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Este é o Meu Nome by Chanel Miller

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emilyllebron's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

4.0

I find it hard to adequately “review” memoirs because these aren’t just stories - their people’s lives, people’s experiences; so, it sometimes feels wrong to give a rating but I’m going to try my best to articulate my feelings here.

First off, this is definitely a book that takes a while to get through. It’s a triggering topic to begin with, and there were times I really had to wait until I was in the right head space to continue reading (hence why it took me over a month to finish and over a year to actually pick up). I read a lot of negative comments saying how the book was “too long” and too many parts were “drawn out,” and while on the surface level that may be true for a memoir - on a deeper level it seemed to be the whole point. The way the court system draws out cases just for justice to be within a fingertips grasp and yanked away. The way PTSD from a traumatic event affects you in every nook and cranny of your life - even after years have passed. So in a metaphorical level - the pain of reading through a “slow” book is barely comparable to the pain she felt going through an endlessly slow trial.

Secondly, the comments on this app and others disgust me - and I don’t know that men will ever actually understand. Chanel beat the odds of even getting a case to trial - had samaritans watching out for her and speaking on her behalf - and it STILL wasn’t enough.

Thirdly, I only give this 4 stars because I genuinely don’t think I can ever read it again. It was painful - it hurt - and I hope she at least got some sense of relief from sharing her story and uniting victims that have felt similar ways.

Finally, Brock Turner will forever be dog sh*t and he can burn.

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