Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

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

1164 reviews

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

sebulba's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Misogyny, Alcohol, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Domestic abuse

logsbooklog's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

an affecting memoir from an extremely important perspective highlighting a point in history where she was forced to remain anonymous despite being the true center of the story. it illustrates the consequences of sexual assault from a perspective only she could give.

i do not want to criticize with the intent of saying don’t read this; to be clear, you should definitely read this, but i did not connect with the writing style as much as i would’ve liked. it has some cliches that took me out of it, a few typos which surprised me, and just generally lacked some polish a few more edits could’ve fixed. regardless, definitely interested in chanel’s work in the future and am glad to have read this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit and Sexual assault

thursdd4y's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Medical content, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Classism, Racial slurs, Cursing, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Grief, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Suicide

Moderate: Mass/school shootings

annalisenak97's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Masterpiece. Instant classic. Gut punch. What to say about this incredible book? Miller doesn't just draw back the curtain on women's need for constant vigilance and gender violence, she burns it. Her story, searing, honest, and fierce, blazes with pain, light, healing, and tenacity. I have never been spoken to so clearly, touched so deeply, and I've certainly never sobbed so hard with grief. This is a lament and a rocky path out of darkness. Miller's writing is clear, gorgeous, expressive, and incredibly well-crafted. Really a life-changing book.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicide and Mass/school shootings

knaappers's review against another edition

5.0

One of the most important books i’ve read. Worth the read if you can handle it. Chanel is so incredibly wise and we deserve to hear her story in her words. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Rape

cmruth98's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

“I wrote this book because the world can be harsh and terrible and unforgiving. I wrote because there were times I did not feel like living. I wrote because the court system is slow as a snail, and victims are forced to spend so much time fighting, rather than spending their days creating, drawing, cooking. I wrote to expose the brutalist of entitlement, gender violence, and class privilege in our society. But I would be failing you if you walked away from this book untouched by humanity, without seeing what I saw: those thousands of handwritten letters, the green-lipped fish at the bottom of the ocean, the winking court reporter. All the small miracles that sustained me.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

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

brennar16's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

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