Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Any Man by Amber Tamblyn

21 reviews

shanmcg's review against another edition

Go to review page

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

not what i usually read but was very thought provoking and deep message

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

baronessofbooks's review

Go to review page

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

5.0


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

ebbys_library's review

Go to review page

dark emotional inspiring reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated

5.0

There are a lot of content warnings, so take care of yourself. But this was such an important book to read. Male SA is so stigmatized and not really discussed, and SA is a problem that affects us all. We all need to be kind to one another about the topic, regardless of gender, sexuality, and circumstances surrounding the event.

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

ecokeefe's review

Go to review page

4.5


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

lexaprose_'s review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

peggy_racham's review

Go to review page

5.0

"Any man will do."

A very difficult but important read. 
All the TWs

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

hazedover's review

Go to review page


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

dizzzybrook's review

Go to review page

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


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

wickedgrumpy's review

Go to review page

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.

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

alisonfaith426's review against another edition

Go to review page

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


Expand filter menu Content Warnings