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sphinxofblackquartz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Transphobia, Blood, Vomit, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, and Deadnaming
Minor: Ableism
mermaidsherbet's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Drug use, Gore, Pedophilia, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Excrement, Vomit, Stalking, Murder, and Pregnancy
gymbeannz's review
- 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
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.
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.
Graphic: Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Body horror, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury