A review by annoyedhumanoid
Unravelings by Sarah Cheshire

emotional fast-paced

4.5

Doe has “panic attack” in Sylvia Plath section of the college library.

a triumph of narrative nonfiction. the constructed Title IX proceedings excelled as a storytelling device. i was wary of the apparently real screenshots turning this into a youtube video–style call out "(WITH RECEIPTS)"—which the author is certainly entitled to do, but this book didn't feel like the right place given the intention stated in the prologue. however, the screenshots were kept excerpted, contributing to the mood while leaving the desired ambiguity in tact. finally, the lines of verse breaking up the deposition: i didn't like them at first, but i realized they mirror trauma flashbacks—primitive, repetitive, evocative. my only criticism is for at times juvenile prose.

thanks storygraph for the recommendation! (via personalized similar books to The Idiot)

https://archive.org/details/unravelings0000sara
further reading: https://pankmagazine.com/2017/12/28/unraveling-trauma-title-ix-interview-sarah-cheshire/
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