518 reviews for:

Notes on a Silencing

Lacy Crawford

4.33 AVERAGE

madsmcleod's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 0%

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Graphic description of sexual assault

tstacyy's review against another edition

5.0

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Strongly feel this should be required reading.

cammgarrison's review against another edition

3.0

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Had a slow build and I would get lost in the timeline but overall it was a good and sad read. Makes me hurt for Lacy with everything she has gone through.

ritamarge's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

carolyn_nicholas's review against another edition

5.0

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It's so simple, what happened at St. Paul's. It happens all the time.

Ugh. Gutted.

asiporaspoonful's review against another edition

5.0

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There was a point in the book where I wondered why so much was included outside of the silencing. It became clear, though, that the silencing was a tentacled thing that reached across the various aspects of her life and gripped her in a strangle hold. This is beautifully written and important. For those unfamiliar with sexual assault and its various manifestations and ways of impacting victims, this is a worthy read. It’s also a damning exploration of the ways institutions condone and perpetuate the continued victimization of children and young people by powerful, privileged men.

nan_b_reads's review against another edition

4.0

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This has trigger warnings galore but if you can stomach the topic of sexual assault then this is such a poignant read.

brian_be_reading's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional sad fast-paced

riddleunsolved's review against another edition

2.0

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This memoir is meandering, repetitive, and pretentious. What happened to the author is awful, and there were moments in the book where I sympathized with her, but filled with so much insufferable fluff of boarding school life, I had a hard time feeling invested in this book, which was much longer than it needed to be. Would not recommend.

m1lliemercier's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced