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A review by monarchbooks
Men Have Called Her Crazy by Anna Marie Tendler
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
Thank you to NetGalley, Anna Marie Tendler, and Simon & Schuster for allowing me to read this book in exchange for an honest review (Unpaid).
While this book is about a journey of mental health and self improvement, it is also a love letter to art, to Tendler's dog Petunia, and to the people who listen - without judgement. Many readers who pick up this book right now will likely only know who Anna Marie Tendler through the lens of her overpublicized marriage, and I am not all that different. I went in knowing about that marriage, Petunia, and photography and I came out feeling as if I walked through Tendler's mind (though I know that this book is not the entirety of her being). It was such a vivid telling of her experience and as I am writing this, her words bounce around in my mind because reading them felt like seeing myself in a new light. I am awe of her writing and will follow her career with a new appreciation.
I wholly reccommend the Spotify playlist Tendler curated for this book with the same name under her user AMT, along with:
While this book is about a journey of mental health and self improvement, it is also a love letter to art, to Tendler's dog Petunia, and to the people who listen - without judgement. Many readers who pick up this book right now will likely only know who Anna Marie Tendler through the lens of her overpublicized marriage, and I am not all that different. I went in knowing about that marriage, Petunia, and photography and I came out feeling as if I walked through Tendler's mind (though I know that this book is not the entirety of her being). It was such a vivid telling of her experience and as I am writing this, her words bounce around in my mind because reading them felt like seeing myself in a new light. I am awe of her writing and will follow her career with a new appreciation.
I wholly reccommend the Spotify playlist Tendler curated for this book with the same name under her user AMT, along with:
- logical - Olivia Rodrigo
- BSC - Maisie Peters
- The Prophecy - Taylor Swift
- I miss you, I'm sorry and I Love You, I'm Sorry - Gracie Abrams
- Your Power - Billie Eilish
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Cancer and Infertility