Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Any Man by Amber Tamblyn

17 reviews

triple_m's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.75

Really loved this book. It was really unique and the writing style being a mix of poetry and “regular” writing was really engaging. It was interesting to learn about the serial killer strictly from the perspective of her victims and it was nice to see each victim’s journey through finding normalcy and dealing with the trauma of their assaults.

The author did a really good job of changing the voice for each perspective she wrote from. I think they all sounded very different and unique from one another.

It’s missing a little bit of oomf for me to give it a full five-stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Rape

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Cancer

katebrownreads's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Body horror, Blood, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Deadnaming and Transphobia

autumnwhite's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Sexual content, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Cursing, Cancer, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Grief, Hate crime, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Rape, Self harm, Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

mermaidsherbet's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Mental illness, Eating disorder, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Pedophilia, Animal death, Kidnapping, Torture, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Drug use, Bullying, Gore, and Medical content

Minor: Stalking, Sexual content, Cursing, Cancer, Suicide, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Excrement, Vomit, Transphobia, Sexism, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Murder, and Deadnaming

literaryliaisons's review against another edition

challenging dark 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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Deadnaming, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Child abuse, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Self harm, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Suicide, Transphobia, Animal death, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Sexual content

erinbarton's review

challenging dark slow-paced

3.0

if you are looking for a ‘promising young woman’ style thriller following the female attacker then this is not it.

what this book actually is the aftermath of a series of attacks following each male victim, told through the form of: diary entries, emails, chat room conversations, talk show scripts, monologues, tweets etc.
any man was well-written but not exactly what I was expecting, I really wish more than just the epilogue was maude’s pov.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Body horror, and Gore

Minor: Eating disorder and Suicide attempt

bakerreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Body horror