Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Ich habe einen Namen by Chanel Miller

138 reviews

moonstar99's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Grief

supermanninja23's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mass/school shootings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

thursdd4y's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Mass/school shootings

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

shlymiller's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Mental illness, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcohol

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Drug use, Sexual content, Vomit, Death of parent, and Outing

sakisreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring slow-paced

5.0

Simultaneously heartbreaking and heartwarming, Chanel Miller brings the spotlight to herself and this horrendous but necessary case. 

I could’ve read it very quickly, but I wanted to sit in every moment with Miller and appreciate what she had to go through 😫

I urge every person to read this. Content warnings are below, obviously, but if you have the space and time this truly is a must.
Thank you ✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

elizaandstella's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, and Grief

Minor: Vomit

chloenk_1011's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail