Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Ich habe einen Namen by Chanel Miller

1027 reviews

zinatakara's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Though the content was tough, this book was excellent. Chanel’s writing is so good. She’s so inspiring. So brave. Though she didn’t get to pick her topic, her writing was meant to be released into the world and I’m so happy it was. I had to take breaks and it took me longer than anticipated to read because of the tough content. But I’m so happy I have finally read this book. It should truly be required reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

hellokaley's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing and Suicidal thoughts

ali1311's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

This was one of the best books I've read, like, ever. Another reviewer described the book as evoking "feminine rage," and that's the best way to put it. All of the feelings that have been stuffed inside of women practically since we're born--the sadness and anger and outrage and heartache--at the treatment of women is brought to the surface in this story. Miller's writing made me cry, made me pissed, and made me feel so connected to other women, all while sitting alone in my chair and reading her story. Truly, one of the best writer's of our generation, I'll read anything else she writes forever. Notably, a very difficult read, but a necessary one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse

ssyme's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense

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Content Warnings

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

sammymilfort's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Hate crime, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

lex_mags's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

kerileilareads's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Mental illness

sunnysoprano's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

xwritingstoriesx's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

bleach226's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

I wasn’t sure if I’d ever be ready to read this book because I remembered the way reading Chanel’s victim impact statement on BuzzFeed gutted me.

San Diego picked it for this year’s One Book, One San Diego though, so I decided it was time.

I don’t know that you can ever be ready for this book. But, there are times you can be more ready. You may need breaks, take them. 

Chanel’s story matters. Her willingness to let us know her name, and know her story through her eyes, is a bravery I can’t comprehend. And while her story is uniquely hers, she recognizes and shares all of the ways in which it’s shared too.

If you aren’t a survivor, try to find a way to read this book. If you are, exercise caution, but know that you may find solace in the solidarity.

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Content Warnings

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