Reviews tagging 'Mass/school shootings'

Know My Name by Chanel Miller

235 reviews

robinks's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

This was such a powerful, revolutionary memoir, and listening to it read by Chanel was so moving. I am hopeful that society is moving in a direction where victims do not have to go nearly as far as Chanel did to receive appropriate justice. I am also hopeful that these acts of violence can continue to be intercepted by community and looking out for each other. Believe victims, and believe women.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Medical content, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Rape, Misogyny, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Mass/school shootings, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Gun violence, Suicide, Sexual content, Racism, Cursing, and Violence

Minor: Vomit

maddy4prezident's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Wow. This was a difficult read. It was so beautifully written, but so difficult to digest. Chanel Miller writes with poetry that is at stark odds with the horrors she describes in her memoir. There were many moments I had to step away from this story, because the subject matter is so difficult to digest, but it was well worth the read. Chanel Miller offers hope, beauty, solidarity, and justice in a world that is still so cold and uncaring towards survivors.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, and Mass/school shootings

vicjp's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Gun violence and Mass/school shootings

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Misogyny, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Violence, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, Medical trauma, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Blood, Cursing, Racism, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Stalking, Mental illness, and Racial slurs

Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent, Drug use, Outing, and Body shaming

megukoyama's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Mass/school shootings, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racism

jmitchell20's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

4.0

Read the audiobook, narrated by the author. 

A difficult, but worthwhile, read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

britmston3's review

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Gaslighting

Moderate: Mass/school shootings

Minor: Police brutality and Alcohol

beatrizwithaz's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

“You took away my worth, my privacy, my energy, my time, my safety, my intimacy, my confidence, my own voice, until today.”

I remember following the case as I was beginning college. I remember being devastated at the news of the sentencing. I remember being at Stanford graduation (on Chanel’s birthday, as I’ve now learned) and seeing the hundreds of protesting students holding signs in support of a girl we did not know the name of yet but whose story we have unfortunately heard too many times to count.

I’ve walked Stanford’s campus a hundred times. I think it can sometimes feel easier to try to forget how pervasive violence can be, but Chanel’s words have found their way into my heart. "To girls everywhere, I am with you." Sometimes, the same life that brings you light also brings darkness. And sometimes that feels like a neverending cycle, and you never know what side of things you're going to end up. You don’t always get to choose your topic, but we all have a story to tell.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Mass/school shootings and Gun violence

antowildfell's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Mass/school shootings, Sexism, and Rape

kathrynclaire's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Suicide, Mass/school shootings, and Suicide attempt