is a little bit of what seems like a call for moderate politics (this kind of "both sides are wrong and mean, even if one side is definitely wronger and meaner" thread) that I found slightly tone-deaf in today's world.

But that tiny flaw is mitigated by a deep understanding of internet culture, by an examination of the addictive nature of internet-based attention, and by a picture of a world where not only is America's president a fairly reasonable woman, but humanity also stands a chance of banding together to solve ... any problem whatsoever. As the Amazon burns and the summers get hotter and the storms get bigger, I find the hopeful threads in this book compelling. Not just compelling. Necessary.

I'm glad this book came to me when it did.