Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Any Man by Amber Tamblyn

5 reviews

acg2285's review against another edition

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

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

hapikohw's review

dark emotional inspiring 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

It started on such a high for me. I really thought it would be a 5-star easy. As we went from the survivor-hood of each of Maude's victims to the general spectacle of the case it dipped for me. It is at its best when the internalization of each man is explored and how they maneuver through relationships of those closest to them. When they are centered. Some of the survivors are given this, and others are not - the last two men. It was bold to use real celebrities and what they would say in an event like this. The sixth man, who was technically the first, and then Maude herself were extremely rushed and that lack of exploration in those chapters really dropped it for me to 4 stars. Maude's logic that she gave the press versus what she actually believes in and why she actually done it is fine, but there should have been more if she was to actually have a moment in the book instead of being the person who got away and exists as a phantom in the public consciousness and the minds of her victims. Still, the experimental approach to the physical and audio book was enough to still be great to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Violence, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, and Torture

sphinxofblackquartz's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Animal death, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Grief, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Self harm, and Suicide

Moderate: Addiction, Deadnaming, and Cancer

Minor: Ableism

deannareadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Violence, Addiction, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Eating disorder and Deadnaming

Minor: Ableism and Fire/Fire injury