Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Corrections in Ink: A Memoir by Keri Blakinger

9 reviews

danimcthomas's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Rape, Torture, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Police brutality, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Classism, Drug use, Medical trauma, Fatphobia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, and Trafficking

zinelib's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.5

Keri Blakinger's narrative goes back and forth between her arrival in jail and the experiences that brought her there. She was arrested with heroin, and her case got more attention than most because Blakinger had been a competitive figure skater as a teen, and was a Cornell student at the time of her bust. 

Blakinger's story, in and out of prison is bleak, but as she narrates it in the audiobook isn't so harsh that it's impossible to take in. Her voice is blunt and youthful. She's done some things and seen some things and doesn't shy away from them. She is candid about the race and class privileges that make her story different from those of many of her fellow incarcerees. Now that she is out of prison, her journalism beat is Texas prisons, so she's giving back (and taking names). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Sexual assault

maxthefish's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

I feel like every book I actually finish is 4-5 stars but this one definitely deserves it. The book is a memoir written by an ex felon that details her horrific experiences in the prison system, mixed with hope from her future and trauma in her past. She also carefully weaves in the acknowledgment of privilege in the prison system and the changes that need to be made.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcohol, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Torture, Alcoholism, and Bullying

Minor: Car accident, Animal death, and War

gfrisch's review

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Confinement, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, and Self harm

mika_ryan's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault

csilvestrii's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Police brutality, Emotional abuse, Rape, Drug use, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Medical content, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Violence, Addiction, Confinement, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Toxic relationship

cassidy's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Mental illness, and Rape

mondovertigo's review

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Drug use, Rape, Self harm, Confinement, Eating disorder, Vomit, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Violence, Chronic illness, Misogyny, Trafficking, Racism, and Mental illness

Minor: Excrement, Terminal illness, and Animal death

amorona's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, and Police brutality