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alexxxxandra's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Medical content, and Rape
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Vomit
Minor: Mass/school shootings, Self harm, Body shaming, Cursing, Eating disorder, and Excrement
amyalicejakob's review against another edition
5.0
But I needn't have worried. Within minutes, it is clear that this brave and creative and intelligent and emotionally literate woman knows exactly what she is doing. The images she conjures up are sticking with me for life. I am in awe of this book, and though it was so tough at times, I do think it needs wider reading. The fact that a book so potentially polarising has such a high rating on goodreads is testament to its power.
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Sexual content
Moderate: Classism, Misogyny, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Cursing, and Drug use
zakcebulski's review against another edition
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Cursing, Body shaming, Bullying, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Grief, and Medical content
purplepenning's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Cursing, and Panic attacks/disorders
kateriv's review against another edition
5.0
Not that she would ever see this, but I closed this book whispering a string of thank yous to her.
Graphic: Sexual harassment and Rape
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Cursing, Gaslighting, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Sexual content, and Gun violence
ednam0dewannabe's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Classism, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Misogyny
Minor: Blood and Emotional abuse
nebraskanwriter's review against another edition
4.5
“This book does not have a happy ending. The happy part is there is no ending, because I’ll always keep finding a way to keep going.”
I had to set this book down many times because of all the intense emotions it made me feel. I felt so angry over how the justice system fails victims, how Stanford failed Chanel and then tried to patch it up by creating a garden where she was raped, the emotional weight her, her family and friends endured all throughout the trial and to this day.
This was a very hard book to read but too often as a society, we smooth over the cracks in our facade and look away from the pain, only wanting to see this idealistic and perfect thing. We ignore the bad, rewarding the society-accepted “good”. Chanel didn’t have the option to ignore the bad that was thrust onto her, she experienced society’s bad at full capacity. Seeing her shine a light on it, pulling back the curtain of what she went through to expose the cracks in our legal system, colleges and media, it was a much needed reality check.
Thank you, Chanel, for writing this book. Thank you for sharing your story with us all and continuing to fight.
Graphic: Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence
poppyamber's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Vomit
lucyrudd's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence
prakriti_archit's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexism, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, Hate crime, Gun violence, and Grief
Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, and Suicidal thoughts