Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Know My Name by Chanel Miller

115 reviews

ivilla1225's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Mass/school shootings, and Slavery

Minor: Drug use

probablypsychic's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, and Rape

Moderate: Stalking, Alcohol, Gun violence, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Alcoholism

ashenlar's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Incredibly written, powerful exploration of the author's experiences of being sexually assaulted - showing clearly the devastating, deep-rooting and long-lasting issues of not just the assault itself but also the prolonged police investigation, court case and media attention, on not just her but her family and friends as well. This book will make you devastatingly upset for the author and those who know her, make you furious and outraged at men (and one man in particular) and the privileges and systems that protect them and discredit victims, yet also make you hopeful - the author shows how, although the assault has absolutely changed her and impacted her to her core, she is not defined by it and has reclaimed herself - mind and body - from these experiences. 

An absolute must-read for every single person, but a very very difficult one - you will cry, a lot. Make sure you're looking after yourself too while reading this 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

kandor's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, and Medical content

ishab81516's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Rape, and Sexual assault

dominika_benmichael's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Medical trauma, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Mass/school shootings

marenm's review against another edition

very explicit and wasn’t expecting it, beautifully written and you get to see experiences of SA victim, but it wasn’t right for me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Body horror, and Rape

bdilley28's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

This is possibly the best book I have ever read. I started this book without truly knowing what it was about, and I finished it in tears, feeling inspired. This book is painful, beautiful, heavy, and encouraging, and everyone should read this. The small moments of hope in the Swedes who saved Chanel, the doorwomen of her apartment, the old man on the bench, Alaleh, Tiffany, Lucas, and Chanel's own voice reading the audiobook were a comforting hug in a book riddled with trauma. I will never stop recommending this book to anyone I ever meet.

Favorite Quote: "It is not a question of if you will survive this, but what beautiful things await you when you do." 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

radagast_the_brown's review

challenging dark hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

I am late to reading this book, but I intentionally took my time getting to it: everything I knew about Chanel throughout the trial being publicized let me know that she was like a jie jie 姐姐 that I had yet to meet. Her family was from here in the Bay Area, but she studied English at UCSB. Our overlapping year at school was the year Elliot Rodger killed students in Isla Vista, the night my roommates and I huddled in the dark living room around one of our laptops, watching his chilling manifesto video before it was taken down. She liked experimenting with art, she has a soft spot for senior dogs, she found printmaking during one of her darkest times.

I do not cry because I could have been in her place; I cry because so many before and after her have been in similar places and simply because she is a person. But deeper still, our parallel lines weaving their way forward (mine just 3 years behind) are so close to one another and finally, I think I was ready to read my hypothetical oldest sister's story. I can't wait to see what beautiful art and unflinching honesty she brings to her future work.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, and Medical trauma

ohyeah_karyn's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Medical trauma, Cursing, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Rape, and Sexual harassment