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Any Man by Amber Tamblyn

23 reviews

spookymartinireads's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.75

check tw forreal

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Transphobia, and Excrement

Minor: Pedophilia

shedevls's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

i am utterly incapable of articulating just how powerful this book is, but it is both a work of art and a work of serious societal importance. 

it is also extremely triggering, so please, for your own sake, check your warnings and do not go into this blind. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, Transphobia, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Deadnaming

ebeubanks8's review against another edition

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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Suicide attempt

mrsmishler's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Transphobia

youmns's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Self harm, Torture, Transphobia, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Suicide, and Blood

Giant, massive trigger warning for survivors of sexual abuse: maybe don't read this book.

neonfroggo's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

aformeracceleratedreader's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

ellebosco's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicide, Transphobia, and Suicide attempt

mfrisk's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was like nothing I’ve ever read before. I want to strongly encourage folks to check the content warnings prior to delving into this book but once you’ve done that if you’re at a place where you feel you can read this book I’d highly recommend it. 

This book follows several men who’ve been raped by an unknown woman and we’re following them as they work to pick up the pieces within their lives and regain some sense of normalcy or something new. We follow them through journal entries, internet searches, online chats, and media reactions and they all come together to make a rich story that is able to delve into difficult topics including sexual assault and rape as it relates to racism, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, toxic masculinity, media coverage and our criminal justice system. 

This was an incredibly difficult read but I’m so glad I read it and I can tell I’ll be thinking about the questions it raised for years to come. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment

peggy_racham's review against another edition

5.0

"Any man will do."

A very difficult but important read. 
All the TWs

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail