Book · 2017 · Anxiety disorders
Turtles All the Way Down
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And then you should read Turtles All the Way Down. It's another great book.
Joe Rogan · The Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 2025 Listen at 50:35 The best things said about it
So the thing that really stands out about this new novel which is called Turtles all the way down is that it's even I think more I think it's even darker in some ways.
So the novel again for teenage readers and for grown-ups is Turtles all the way down.
Uh particularly the childhood vaccines, there never was, as you learned from turtles all the way down, never a a viable study on these.
You've been cranking out books every year, every other year, and then after The Fault in Our Stars, there was a five-year gap before your next book, Turtles All the Way Down.
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Turtles All the Way Down is a young adult novel by John Green that explores themes of anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder through a fictionalized context. The book has drawn varied commentary across multiple podcasts. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Joe Rogan recommended the book as part of a reading list for individuals questioning vaccine narratives, while Gavin de Becker referenced it to support claims regarding a lack of safety studies on childhood vaccines. Conversely, literary discussions on The Book Review featured Alexandra Alter and Pamela Paul, who reviewed the novel for teenage and adult readers, noting its dark tone and its exploration of the author's personal experiences with mental health. Additionally, Steve Levitt discussed the notable five-year publication gap between Green's prior work, The Fault in Our Stars, and this novel. Podcast hosts and guests utilized the book both for cultural critique and literary analysis, underscoring its broad reach across disparate conversations from medical skepticism to contemporary fiction reviews. The varied contexts in which the novel was mentioned highlight its complex reception, bridging discussions of mental health struggles in young adult literature with contentious public debates over vaccine safety and historical publication timelines.
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Alexandra Alter so the thing that really stands out about this new novel which is called Turtles all the way down is that i… 2
“so the thing that really stands out about this new novel which is called Turtles all the way down is that it's even I think more I think it's even darker in some ways”
“and similarly later on in the year we saw a really moving novel from John Green Turtles all the way down which dealt with his anxiety and his obsessive compulsive disorder through a fictionalized context”
Joe Rogan And then you should read Turtles All the Way Down. It's another great book. 2
“And then you should read Turtles All the Way Down. It's another great book.”
“Would you read Turtles All the Way Down or Dissolving Illusions?”
Pamela Paul so the novel again for teenage readers and for grown-ups is Turtles all the way down 1
“so the novel again for teenage readers and for grown-ups is Turtles all the way down”
Gavin de Becker uh particularly the childhood vaccines, there never was, as you learned from turtles all the way down, neve… 1
“uh particularly the childhood vaccines, there never was, as you learned from turtles all the way down, never a a viable study on these.”
Steve Levitt You've been cranking out books every year, every other year, and then after The Fault in Our Stars, there w… 1
“You've been cranking out books every year, every other year, and then after The Fault in Our Stars, there was a five-year gap before your next book, Turtles All the Way Down.”
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“And I also think after The Fallen Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down came out, my last two novels, something weird happens when you I mean, look...”
“and then after the Fault in Our Stars there was a five-year gap before your next book Turtles all the way down”