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A review by msteasam
What We Talk About When We Talk about Rape by Sohaila Abdulali
4.0
Rape and murder are perfectly commonplace. The sun rises, someone is raped, the sun sets, someone is killed.
"Rape is not sex. If you hit someone on the head with a rolling pin, it's not cooking."
Seems like it's my year for thematically difficult reads! I dove into domestic abuse earlier this year, and now it seems I'm up to sexual violence. There's an unfortunate amount of cross-over between the two topics.
The style of this book is conversational and a bit jumpy, contributing to the personal feel of the writing. It's thoughtful, warm and very interesting.
I wouldn't say I learnt much from this book and it's certainly not an advanced dive into the subject; but is well worth a read, especially for beginners.
I really hope this book opens up some more conversations about this topic and makes it less taboo.
4.5. stars.
"Rape is not sex. If you hit someone on the head with a rolling pin, it's not cooking."
Seems like it's my year for thematically difficult reads! I dove into domestic abuse earlier this year, and now it seems I'm up to sexual violence. There's an unfortunate amount of cross-over between the two topics.
The style of this book is conversational and a bit jumpy, contributing to the personal feel of the writing. It's thoughtful, warm and very interesting.
I wouldn't say I learnt much from this book and it's certainly not an advanced dive into the subject; but is well worth a read, especially for beginners.
I really hope this book opens up some more conversations about this topic and makes it less taboo.
4.5. stars.