Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Any Man by Amber Tamblyn

40 reviews

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

dosxhime's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Eating disorder, Animal death, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

cursivewolf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is so powerful. The writing style is so unique, but I loved it. I am not a man, so I cannot attest if this is accurate to male victims of assault. But to me, it brings a voice to something most don’t consider or take seriously. Sexual assault itself is a topic explored so much, but sexual assault on men and the aftermath of such is rarely, if ever, explored. Tamblyn did it diversely, respectfully, and accurately. This book is personal to me. It shows so accurately how sexual assault can take over and affect you afterwards. I wept reading this. Part of me wishes Maude was explored more, just a tiny bit more. But I loved this book, in a weird way. In a therapeutic way. I don’t know if it’s one I could read again, it’s a hard read. But it’s so beautifully and delicately done, but rips the bandaid off all the same.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Rape, Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Violence, Mental illness, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

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

peytonliveslife's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Violence, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia

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

krissyallacher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

clg2022's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Self harm, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

trycerabel's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, and Rape

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Torture

gymbeannz's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

2.0

 This book, including the author, is everything wrong with the world.

The most disconcerting thing about Any Man is that it is written by a female.
To think that a female would have any clue what it feels like to be a sexually assaulted male is beyond me. And to think, she attempts to do it... what... seven times? Sevenish different men? I can't even remember. And all in first person, or from emotion-based poetry.
Based on this alone, I realised I couldn't take the novel seriously.
And I was correct. It's not made to shed light on the male's point of view.

Uncomfortable as it is to say, while the novel's purpose is to somehow promote feminism, I suspect it also acts as therapeutic revenge porn for the author. That's... concerning to say the least.

Maude is never caught. Her single communication with the press is a four page list of rhetorical questions that would make anyone feel like a guilty slime, even the reader! We learn she's never been abused, she does these things... for fun. My assumption then? She hates men.

I don't mind a character hating men. We get all sorts in this world and their point of view is a rare and interesting one. But I just can't shake the feeling that the author approves of Maude.

Amber Tamblyn turns a book about male rape victims into a "lesson" about female sexual assault. To be honest, the attempt to connect the two is very impressive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Torture

Moderate: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit