Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Any Man by Amber Tamblyn

31 reviews

tlrorrer's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Torture, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Self harm

mgm9816's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

pranphetamine's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

Uncomfortable read, but eye-opening. There is a lot of sensitive material in this book, so definitely be in the right mental headspace before reading this. The marriage of social commentary and mixed media viewpoints is done really well. What stuck out the most to me was the writing style. It’s so beautifully written. Also, the audiobook paired with reading the physical book is an even more immersive experience (highly recommend doing it this way). Looking forward to explore more of Amber Tamblyn’s work. (Fun fact: Amber Tamblyn is an actress! She’s been in The Ring, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, and other pretty big named stuff. It’s always cool to see creatives shine in different mediums.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, and Sexual content

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Transphobia

acg2285's review

dark

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Dysphoria, Animal death, Murder, Sexual violence, Ableism, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Child abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Fatphobia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, and Cursing

eatingbrains's review against another edition

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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Self harm, Violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Body horror, and Torture

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Cursing, Drug use, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

2point0reads's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Self harm, and Sexism

gerardine's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

This one was brutal. Wow. 
Any man describes the aftermath of 5 men victims of sexual assault by a woman called Mae. The book shows how rape culture and society treat its survivors. 
The story switches between internet searches, poetry, radio dialogues, and journal entries, making the book a very fast-paced read.
Highly recommend the audiobook for this one. 
4.5 🌟 
TW: rape, animal cruelty, death, suicide, suicide thoughts 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Suicide

Minor: Death

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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 reeeeally loved the voice and style of this book. I came into it fully expecting an everyday novel style but was quickly surprised and sucked into the flow of poetic vision among such a hard topic. So well done, I could not put this book down. Every character had such a unique experience, reaction, and coping mechanism to what they experienced. Just wow. So well done, I can't believe I didn't read this sooner. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Transphobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Murder, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Misogyny, Suicide, Ableism, Physical abuse, and Homophobia

sam_is_reading's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Grief, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, and Sexual assault

dee_elizabeth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Violence, Eating disorder, Rape, and Terminal illness