Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Any Man by Amber Tamblyn

33 reviews

hazedover's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death, Gore, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Mental illness, Body shaming, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Violence

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

tlrorrer's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Torture, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Self harm

acg2285's review

dark

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Dysphoria, Animal death, Murder, Sexual violence, Ableism, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Child abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Fatphobia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, and Cursing

therazzmatazz13's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Rape, Violence, Suicide, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Transphobia

tallhousecookies's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Body horror, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Self harm, Transphobia, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Deadnaming, and Alcoholism

Minor: Murder and Terminal illness

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

2.5

Well, I was looking for a change of pace and I think I got it.  The topic itself is hard to read about, hard to talk about, etc.

The writing was quite well done, kind of a bit of mixed media with the journal entries, chat logs, transcripts, poetry, and radio show vibes.  The first three victims were well fleshed out and their trauma was ever present and horrifying.  The later ones felt more superficial though I'm not really sure why.  There were also quite a few questions that were raised in the plot that were never answered that made it feel a bit rushed.

I do think this is a good book that has a lot of value in representing sexual assault as a whole and especially in male victims.  However, with all that in mind, I don't feel like I was the intended audience because I don't generally like to read books about rape.  I suppose I didn't expect it to be quite so graphic about it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Self harm, Violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Body horror, and Torture

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Cursing, Drug use, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

alisonfaith426's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Eating disorder, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Torture

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Transphobia

slaylormars's review against another edition

challenging dark funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Self harm, and Torture

Minor: Stalking, Suicide, Gore, and Suicide attempt

sam_is_reading's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Grief, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, and Sexual assault