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A review by alienor
What We Saw by Aaron Hartzler
5.0
Edit 04/10 : I'm not usually doing this, BUT this book is worth it : only 1,99$ on Kindle today (and only today), so if you haven't bought it already and intend to, please go.
"Words have meanings. When we call something a theory in science, it means something. Reggie, when you say that you 'can't help yourself' if a girl is wasted, that means something, too. You're saying that our natural state as men is 'rapist'. (...) That's not okay with me, Reggie."
Trigger warning : Rape.
Incoherent sentences hardly articulated through my sobs : that's all I can give you and I'm so, so sorry for that. Actually, scratch that : I'm not even able to write down my thoughts - I can't, because every word I can think of seems so overused and drained of sense that I feel sick in even considering writing such platitudes.
I am DESTROYED.
This
Just, please please please please read it, because I rarely read a book that tackled the issue of rape - and more generally of sexual assault - in such honest and meaningful way.
Boys will be boys?
Why must you be hysterical about this?
There are rules?
Just when are we going to throw that bullshit away?
Victim shaming and blaming. Role of the medias. Guilt, shame, and oh, the heartbreak - I can't handle it. Rage so fierce that seized my throat.
THIS is the reality we're living in.
We're all Kates. We could all be Staceys. Please let's change that.
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