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Know My Name by Chanel Miller

21 reviews

hannibanani29's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexism

Minor: Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, and Vomit

gcaruana's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

There isn't much that I can add to what previous reviews have already said. This is a monumental book, raw and heart-wrenching, so masterfully written. I was moved to tears and moved to absolute rage at the pain inflicted, the injustice, the added abuse caused by the judicial system.

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. 

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Content Warnings

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

amyalicejakob's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

This was a truly astonishing and beautifully written book. I hadn't read the witness statement before reading this book, and whenever I think about her reading it out at the end of this audiobook, I shiver every time. The producers chose to leave in the pauses, and voice quivers as she reads it and it is truly one of the most powerful pieces of literature I have encountered in a long, long time. The whole book is very much in this vein too. She opens with doing herself down, frankly, by introducing her limits and spelling mistakes, and all the reasons we might think less of her account, and ashamedly I have to admit I felt a drop in my stomach. Please don't give them this ammo. Please, sell yourself. You shouldn't have to, of course, but this is the world we live in. Please. 
But I needn't have worried. Within minutes, it is clear that this brave and creative and intelligent and emotionally literate woman knows exactly what she is doing. The images she conjures up are sticking with me for life. I am in awe of this book, and though it was so tough at times, I do think it needs wider reading. The fact that a book so potentially polarising has such a high rating on goodreads is testament to its power. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Misogyny, Medical content, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

linguaphile412's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Eating disorder, Gun violence, Racism, Suicide, Blood, Mass/school shootings, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Death, Drug use, Xenophobia, Vomit, and Police brutality

Victim-blaming, rape apologism

kayesomething's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Mass/school shootings, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Xenophobia

indi_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

One of the best books I've ever read. I'm sad that this book had to be written and the circumstances that led up to this book, but I'm so glad it exists. Chanel Miller is seriously an angel in this world and a beacon of hope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

penofpossibilities's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Xenophobia, Vomit, Mass/school shootings, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Confinement and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Drug use, Homophobia, Blood, and Acephobia/Arophobia

Graphic: victim blaming, ptsd/trauma Minor: fireworks

skudiklier's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This book is powerful, beautifully written, and both validating and infuriating. I had to stop reading at times because I was so angry, and of course it made me cry (though not as much as I would have anticipated, honestly). I got to listen to Chanel Miller read the book out loud, and I'm so glad I did. She reads it more slowly than I would have read a physical copy, and I'm grateful for spending the extra time sitting with this book and what happens in it. It made me realize things about some loved ones that I'd never considered before, and it made me realize things about myself, too. I'd recommend this book to anyone (and also recommend you follow @chanel_miller on Instagram because her comics are funny and inspirational and I just love the things she creates).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug use, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Vomit, and Grief