Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Know My Name by Chanel Miller

34 reviews

spinescens's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Police brutality

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

tklassy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, and Police brutality

Minor: Suicide

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

jelkebooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

I still don't read enough non-fiction to properly review it. All I can say is that this was an incredibly compelling read. I loved Chanel Miller's writing. I think she was really good at conveying her emotions and really pulling you in. If you can handle the subject matter I do truly think this is required reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Sexual assault

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Drug use, Racism, Suicide, Police brutality, and Mass/school shootings

This book also has heavy content warnings for trauma, and victim blaming.

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

homebodynate's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Racial slurs and Police brutality

britmston3's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Gaslighting

Moderate: Mass/school shootings

Minor: Police brutality and Alcohol

wquindley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

this is my first 5 star read of the year. this book is amazing and chanel’s ability to write her story so eloquently is admirable. my chest hurt so much while reading this book, and as much as i thought i knew about r*pe cases in courts, i really had no clue how much injustice really existed. every time i thought it was finally over, chanel and her family and friends finally had the ending they wanted something else would come up. i didn’t realize that a guilty sentence does not mean case closed. it is not that easy. it is so messed up and unfathomable how many injustices occur in the court system.  chanel’s strength was insane and i felt the anger, the sadness, the frustration, the empathy with every setback, every negative comment, every person who made grossly inaccurate, invalidating, inconsistent claims about victims. i’m so grateful that chanel was empowered enough to keep going and had the support to because her story is so important and inspiring for others. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Mass/school shootings, and Alcohol

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexism, and Police brutality

oceanw1's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Blood, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Animal death, Racism, Suicide, Vomit, and Police brutality