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Obviously, this is a harrowing and necessary story to be told. The abuse of Gisèle Pelicot, her daughter, and the many other women made victim by Dominique Pelicot is devastating and helps to shed light on dangerous systems. The case had been heavy on my mind recently, and I happened to find this book in a buy one get one fifty percent off pile in Barnes and Noble. I was excited to read; however, the writing of this book is terrible. Caroline Darian, Dominique and Gisèle's daughter, writes about assault on such a basic level. The awareness this book attempts to raise is that not all assaults come from unknown men, and it stops there. Further, she characterizes women, including her mother, who struggle to accept or generally grapple with their own assaults as naive and childish. She also heralds the men in her life, particularly her husband and her brothers, as savior figures while giving little credit to herself or her mother for having the strength to continue this fight. Overall, this book left me with my jaw dropped in appallment, more often at the cruel characterization of her mother than the actions of her father.