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Know My Name by Chanel Miller

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sierrabowers's review against another edition

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5.0

This was a great memoir. I was feeling so many things throughout the entirety of this book. I think everyone in the world should read it, not only because it is a great story, but because we can raise awareness on a topic that should be more widely talked about. I was full of rage for Chanel throughout this book, but only because of the great injustice that she faced. I think this book could be a great learning opportunity for everyone that doesn’t have experience or doesn’t know anyone who has had an experience like her.

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hellokaley's review against another edition

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5.0

I can’t imagine giving this memoir less than five stars. It is a brave and vulnerable story from a victim recounting her assault, the public legal battle that followed for years after, and her journey to healing. This story is incredibly heartbreaking and infuriating and it is hard to imagine one person carrying so much. Chanel Miller does an amazing job writing her feelings in a way that shares the reality many victims feel. The language and story is going to be uncomfortable for many- it’s filled with sorrow and anger and hope and all of the things mixed in one, but it felt so real and honest.

Chanel also did an absolutely marvelous job narrating the audiobook and it was really great to hear her words in her voice.

I learned new things when reading this story and questioned my own bias and understanding. Chanel did an amazing job of connecting her experience to the other very public cases and events. It really feels like a must read for anyone who is willing (content warnings abound!). Her story will stay with me for a long time.

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justagirlwithbooks's review against another edition

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4.5

“We don’t fight for our own happy endings. We fight to say you can’t. We fight for accountability. We fight to establish precedent. We fight because we pray we’ll be the last ones to feel this kind of pain.”

I honestly have no words. This is a phenomenal book. But, it is quite heavy as well, due to Miller's narrative style and the subject matter. I listened to this as an audiobook and the experience was something else. I only have one quote highlighted here, but there are so many others that I could have used. This book made me angry, frustrated, sad, disgusted, and also happy for so many reasons. The suffering that victims experience is unimaginable. The justice system that perpetuates this is also absolutely disgusting and it needs to change. If more people speak out, and write stories that need to be told, it just might do that.

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5.0

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5.0

This was such a powerful, revolutionary memoir, and listening to it read by Chanel was so moving. I am hopeful that society is moving in a direction where victims do not have to go nearly as far as Chanel did to receive appropriate justice. I am also hopeful that these acts of violence can continue to be intercepted by community and looking out for each other. Believe victims, and believe women.

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