Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Know My Name by Chanel Miller

190 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

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

*********NOT spoilers because this was a very public case, but if you don’t know about it, then you may consider my opinion to have spoilers**********

This book was both easy and hard to read. It feels so rare that women are vindicated, and that was the case here. An empty victory, but I was so proud of that California jury. We Asian women are stereotyped and taken advantage of because of those stereotypes. It’s unusual for BIPoC to get justice, to be believed, but when it’s rape, when it’s the victims who are vilified and scrutinized and intimidated and manipulated on the stand, it feels like BIPoC victims have an insurmountable agony. All that said, that damned judge - UGH!!! I feel like he violated her as much as Brock Turner. I hope they and the defense attorney and his parents share an eternal damnation where they are continuously violated and erased over and over and forevermore for legally gaslighting all women through their aggressively limp actions.

The judge being recalled was a very inadequate outcome. He needs to be tormented everyday for all the subpar sentences he’s surely meted out, because Brock was no way the first one he let off easy. As for this rapist whose sentence was pretty much a step removed from a get-out-of-jail-free card, the women in his area are holding him accountable. Still not enough, but at least his “freedom” comes with a lot of strings now - least according to Google.

Looked up Chanel in Instagram. Happy for her - happy that she’s found a way to thrive, though being an assault victim myself, I know she’ll have her haunted moments too. I wish her luck and send her lots of love.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Alcohol, Medical content, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Racism, and Sexual harassment

abbycpatton's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

melissafelicia's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Violence, Racism, and Drug use

shlymiller's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting, Vomit, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

Minor: Alcohol

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

lavaly_1's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Medical content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Alcohol 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

wquindley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

this is my first 5 star read of the year. this book is amazing and chanel’s ability to write her story so eloquently is admirable. my chest hurt so much while reading this book, and as much as i thought i knew about r*pe cases in courts, i really had no clue how much injustice really existed. every time i thought it was finally over, chanel and her family and friends finally had the ending they wanted something else would come up. i didn’t realize that a guilty sentence does not mean case closed. it is not that easy. it is so messed up and unfathomable how many injustices occur in the court system.  chanel’s strength was insane and i felt the anger, the sadness, the frustration, the empathy with every setback, every negative comment, every person who made grossly inaccurate, invalidating, inconsistent claims about victims. i’m so grateful that chanel was empowered enough to keep going and had the support to because her story is so important and inspiring for others. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Mass/school shootings, and Gun violence

Moderate: Sexism, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, and Racism

caitlinemccann's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Body shaming, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Classism, Rape, Sexism, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, and Grief

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, and Suicide