Reviews with content warning for Sexism - Any Man

It started on such a high for me. I really thought it would be a 5-star easy. As we went from the survivor-hood of each of Maude's victims to the general spectacle of the case it dipped for me. It is at its best when the internalization of each man is explored and how they maneuver through relationships of those closest to them. When they are centered. Some of the survivors are given this, and others are not - the last two men. It was bold to use real celebrities and what they would say in an event like this. The sixth man, who was technically the first, and then Maude herself were extremely rushed and that lack of exploration in those chapters really dropped it for me to 4 stars. Maude's logic that she gave the press versus what she actually believes in and why she actually done it is fine, but there should have been more if she was to actually have a moment in the book instead of being the person who got away and exists as a phantom in the public consciousness and the minds of her victims. Still, the experimental approach to the physical and audio book was enough to still be great to me.

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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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challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Any Man follows the stories of 6 men that were assaulted by the same woman, their stories and joruneys interlinking between social media posts, radio transcripts, phone calls, poetry, and journal entries. I was amazed how everything linked together and how poetic each entry was, so raw and full of emotion. It felt incomplete without Maude being caught, but the thrill isn't in finding who this woman is.

Rather its the painful road each character takes and who they became after their assaults. The attacks aren't vivdly described, byt can be painfully imagined through every character's entry and the aftermath.

3.9/5 C

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