Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Any Man by Amber Tamblyn

17 reviews

2busyreading's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

Moderate: Misogyny, Suicide, and Pedophilia

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

myotinae's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Transphobia, Body horror, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, and Misogyny

aaliyahmaybe's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

Minor: Misogyny and Transphobia

snerp_reads's review

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-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

4.0

Firstly, the prose in this book is absolutely beautiful, and really makes me want to look into Tamblyn's other works. While yes, it is very poetic at times, there are very clear distinctions between the voices of the main characters, both in speech patterns and personality. If I was basing my review based off quality of prose alone, this book would be a solid 5 stars.

I was a little unsure going into this book because of the framing of the perpetrator; expecting her story to follow the archetypal 'Stranger Danger' plotline so often used in stories of sexual assault, despite only making up a fraction of the actual crimes. However, I think Tamblyn utilized this archetype very well, and was actually beneficial when reading the survivors' stories as both personal accounts, and as an exploration of the larger culture around these topics. 
My main critiques are of the character Michael, and of the ending. I disliked that the only trans male character was the only victim to entirely lack a voice of his own; we only got to learn about him through social media posts (largely targeted at him through transphobia). While I was very hopeful to see a trans man being represented in a book about sexual assualt, I feel his story was the least fleshed out of all of them. This was especially disappointing considering that trans men have the highest rates of sexual violence against them, even compared to cis women. Giving a voice to a trans male character would've greatly benefited both the story, and the readers, especially compared to how long was spent giving a voice to an extremely misogynistic cis gay man instead. 
The ending was slightly confusing, and I feel it flew over my head, which is my only critique of it.

Overall, a very well written book, diverse cast, but does fail to equally represent certain minorities portrayed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Rape, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Racism and Murder

horrorandmagic's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexism, Pedophilia, and Misogyny

spinesofsam's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Violence, Deadnaming, Pedophilia, Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Suicide, Animal death, Transphobia, Murder, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Rape, Self harm, and Animal cruelty

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

abbynordman's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Misogyny, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Transphobia

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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