The design and UX isn't done, Rob and Abbie, okkurrrr! 😌
missmorganno's review against another edition
5.0
Abdulali does a fantastic job at showing compassion to survivors of sexual assault while also teaching the reader how to handle the inevitable part of life that you or someone you love may be sexually assaulted. Abdulali gives tips on how to talk to someone who has been assaulted. The most important part of the book, however, is Abdulali does her best to remove the shame survivors often feel surrounding an assault.
zoethydear1850's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 stars! An incredibly important read.
“Dancing cranes, mango season, love, music, moonrise, decay, violence - all of it, the full catastrophe. Rape is part of it. But I cannot, will not, accept that it is inevitable.”
“Dancing cranes, mango season, love, music, moonrise, decay, violence - all of it, the full catastrophe. Rape is part of it. But I cannot, will not, accept that it is inevitable.”
subdue_provide75's review against another edition
0.75
This is an important subject, of course, but I didn't feel this book had enough coherence or a unifying message.
johanna999999's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
suma_smoothie044's review against another edition
5.0
A thorough, critical, heartfelt discussion about rape, rape cultures and victims of rape. I couldn't put the book down until I finished it. Sohaila Abdulali discusses this topic expertly, and I wish everyone had a copy of it to read and learn from.
Book quote:
"I am more interested in moving along from this unevolved state of human interaction. I don't want to care about rapists' motivations. They should just stop. Whether it's wired in or because their daddy didn't play with him or they're just jerks or they're sexually frustrated or they do it because they can or they do it because they can't not do it or they're normal or they're abnormal, who cares? They should just stop.... the truth is that the only people who are truly responsible for preventing rape are rapists."
Book quote:
"I am more interested in moving along from this unevolved state of human interaction. I don't want to care about rapists' motivations. They should just stop. Whether it's wired in or because their daddy didn't play with him or they're just jerks or they're sexually frustrated or they do it because they can or they do it because they can't not do it or they're normal or they're abnormal, who cares? They should just stop.... the truth is that the only people who are truly responsible for preventing rape are rapists."
omelas33's review against another edition
5.0
It's sad that not many will pick up this book at a bookstore lest they'd be judged. I myself would never have come across this one, if not for a buy by the box book fair. I'm so glad I picked it up. The dialogues in the book is exactly what we need in the world right now. It's heartbreaking and infuriating, that human beings who capable of doing anything in the world CHOOSE to avoid CONSENT. Two of the basic rights that everyone deserves.
marblemenow's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
5.0