Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Any Man by Amber Tamblyn

40 reviews

tey_lynn's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

I love the topic this book discusses. I really respect how it doesn’t shy away from the disturbing descriptions, but doesn’t dwell on them for fun and entertainment. Just enough to make an uncomfortable subject feel as uncomfortable and painful as it actually is. 

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kyras_reads's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

What the actual f*ck was that?

This book made my stomach physically hurt and it was genuinely distressing so many times. There was no point in which I said to myself, “I know exactly where this is going.”

With each new part, I was wondering if I was supposed to be entertained or introspective or confused. Really the only thing I was able to piece together was the profound bits that made me go “wow, that is absolutely some real life sh*t women deal with on a daily basis,” and I know that’s really the point here. Men don’t deal with the same scary things that women do and aren’t forced to face the public and their criticisms if they want any justice for the crimes done to them. This is an alternative view of this world ( a really weirdly written one). 

 

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youmns's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad 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? No
"Any Man" should come with one giant blinking red trigger warning.

Some parts read like spoken word poetry. Some are simply fiction. Almost all of it is horror, though I imagine it's well-researched and true horror. The sexual assaults are described with simultaneously less and more detail than needed to get their point across. The way people respond to the victims is horrifying. The way we alienate and vilify victims and survivors of sexual assault is horrifying.

I'm not quite sure how to rate this book, so I won't.

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jnevvvv's review

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5


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kelseymwelch's review

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challenging dark emotional fast-paced

5.0


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laneychaney's review

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challenging dark emotional funny informative relaxing sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0


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ghost_rider's review against another edition

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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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beanslibrary's review against another edition

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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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aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

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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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ellebosco's review against another edition

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4.0


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