Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

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

199 reviews

caitlinemccann's review against another edition

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

beanie_bob's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense

5.0

As my second read of 2024, this follows up Jon Krakauer’s Missoula. This was an intentional choice on my part as I wanted to continue my journey of truth seeking. Missoula acts as a microcosm to examine sexual violence on campus and acquaintance rape, weaving many stories together. Know My Name is one story but, astonishingly, it reaches out and connects with all stories. The latter chapters specifically discuss cases that rose up after Channel testified, as well as pays respect to the women who came before her.

I was a Bay Area High School Senior the year Channel was raped by Brock Turner, and then a college Freshman when his absurd sentencing unfolded. Six months, but out after three. I’ll never forget it as long as I live. The injustice burned something inside me and whenever a rape trial occurs I think about Brock.

Channel was anonymous in the four years following her rape. In my mind, Emily Doe was a girl like me and in some ways I was right; born in June, Bay Area native, an artist, a writer. What I never knew, and could never know, was how wholly individual she is. Can you ever fully know a person, in all their complexities? Channel shares so much of herself in her memoir, takes healing into her own hands to reclaim her voice and her name.

There were some moments where the writing didn’t work for me (mainly some of her metaphors), but how can I complain when so much more of the book was insightful, inspiring, difficult but important? And what does it matter when so much more had me highlighting and saying, yes you are so right.

I do not owe him my success, my becoming, he did not create me. The only credit Brock can take is for assaulting me, and he could never even admit to that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Racism

cjcook987's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I think this is a book that every single person should be required to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

itsyuri's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual harassment

bail33's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Mass/school shootings

ziggypop's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, and Racism

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, and Gun violence

jeanettesreadingcorner's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, Mass/school shootings, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Gun violence, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Blood, Rape, Emotional abuse, and Medical content

Moderate: Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

probablypsychic's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, and Rape

Moderate: Stalking, Alcohol, Gun violence, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Alcoholism

oliviatheron's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

deszra's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring

5.0

I remember reading Emily Doe’s victim impact statement in my second year of university and being deeply affected by it, and yet i hesitated for a long time to read Know My Name because i didn’t think i was emotionally and mentally strong enough for it. 
I don’t think i have words that can begin to describe this reading/listening experience except that it has, similar to what Sabaa Tahir’s All My Rage did, altered my brain chemistry irrevocably and i’m grateful for it. 
I will also say that Chanel as a narrator first, was phenomenal (this goes for her writing as well and i’m definitely looking forward to anything else she releases, fiction or nonfiction), and second added a dimension of holding the reader accountable for the trauma that she and so many others suffer. There was no room to kinda pull back and pretend this was fiction bc it was Chanel (and my g o d the few times her voice broke, i too was a sobbing mess). Anyway i’ve probably rambled enough. 
If you can handle the subject matter, Know My Name is a must read and the audiobook is amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Mass/school shootings