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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
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3.22/5, audiobook. This book strikes me as odd, yet emblematic of Green’s recent writing career.
Those who love John Green will love this book. Those who are looking for a book truly centered on tuberculosis should look elsewhere.
What this book is: basically a podcast where Green interjects himself, his thoughts, his worldview, fun facts, and personal stories over a framework of “tuberculosis.” This is John Green x1000, he references his other books, his own struggles with health (mental and physical), and talks about being a writer.
What this book is not: the seminal work on tuberculosis.
I went into the book expecting a work on the same level as The Emperor of All Maladies (which, by the way, is truly wonderful and I highly recommend it). Instead, Green pulls from his experiences with TB patients and ***mainly from works by other authors***! This felt more like a meta-analysis of books about TB than offering anything new on the subject.
Want to read a truly remarkable book about TB? Read Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracey Kidder. You will not regret it. Want a brief, surface-level look into TB and to spend a few hours with John Green? Read this book.
Those who love John Green will love this book. Those who are looking for a book truly centered on tuberculosis should look elsewhere.
What this book is: basically a podcast where Green interjects himself, his thoughts, his worldview, fun facts, and personal stories over a framework of “tuberculosis.” This is John Green x1000, he references his other books, his own struggles with health (mental and physical), and talks about being a writer.
What this book is not: the seminal work on tuberculosis.
I went into the book expecting a work on the same level as The Emperor of All Maladies (which, by the way, is truly wonderful and I highly recommend it). Instead, Green pulls from his experiences with TB patients and ***mainly from works by other authors***! This felt more like a meta-analysis of books about TB than offering anything new on the subject.
Want to read a truly remarkable book about TB? Read Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracey Kidder. You will not regret it. Want a brief, surface-level look into TB and to spend a few hours with John Green? Read this book.
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January 9, 2025
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"Pretty crazy, I started this book and then immediately went to class where we had a discussion on TB for about 30 minutes. Wild how that works."
March 21, 2025
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Apr 16, 2025 04:42PM
Dude you put into words my exact thoughts about this book. I had just finished reading "When We cease to Understand the World," McNeal’s "History of Plagues," andI just picked up Emperor of all Maladies. I was really looking forward to it too (I have a signed copy, preordered since November of last year!) Every chapter felt like an audio transcribed into an essay, written by John Green. I know it’s his book, but him being the central character in a book about TB kinda throws me off.
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