Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Know My Name by Chanel Miller

91 reviews

sierrabowers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

juliaorange's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

5.0

So powerful and moving. I'm so happy I read this. It also made me cry about 20 times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

mattyvreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A difficult and heart-wrenching book that should be mandatory reading for anybody who is not a survivor of SA. Miller’s writing is gorgeous. It is clear, frank, uncomplicated, unapologetic, and approachable. I was continually amazed by the straightforwardness and brilliance of her words. 

So poignant, so powerful. This book will stay with me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

bottrill's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

yourstrulytay's review against another edition

medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Medical trauma

Minor: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Mass/school shootings

ally1994's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring tense medium-paced

5.0

This is a must read. It's powerful and beautiful and raw. I think it needs to be read by everyone and maybe some real changes can be made. It's a story about strength and resilience. It may be tough to read in some parts but it's worth it, and the audiobook is read by Channel Miller. You get to hear her tell her story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Body shaming, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

kirstenm922's review against another edition

emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

bloomingbookworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Minor: Blood and Vomit

robinks's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Classism

Minor: Vomit

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

*********NOT spoilers because this was a very public case, but if you don’t know about it, then you may consider my opinion to have spoilers**********

This book was both easy and hard to read. It feels so rare that women are vindicated, and that was the case here. An empty victory, but I was so proud of that California jury. We Asian women are stereotyped and taken advantage of because of those stereotypes. It’s unusual for BIPoC to get justice, to be believed, but when it’s rape, when it’s the victims who are vilified and scrutinized and intimidated and manipulated on the stand, it feels like BIPoC victims have an insurmountable agony. All that said, that damned judge - UGH!!! I feel like he violated her as much as Brock Turner. I hope they and the defense attorney and his parents share an eternal damnation where they are continuously violated and erased over and over and forevermore for legally gaslighting all women through their aggressively limp actions.

The judge being recalled was a very inadequate outcome. He needs to be tormented everyday for all the subpar sentences he’s surely meted out, because Brock was no way the first one he let off easy. As for this rapist whose sentence was pretty much a step removed from a get-out-of-jail-free card, the women in his area are holding him accountable. Still not enough, but at least his “freedom” comes with a lot of strings now - least according to Google.

Looked up Chanel in Instagram. Happy for her - happy that she’s found a way to thrive, though being an assault victim myself, I know she’ll have her haunted moments too. I wish her luck and send her lots of love.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Outing, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment