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Este é o Meu Nome by Chanel Miller

192 reviews

abbysaks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

The fact that I am not giving this five stars is not a reflection of the book or the author. This book is amazingly written and introspective. But it made me so sad and yeah maybe I shouldn't dock points off for the book doing what the author intended but I did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

kia_y_k's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

sambashua's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

lavenderdrops's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Chanel Miller is a beautiful human. 

This is the only non-fiction book that has ever truly interested me. Miller perfectly describes issues with our society and our justice system in a way that is bound to hit the hearts of anyone who reads this. 

She also extends a loving hand to other victims of sexual assault, who are tired of hearing the same phrases of pity from people who don’t understand their pain. Her quotes about healing and moving on will always stay close to my heart as I go through life. 

I honestly want to thank Chanel Miller for sharing her story. What you see on the news is just another story about sexual assault. But this book tells you who she is, what she felt, what she went through, and that is much more important that what she drank, what the judge said, what a reporter thinks. I’m sure this story will open the eyes of many.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

megbooks02's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I don’t have words to write a coherent review right now. Just… read this book. Everyone needs to read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexual assault

zoenicholas's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Incredible story, incredibly written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

bookswithgeorgia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

bookishlysophie's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

An incredibly difficult read but so inspiring. The story of Chanel Miller exhibits the complexities and struggles of being a survivor. Yet it also captures the joys of humanity and how we can all band together. I’d highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Misogyny and Medical content

Minor: Alcohol

amelianotthepilot's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

A story of resilience
Chanel Miller, the story of a woman who has survived a rape and rape trial and a female targeted school shooting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

amyalicejakob's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

This was a truly astonishing and beautifully written book. I hadn't read the witness statement before reading this book, and whenever I think about her reading it out at the end of this audiobook, I shiver every time. The producers chose to leave in the pauses, and voice quivers as she reads it and it is truly one of the most powerful pieces of literature I have encountered in a long, long time. The whole book is very much in this vein too. She opens with doing herself down, frankly, by introducing her limits and spelling mistakes, and all the reasons we might think less of her account, and ashamedly I have to admit I felt a drop in my stomach. Please don't give them this ammo. Please, sell yourself. You shouldn't have to, of course, but this is the world we live in. Please. 
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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Misogyny, Medical content, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism