Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Any Man by Amber Tamblyn

102 reviews

ccard0223's review against another edition

challenging reflective

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

5.0

Listen to the audio book for this one! Fantastic. Absolutely phenomenal. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Torture, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

innae's review against another edition

5.0

Wow.   The things this book had to say about society..so sad, so true.   The way it was written..unique and moving.   The subject matter..I only hope the strength of this book will open some eyes, but I know how we, as a society, are..and it probably won’t.  Would love to see this in a college classroom someday though..the discussions it could start.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

ghost_rider's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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? No

4.25

Sickening, but the audio version is great and immersive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Sexual violence, Suicide, Body horror, Self harm, Eating disorder, and Sexual assault

Minor: Deadnaming and Cancer

lexaprose_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

read_byred's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This was the absolute best audiobook I've ever listened to and I am NOT OKAY 

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Content Warnings

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

plantedpaperbacks's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.5

All I will say is, check the content warnings because wow this book is intense. (Also, listen to the audiobook)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

craizydaizy1014's review against another edition

dark tense 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? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Blood

aformeracceleratedreader's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.25

READ TRIGGER/CONTENT WARNINGS
this was a great read (not necessarily because of the story since it discusses r*p* and s*x*u*l a*s*u*t, but the way it was told). It's multiple pov and can get pretty graphic. I wish we got a little bit of expansion on Michael and Sebastian as they were the victims we got the least amount of time with. I also didn't love the ending, but it was wrapped up nicely enough for me with how the victims coped and tried to heal.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexism, and Sexual assault

allapaz's review

3.75

the writing here was killer, the character explorations were good, if not a little inconsistent with some characters given way more depth than others, but my biggest question with this one is....who is this for? a VERY difficult read and yes it's impactful and raw and disgusting in places, but this seems marketed toward the social demographic that already knows what the commentary is saying? 

tl;dr: good book, hard to recommend

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Eating disorder, Sexism, Animal death, Rape, Animal cruelty, Blood, Suicide, Violence, Self harm, Gore, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Deadnaming, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Child abuse

Moderate: Cancer

jjayne's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault