Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

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

516 reviews

m_a_j's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape

beatrizwithaz's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

“You took away my worth, my privacy, my energy, my time, my safety, my intimacy, my confidence, my own voice, until today.”

I remember following the case as I was beginning college. I remember being devastated at the news of the sentencing. I remember being at Stanford graduation (on Chanel’s birthday, as I’ve now learned) and seeing the hundreds of protesting students holding signs in support of a girl we did not know the name of yet but whose story we have unfortunately heard too many times to count.

I’ve walked Stanford’s campus a hundred times. I think it can sometimes feel easier to try to forget how pervasive violence can be, but Chanel’s words have found their way into my heart. "To girls everywhere, I am with you." Sometimes, the same life that brings you light also brings darkness. And sometimes that feels like a neverending cycle, and you never know what side of things you're going to end up. You don’t always get to choose your topic, but we all have a story to tell.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Mass/school shootings and Gun violence

sandakie's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Everyone should read this book (when you’re in the right head/life space).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Violence

kathrynclaire's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Suicide, Mass/school shootings, and Suicide attempt

wquindley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

this is my first 5 star read of the year. this book is amazing and chanel’s ability to write her story so eloquently is admirable. my chest hurt so much while reading this book, and as much as i thought i knew about r*pe cases in courts, i really had no clue how much injustice really existed. every time i thought it was finally over, chanel and her family and friends finally had the ending they wanted something else would come up. i didn’t realize that a guilty sentence does not mean case closed. it is not that easy. it is so messed up and unfathomable how many injustices occur in the court system.  chanel’s strength was insane and i felt the anger, the sadness, the frustration, the empathy with every setback, every negative comment, every person who made grossly inaccurate, invalidating, inconsistent claims about victims. i’m so grateful that chanel was empowered enough to keep going and had the support to because her story is so important and inspiring for others. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Mass/school shootings, and Gun violence

Moderate: Sexism, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, and Racism

jalynn217's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

emmasant04's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

rat_girly's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Rape, Grief, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Blood and Gaslighting

blakeandbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense

5.0

Literally begging anyone and everyone to read this. What an incredible memoir. Chanel does not hold back in her account of what happened to her before, during, and after the Brock Turner trial. I was in tears throughout the book. Her story is a reminder of the difficulty women face in speaking up against their abuser even if there is damning evidence and proof everywhere you look. 

I remember hearing about this trial occurring and the events of the 2016 election so vividly as she slowly discusses how her survivor story happened during such a crucial time in the world.

Hearing her narrate this book made this experience so much more powerful, especially when she read her 12-page victim impact statement where she had to continue to pause while reading and you could hear the emotion in her voice and delivery of the speech. 

A reminder to listen to victims and survivors. And you know nothing of what someone is going through.

CW: rape, sexual assault, sexual violence

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

jazzle137's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault