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an affecting memoir from an extremely important perspective highlighting a point in history where she was forced to remain anonymous despite being the true center of the story. it illustrates the consequences of sexual assault from a perspective only she could give.

i do not want to criticize with the intent of saying don’t read this; to be clear, you should definitely read this, but i did not connect with the writing style as much as i would’ve liked. it has some cliches that took me out of it, a few typos which surprised me, and just generally lacked some polish a few more edits could’ve fixed. regardless, definitely interested in chanel’s work in the future and am glad to have read this.

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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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