Zany, Man

First of all, the premise of this book is quite serious. Sexual abuse of anyone, by anyone, is horrific and life-changing. So it was a brave effort for our author, Amber, to take on the task of writing about a female serial rapist of men. I applaud her desire to expose this issue for what it is, a violation of untold proportion, one underappreciated by the general public because of our discomfort over the age-old question about how an aroused man could actually be raped. (Spoiler alert: drugs help.) That being said, I wasn't surprised to learn that some of Amber's earlier works are books of poetry. Turns out this is, too. Don't get me wrong--she has talent in that area, but it's just that it felt much more like a platform for that purpose than a fully fleshed-out story. Generally weird, bleak and tragic, this book has good intentions but fell a bit short for me.