Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

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

204 reviews

lucy_1's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

karyan1's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Alcohol, Medical content, and Grief

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Gaslighting, and Suicide attempt

jojo_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Classism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Suicide, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Self harm, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Police brutality, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mass/school shootings, Animal death, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Gun violence, and Homophobia

weird_but_fucking_beautiful's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

If any book can reach down and spill the guts of sexual assault so viscerally, it’s this one. Chanel Miller’s use of similes, metaphors, and analogies paints a disturbing and upsetting picture of what it feels like to be a victim of sexual assault. I connected deeply to her prose and her stream of conscience narrative. Her journey to eventual redemption, self love, and acceptance is fraught with betrayal, self doubt, loss of independence, and debilitating fear. Chanel’s choice to report the assault is met with denial of culpability, a criminal justice system that is designed to victimize the victim, and a barrage of dehumanizing comments from complete strangers. At times she second guesses her choice to report the rape, but she never wavers in her desire to want the perpetrator, Brock Turner, to apologize and to understand the devastating impact his selfish act of privilege and entitlement has on her psyche. There are obvious trigger warnings about sexual assault that comes with reading this memoir, but I highly encourage anyone whether you’ve been assaulted or not to read Chanel’s powerful personal account of her struggle to find peace and acceptance from within. Her 12 page impact statement alone is so moving and heart wrenching that only apathetic individuals will not find themselves moved beyond tears. As Chanel so aptly says 

                         “I give what I can, you take what you need.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Grief, Misogyny, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Gaslighting

thayerbowen's review against another edition

This is a long book. I got through the verdict and sentencing and it seemed like she was talking about how she came to write the book. Didn’t keep me interested. Sorry, that’s harsh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Alcohol, Body shaming, Child death, Gaslighting, Grief, Self harm, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

hannibanani29's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Cursing

Minor: Vomit, Suicide, Racism, Racial slurs, and Drug use

jenlenry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

mallory10100's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Medical trauma, Medical content, Sexual assault, Murder, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Violence and Vomit

god this is the best non-fiction book i’ve ever read.

gcaruana's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Gore, Grief, Cursing, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Rape, Gaslighting, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

nikylela's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Panic attacks/disorders