Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

知晓我姓名 by Chanel Miller

150 reviews

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

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

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

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

porsche_elise's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Blood, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

julia51's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Gaslighting

mimo_'s review against another edition

4.5

its hard to review a memoir bc its not just a made up story but smn that actually happened and i dont want to discount her experience but i will say i liked her writing and how she goes through everything that happened to her and the effects of it

i did leave a lot of rants in a buddy read and i did end up googling the case and reading the entire wiki page jdsjxndnxn

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

ninahuynh's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring tense medium-paced

5.0

Chanel Miller is such a great storyteller. I remember when this case broke in the news. I did not realize the incident happened just months before I myself attended college! Hearing Miller tell us her story, displaying her anger, frustration, sadness, numbness, loneliness, hopelessness really brought power to her story, especially in Emily Doe's Victim Impact Statement at the end of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

csoyars's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

Heart wrenching, honest, brave, and beautifully written. I ache for and am in awe of Chanel Miller.

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Content Warnings

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