Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Any Man by Amber Tamblyn

35 reviews

jjjmother03's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

lovesagespages's review against another edition

challenging dark informative 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? Yes

5.0

this is so hard to read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Torture

hazedover's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

dizzzybrook's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

tlrorrer's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

acg2285's review

dark

2.0

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Content Warnings

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

therazzmatazz13's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Transphobia

tallhousecookies's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Body horror, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Self harm, and Transphobia

Minor: Terminal illness and Murder

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

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

alisonfaith426's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Eating disorder, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Transphobia, and Alcohol