Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Know My Name by Chanel Miller

112 reviews

xinawebb's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Misogyny, and Rape

Moderate: Medical content and Medical trauma

Minor: Gaslighting, Mass/school shootings, Vomit, and Drug use

supermanninja23's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Mass/school shootings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

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

summerjohnson521's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexual violence

Moderate: Rape, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

dreamingpages's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

As a survivor, this was challenging to get through. I shed a lot of tears reading this and there were many times I needed to put the book down and take a break.

Ultimately, though, the experience was cathartic. Chanel was able to put into words so many of my thoughts and feelings around SA and r**e culture that I've never been able to articulate. Her anger and hopelessness really resonated me, but so did her resilience and determination to carve out an identity beyond simply being a victim. Chanel is inspiring and so brave. 

While I understand that the purpose of this book was to reclaim her identity and call out the glaring systemic flaws in the US system for reporting SA, my only critique is that I feel the book could discourage other women from coming forward. Being realistic about the challenges of the legal process is important, but at the end, I was left with the idea that unless ALL the stars align, your case is utterly hopeless and dead in the water. I feel this is counterintuitive to encouraging change. The more women who feel empowered to come forward, the more likely we are to see major change.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, 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 against another edition

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

bridgettetepper's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Beautifully written, gut-wrenchingly insightful, incredibly important and inspiring 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Medical trauma

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

cocorenfroe's review against another edition

challenging hopeful medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Racism and Sexism