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Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation by Erika Krouse
2 reviews
jhbandcats's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.25
I liked the premise of the book and the way the author, Erika Krouse, interwove her history of child sexual abuse with the contemporary sexual assaults by the Univ of Colorado football team, told through the lens of researching a legal case. It’s part memoir, part expose of a university coverup at the highest levels. By including her own story within the legal case, Krouse turns a fascinating story of rape and deception into one of personal struggle and redemption.
There’s no truly happy ending - there were no criminal charges ever filed, the university faculty and staff got off scot-free, and not everyone who was assaulted received part of the settlement. But within the convoluted justice system in the US, a form of justice was achieved.
My only quibble was that all the names were changed even though the case, settled in 2007, is a matter of public record. However, I read an interview with Krouse in JNews where she explains more fully how she was doing all she could to protect the women by not tying them to assailants who might further retaliate. It was the best she could do under the circumstances.
There’s no truly happy ending - there were no criminal charges ever filed, the university faculty and staff got off scot-free, and not everyone who was assaulted received part of the settlement. But within the convoluted justice system in the US, a form of justice was achieved.
My only quibble was that all the names were changed even though the case, settled in 2007, is a matter of public record. However, I read an interview with Krouse in JNews where she explains more fully how she was doing all she could to protect the women by not tying them to assailants who might further retaliate. It was the best she could do under the circumstances.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Classism, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, and Violence
marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition
challenging
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Erika has a face that makes strangers tell her their deepest secrets. After a chance encounter with a lawyer in a bookstore, she finds herself starting a job as a private investigator, despite her lack of formal experience. The case that dominates the book concerns the pervasive rape culture and constant coverups of the University of Colorado football team. Herself a survivor of sexual violence, Erika becomes obsessed with the case, her investigation branching off into her own life, into her relationships with the family members who deny, or simply don’t care, that she was sexually abused as a child. Amidst descriptions of the Colorado landscape—breathtaking yet harsh—Erika learns the tricks of the P.I. trade, offering snippets of the profession’s evolution between recollections of her own research and interviews. She scrambles to gather enough evidence to make someone do something about the sexual violence faced by her plaintiffs, but it’s not just for them, it’s for her, too.
Tell Me Everything is stunning and fascinating—part memoir, part true crime, but entirely an investigation. Gabra Zackman’s narration complements the book beautifully.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Blood, Sexual assault, and Alcohol
Minor: Drug use, Alcoholism, Child death, Torture, Vomit, Death, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, and Suicidal thoughts
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