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evoorde's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual violence
Moderate: Racism, Self harm, and Classism
aliced's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Medical content, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Mass/school shootings
jojo_'s review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Racism, Self harm, Violence, Xenophobia, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual content, Blood, Police brutality, and Mass/school shootings
thayerbowen's review against another edition
Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
gcaruana's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism
rieviolet's review against another edition
5.0
I'm so grateful that Chanel Miller was able to make her voice heard and share her truth. I hope that her words can reach anyone in need of strength, validation and understanding.
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Excrement, and Classism
alexxxxandra's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical content, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Medical content
Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Eating disorder, Self harm, Excrement, and Mass/school shootings
bookish_wanderer's review against another edition
5.0
I'm actually not sure if I can to gather my thoughts well enough do this book justice. Let's try.
You might have heard of Chanel in the past but did not know her name. You knew her as the victim in a high-profile sexual assault case in the US, a victim of a "promising swimmer". Now Chanel wants to reclaim her identity and be known for the survivor she is, and oh so much more.
She's such a gifted writer, and the way she conveys her emotions, the anguish, the pain, and everything she and her family went through at the time is brilliantly done. It's raw, intimate and honest. It'll make you scream, cry and sometimes even laugh, as she also shares some lovely memories.
With this memoir we have the opportunity to see what can happen to survivors who try to get justice. It reminds us why so many assaults go unreported, under a system that favours attackers rather than protect their victims, and almost accepts that these acts are just an inevitable fact of life (especially on campus). Where if you're a promising jock or famous, rich white and male, you're often held at a different standard.
What does it say about our society, when people are angrier at a woman for "putting herself in that position" (BIG quotes here), rather than at the attacker for committing the crime? Where alcohol is a reason for leniency for the accused, but more of reason to blame the victim?
Where a promising career in sports is valued more than the sanctity of someone's body and dignity?
Seeing her strength while she fought through it all to come out where she is today is a message of hope, for all survivors out there.
I really recommend this memoir. It is powerful, and it is so important. There is still so much to change.
Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Mass/school shootings
ameliasbooks's review
4.25
Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Blood, and Vomit
ioannareadabook's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Violence