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Ich habe einen Namen by Chanel Miller

64 reviews

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emotional informative inspiring tense medium-paced

5.0

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challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

Rating this book feels wrong because it’s so deeply painful and personal to Chanel Miller’s lived experience. It’s difficult to read and naturally graphic in parts as Miller uses this book as catharsis and processing (as is her right). I give it five stars not because I think it’s an incredible work (although I think it’s clear she’s such an eloquent, empathetic person who has spent a long time working hard to process this trauma) but because regardless of anything else, I feel it deserves five stars just for the courage and vulnerability it took for Miller to write so candidly about her violated body and most intimate feelings for everyone outside a courtroom to consume. It’s not an easy read and it’s certainly not a fun read (I’m sure no on expects it to be), but it’s informative and I think, on some level, a lot of people are going to be able to relate to it by virtue of how many women and femme-presenting people experience various forms of abuse and systemic misogyny in their lives. If you’re prepared for any potential triggers related to abuse, assault, or survivorship, it’s worth the read for an even further display of how much the American justice system favours the perpetrators even when you have extremely incriminating evidence.

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dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely incredible and powerful. Beautifully written and hearing the author read her memoir just made it even more impactful!

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

During the span I read this book I watched Meghan Markle bravely reveal her oppression only to be villainised , I watch women unite to mourn Sarah’s Everhards death only to be attacked, I watched a man having a bad day killing 6 Asian women trying to provide. I felt all their traumas in the pages of this book. I’m going to be honest I had a dark cloud over me reading this and I don’t recommend it unless you know you’ll be okay reading it because this is a very difficult book. Despite all this I feel so empowered now. I feel like I can see a light for all these strong women which may be cliche but the truth is this book is proof we are strong enough to stop this from happening again! We will win!

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