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amelianotthepilot's review against another edition
4.0
Chanel Miller, the story of a woman who has survived a rape and rape trial and a female targeted school shooting.
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
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, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Misogyny, Medical content, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
beawithane's review against another edition
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Alcohol
readandfindout's review against another edition
4.75
Themes: 5 stars
Perspective/knowledge: 5 stars
Graphic: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Suicide, Blood, and Mass/school shootings
Minor: Vomit and Police brutality
katsbooks's review against another edition
5.0
“We don’t fight for our own happy endings. We fight to say you can’t. We fight for accountability. We fight to establish precedent. We fight because we pray we’ll be the last ones to feel this kind of pain.”
“This book does not have a happy ending. The happy part is there is no ending, because I'll always find a way to keep going.”
This was easily one of the best memoirs I've ever read. Miller is a fantastic writer who really brings you into her world and allows you to experience her pains and triumphs first-hand. I'd obviously heard about her case in the news and her attacker's face and name are essentially synonomous with campus rape nowadays. There is something so powerful in how Miller has been able to reclaim the narrative around her assault while her attacker falls away into obscurity. As I was reading this, I felt the rollercoaster that she was on as she navigated the criminal justice system through celebrations and deep disappointments. Her story made me angry but also made me hopeful. I highly reccomend this memoir but if you're not familiar with Miller's story, she gained notereity as "Emily Doe," a victim in a sexual assault case at Stanford in 2015. The depictions of the assault are graphic and numerous and, sometimes, genuinely hard to read. Please take care of yourself (and maybe skip this one) if this topic is triggering to you.
Graphic: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Racial slurs, Suicide, and Mass/school shootings
shellig93's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Moderate: Suicide and Mass/school shootings
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: Rape and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
peskimo's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Gaslighting
thegriffelias's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
pucksandpaperbacks's review against another edition
5.0
A must read. A powerful, raw story about the author's sexual assault and the feelings and trauma it brought her. This is a very hard story to read, so please check all of the trigger warnings before reading. I only listed the one's I could remember. This is a story that will make you angry for the right reasons. Fuck Brock Turner and fuck the justice system that keeps failing victims of sexual assault. I felt so hard for Chanel as she tried to balance her life while going through trials and her own trauma. The way this affected her and her family was brutal.
Know My Name is beautifully written. The way Chanel shares stories of her life and experiences and connects them back to the Standford case shows how talented she is as a writer. Chanel recounts all of her feelings from the time she was assaulted to the end of the trial as her mind is spinning in circles. She takes the reader through her life mapping out every location and every detail worth noting. I read Know My Name via audiobook which is narrated by Chanel Miller and you can hear her emotion really come through. What a heartbreaking but notable story. I wrote down so many quotes because Chanel's words were so lyrical. I'm so glad I read this and it's a story I will never forget.
Some of my favorite quotes:
“Why should I carry the shame for the things that were done to my body?”
“I wondered how it happened, that I was now spending more time with my rapist than with my friends”
“Victims are usually automatically accused of lying, but when a perpetrator is exposed for lying, the stigma doesn’t stick. Why is it that we’re wary of victims making false accusations but rarely consider how many men have blatantly lied about, downplayed, or manipulated others to cover their own actions?”
“I was tired of existing as an object of observation. Powerless as my narrative was written for me.”
“Is an apology valid without change?”
“The judge had given Brock something that would never be extended to me: empathy”.
“I’ve grown used to being unseen, never being fully known. It did not feel possible that I could be the protagonist”
“Victims are all around you”
“Victims are not fractions. We are whole”
“The truth holds weight”
“Assault is NOT an accident”
Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, and Mass/school shootings