Reviews

What We Talk About When We Talk about Rape by Sohaila Abdulali

captaincocanutty's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

5.0

basic_brittch's review

dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

mrnstrnch's review against another edition

emotional informative fast-paced

5.0

sunrays118's review

4.0

The introduction was a bit much. The book as a whole is not well planned. It lacks a style. It is not grammatically perfect. It is a bit of mess with no central argument.

And yet. It is a book every single person should read.

readatmidnights94's review against another edition

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

5.0

lisatierney's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

problamoodic's review

informative fast-paced

3.75

The comment on the native american man being “protected by his minority status” really rubbed me the wrong way but other than that, it led to a lot of reflection on how to talk about this - unfortunately - very common thing.

windsrising's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad

4.25

i am so glad this book exists! it balances being both academic and emotional. very global. gives me a real jumping off point to learn more while also addressing or even just acknowledging the questions and paradoxes that come with this issue. i would recommend to everyone

anweshab's review

5.0

Loved the subject matter and the way Abdulali handles the complex maze of conversations around rape. Starting out, I had hoped this wouldn't be another one of those books of one victim's account of a sexual assault, and it wasn't. Well researched qnd thorough.

getlizziewithit's review

5.0

Brilliantly thought-provoking. A critical and much-needed look into what we don't, but really should be speaking about. Before reading this, the topic of rape was clearly black and white and now it's grey - which is no bad thing. Open the book, your eyes and the conversation. The world needs it.

The book itself was so accessible and easy to read, it was frank and honest and refreshing despite the themes at hand.