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Know My Name: The Survivor of the Stanford Sexual Assault Case Tells Her Story by Chanel Miller

19 reviews

rieviolet's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

There isn't much that I can add to what previous reviews have already said. This is a monumental book, raw and heart-wrenching, so masterfully written. I was moved to tears and moved to absolute rage at the pain inflicted, the injustice, the added abuse caused by the judicial system.

I'm so grateful that Chanel Miller was able to make her voice heard and share her truth. I hope that her words can reach anyone in need of strength, validation and understanding. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Racism, Vomit, Alcohol, Animal death, Police brutality, Violence, Self harm, Gun violence, Blood, Body horror, Mental illness, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Classism, Excrement, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Homophobia

amyalicejakob's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

This was a truly astonishing and beautifully written book. I hadn't read the witness statement before reading this book, and whenever I think about her reading it out at the end of this audiobook, I shiver every time. The producers chose to leave in the pauses, and voice quivers as she reads it and it is truly one of the most powerful pieces of literature I have encountered in a long, long time. The whole book is very much in this vein too. She opens with doing herself down, frankly, by introducing her limits and spelling mistakes, and all the reasons we might think less of her account, and ashamedly I have to admit I felt a drop in my stomach. Please don't give them this ammo. Please, sell yourself. You shouldn't have to, of course, but this is the world we live in. Please. 
But I needn't have worried. Within minutes, it is clear that this brave and creative and intelligent and emotionally literate woman knows exactly what she is doing. The images she conjures up are sticking with me for life. I am in awe of this book, and though it was so tough at times, I do think it needs wider reading. The fact that a book so potentially polarising has such a high rating on goodreads is testament to its power. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Classism, Misogyny, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Cursing, and Drug use

linguaphile412's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, Sexual harassment, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Drug use, Sexual content, Vomit, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Medical content, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexism, Rape, Misogyny, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Racism, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, and Blood

Minor: Police brutality, Xenophobia, Vomit, Drug use, and Death

Victim-blaming, rape apologism

kayesomething's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Mass/school shootings, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Gun violence, and Forced institutionalization

indi_reads's review against another edition

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5.0

One of the best books I've ever read. I'm sad that this book had to be written and the circumstances that led up to this book, but I'm so glad it exists. Chanel Miller is seriously an angel in this world and a beacon of hope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

penofpossibilities's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Racial slurs, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Vomit, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Confinement and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia, Blood, Drug use, and Homophobia

Graphic: victim blaming, ptsd/trauma Minor: fireworks

skudiklier's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This book is powerful, beautifully written, and both validating and infuriating. I had to stop reading at times because I was so angry, and of course it made me cry (though not as much as I would have anticipated, honestly). I got to listen to Chanel Miller read the book out loud, and I'm so glad I did. She reads it more slowly than I would have read a physical copy, and I'm grateful for spending the extra time sitting with this book and what happens in it. It made me realize things about some loved ones that I'd never considered before, and it made me realize things about myself, too. I'd recommend this book to anyone (and also recommend you follow @chanel_miller on Instagram because her comics are funny and inspirational and I just love the things she creates).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Medical trauma, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Gun violence, Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Cursing, Racism, Racial slurs, and Sexism

Moderate: Body shaming, Vomit, Sexual content, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Hate crime, Grief, Gore, and Drug use

danidamico's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

"This is not the ultimate truth, but it is mine."

"I am a victim, I have no qualms with this word, only with the idea that it is all that I am."

"I didn’t know that money could make the cell doors swing open. I didn’t know that if a woman was drunk when the violence occurred, she wouldn’t be taken seriously. I didn’t know that if he was drunk when the violence occurred, people would offer him sympathy. I didn’t know that my loss of memory would become his opportunity. I didn’t know that being a victim was synonymous with not being believed."

"They seemed angry that I’d made myself vulnerable, more than the fact that he’d acted on my vulnerability."

"There were countless guidelines women had to follow: cover your drink, stick close to others, don’t wear short skirts. Their behavior was the constant, while we were the variable expected to change. When did it become our job to do all the preventing and managing?"

"It bothered me that having a boyfriend and being assaulted should be related, as if I, alone, was not enough."

"I saw the part of me that insisted on surviving."

"Everything I need to get through this, I already have. Everything I need to know I already know. Everything I need to be, I already am."

"The friendly guy who helps you move and assists senior citizens in the pool is the same guy who assaulted me. One person can be capable of both. Society often fails to wrap its head around the fact that these truths often coexist, they are not mutually exclusive. Bad qualities can hide inside a good person. That’s the terrifying part."

"Each time a survivor resurfaced, people were quick to say what does she want, why did it take her so long, why now, why not then, why not faster. But damage does not stick to deadlines. If she emerges, why don’t we ask her how it was possible she lived with that hurt for so long, ask who taught her to never uncover it."

"Victims exist in a society that tells us our purpose is to be an inspiring story. But sometimes the best we can do is tell you we’re still here, and that should be enough."

"This book does not have a happy ending. The happy part is there is no ending, because I’ll always find a way to keep going."

"Hold up your head when the tears come, when you are mocked, insulted, questioned, threatened, when they tell you you are nothing, when your body is reduced to openings. The journey will be longer than you imagined, trauma will find you again and again. Do not become the ones who hurt you. Stay tender with your power. Never fight to injure, fight to uplift. Fight because you know that in this life, you deserve safety, joy, and freedom. Fight because it is your life. Not anyone else’s. I did it, I am here."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Drug use and Gun violence