Reviews with content warning for Sexual assault - Know My Name

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julia51's review against another edition

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4.75

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juanitad15's review

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5.0

This book is incredible. Chanel Miller’s writing is like a hug that envelops you in warm anectodes and metaphors that give you deep glimpses into her life and self. She has created such a beautiful thing out of such horrible pain, and it gives meaning.

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flutes06's review

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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gabriella_'s review against another edition

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4.0

This was really gripping and I cried reading this at a few points. Really informative into the legal system and the case in particular, I walked away learning something and also just reading a compelling memoir. Great read

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abadwal's review

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5.0

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mimo_'s review against another edition

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4.5

its hard to review a memoir bc its not just a made up story but smn that actually happened and i dont want to discount her experience but i will say i liked her writing and how she goes through everything that happened to her and the effects of it

i did leave a lot of rants in a buddy read and i did end up googling the case and reading the entire wiki page jdsjxndnxn

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justagirlwithbooks's review against another edition

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4.75

“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.”

I honestly have no words. This is a phenomenal book. But, it is quite heavy as well, due to Miller's narrative style and the subject matter. I listened to this as an audiobook and the experience was something else. I only have one quote highlighted here, but there are so many others that I could have used. This book made me angry, frustrated, sad, disgusted, and also happy for so many reasons. The suffering that victims experience is unimaginable. The justice system that perpetuates this is also absolutely disgusting and it needs to change. If more people speak out, and write stories that need to be told, it just might do that.

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lizlynn's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

I cried my way through this book. Chanel is an incredible writer and draws you into her story from the first word. It is, equally, a deeply upsetting book as you are forced to wrestle with sexual assault and its impacts, right alongside Chanel. She's real and raw in her struggle against Brock Turner, who exemplifies the ways that gender, race, and money can save some people from the consequences of their actions - consequences that live with Chanel (and other victims) for the rest of their lives, no matter how healed they feel. You will leave this book broken-hearted but hopeful that you can be part of a better world.

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