Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Any Man by Amber Tamblyn

48 reviews

americattt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-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

4.5

“I am in a body. It is not the one I came here with, but it is the one I’ll leave here in. I will take care of it. It belongs to me now. My pain, I will take care of it. It belongs to me now. My heart, I will take care of it. It belongs to me now. My story, I will take care of it. It belongs to me now."

Highly recommend the audiobook version of this, with a full cast that made everything feel so much more real. A very difficult read that made me feel sick to my stomach a few times, but I think the core material/message is important. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Blood

Moderate: Deadnaming, Eating disorder, and Transphobia

mfrisk's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Violence, Transphobia, Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Abandonment

mortiffa's review

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

4.5

I'll be honest - after about 30 or so pages, I wasn't sure how I felt about this book. Tamblyn's writing style is stunning and unique, but... There was something I wasn't sure about.

Fast forward a few hours later and I've finished. It's a difficult, but readable, read. I think the author does an incredible job writing about the culture surrounding sexual assault. It is brutal at times, but extremely honest. 

Extremely difficult read but am glad to have read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Deadnaming, Self harm, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

spinesofsam's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Violence, Deadnaming, Pedophilia, Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Suicide, Animal death, Transphobia, Murder, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Rape, Self harm, and Animal cruelty

evelynritzi's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Deadnaming, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Blood, Eating disorder, Self harm, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Cancer, and Pedophilia

macncheese_pdf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual violence, Self harm, Suicide, Rape, Sexual assault, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Transphobia

peggy_racham's review against another edition

5.0

"Any man will do."

A very difficult but important read. 
All the TWs

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Physical abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Deadnaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Transphobia

amyreadstoomuch10's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual violence, Self harm, Rape, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Transphobia

markedwithanm's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Eating disorder, Blood, Grief, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Animal cruelty

dizzzybrook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Grief, Self harm, Sexual violence, Blood, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Rape, Sexual assault, Animal death, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Torture, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Violence, Medical trauma, and Sexual content