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Know My Name: The Survivor of the Stanford Sexual Assault Case Tells Her Story by Chanel Miller
29 reviews
killeenm's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Mass/school shootings, Alcohol, Violence, Suicide, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Rape, Gun violence, and Grief
tender_onion's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Police brutality, and Rape
saracatalyst's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Suicide, Misogyny, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Mass/school shootings, Grief, Gaslighting, and Classism
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Police brutality, and Vomit
mari_lit's review
5.0
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Rape, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Racism, Torture, Police brutality, and Mass/school shootings
samarakroeger's review against another edition
5.0
seriously, everyone needs to read this book.
Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Rape, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Suicide, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Police brutality
readandfindout's review against another edition
4.75
Themes: 5 stars
Perspective/knowledge: 5 stars
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Misogyny, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Blood, Mass/school shootings, Racial slurs, Suicide, and Gun violence
Minor: Police brutality and Vomit
pucksandpaperbacks's review against another edition
5.0
A must read. A powerful, raw story about the author's sexual assault and the feelings and trauma it brought her. This is a very hard story to read, so please check all of the trigger warnings before reading. I only listed the one's I could remember. This is a story that will make you angry for the right reasons. Fuck Brock Turner and fuck the justice system that keeps failing victims of sexual assault. I felt so hard for Chanel as she tried to balance her life while going through trials and her own trauma. The way this affected her and her family was brutal.
Know My Name is beautifully written. The way Chanel shares stories of her life and experiences and connects them back to the Standford case shows how talented she is as a writer. Chanel recounts all of her feelings from the time she was assaulted to the end of the trial as her mind is spinning in circles. She takes the reader through her life mapping out every location and every detail worth noting. I read Know My Name via audiobook which is narrated by Chanel Miller and you can hear her emotion really come through. What a heartbreaking but notable story. I wrote down so many quotes because Chanel's words were so lyrical. I'm so glad I read this and it's a story I will never forget.
Some of my favorite quotes:
“Why should I carry the shame for the things that were done to my body?”
“I wondered how it happened, that I was now spending more time with my rapist than with my friends”
“Victims are usually automatically accused of lying, but when a perpetrator is exposed for lying, the stigma doesn’t stick. Why is it that we’re wary of victims making false accusations but rarely consider how many men have blatantly lied about, downplayed, or manipulated others to cover their own actions?”
“I was tired of existing as an object of observation. Powerless as my narrative was written for me.”
“Is an apology valid without change?”
“The judge had given Brock something that would never be extended to me: empathy”.
“I’ve grown used to being unseen, never being fully known. It did not feel possible that I could be the protagonist”
“Victims are all around you”
“Victims are not fractions. We are whole”
“The truth holds weight”
“Assault is NOT an accident”
Graphic: Police brutality, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Sexual assault, Misogyny, and Mass/school shootings
marissasa's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Alcohol, Blood, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit
linguaphile412's review against another edition
5.0
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
5.0
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