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Any Man by Amber Tamblyn

39 reviews

jenhern920's review against another edition

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dark emotional fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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mfrisk's review

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This book was like nothing I’ve ever read before. I want to strongly encourage folks to check the content warnings prior to delving into this book but once you’ve done that if you’re at a place where you feel you can read this book I’d highly recommend it.

This book follows several men who’ve been raped by an unknown woman and we’re following them as they work to pick up the pieces within their lives and regain some sense of normalcy or something new. We follow them through journal entries, internet searches, online chats, and media reactions and they all come together to make a rich story that is able to delve into difficult topics including sexual assault and rape as it relates to racism, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, toxic masculinity, media coverage and our criminal justice system.

This was an incredibly difficult read but I’m so glad I read it and I can tell I’ll be thinking about the questions it raised for years to come.

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missgrangerr's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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inakar's review

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3.75

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evelynritzi's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Oh my god. I haven’t read a book in one sitting is a while and I just finished this in a few hours. This is a very, very dark book about male SA. It’s told in a poetic way, through the lens of letters, journal entries, tweets, chat rooms, and news articles. It really hooks you from the beginning and holds on tight right until the end. Damn.

The biggest takeaway is how the public/media drives the narrative of male vs. female SA.

Women being assaulted and victimized has become so expected that there are entire marathons of tv shows (looking at you’d SVU) capitalizing on it. Males being SA’d is shocking and gets more attention. When women are assaulted they are doubted. People ask what they were wearing and did they ask for it. When men are assaulted they are mocked. People ask why they didn’t defend themselves.

One part I felt was so gross and unnecessary…

THE CAT WTF 😩

This was quite dark and I had to add like 12 trigger warnings. But if you’re up for it, I’d still recommend!

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