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ecokeefe's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Physical abuse, Torture, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Blood, Death, and Sexual content
Moderate: Murder and Animal cruelty
Minor: Suicide and Deadnaming
bookgrind's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Sexual assault
Minor: Death
allapaz's review against another edition
3.75
tl;dr: good book, hard to recommend
Graphic: Torture, Eating disorder, Sexism, Animal death, Rape, Animal cruelty, Blood, Suicide, Violence, Self harm, Gore, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Deadnaming, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Child abuse
Moderate: Cancer
mfrisk's review against another edition
- 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 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.
Graphic: Deadnaming, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Violence, Transphobia, Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Abandonment
hazedover's review against another edition
Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death, Gore, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Mental illness, Body shaming, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Violence
ainhoalikesbooksandmangos's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, Violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Animal death, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, and Sexual violence
acg2285's review against another edition
2.0
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
wickedgrumpy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
2.5
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.
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
wyabook234's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Death and Adult/minor relationship
gerardine's review
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
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
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Rape, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Suicide
Minor: Death