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A review by reneedecoskey
知晓我姓名 by Chanel Miller
5.0
While you may not know Chanel Miller by her name, you probably do know her as Emily Doe, Brock Turner's rape victim.
Turner was famously accused of sexually assaulting Emily Doe on Stanford's campus, then using his status as an "olympic-hopeful" swimmer to get him off the hook. More infamously, his father remarked that Brock didn't deserve a harsh punishment for "20 minutes of action" (action taken against an intoxicated, unconscious girl in a dark alley behind a dumpster after he spent the evening trying to pick up girls at a party. Even worse was that he barely served any prison time at all (thanks to a sympathetic judge who didn't sentence him much to start with) before he was freed for good behavior.
This book is Chanel Miller's memoir about what happened, her experiences, and what she was forced to endure as a victim fighting for justice. It is at once infuriating and heartbreaking and underscores how broken our system is; how much of a double-standard exists. And Chanel Miller was one of the "lucky ones," if you could even call it that. So many cases like hers don't end with any kind of conviction or consequence for the rapist. They end with no justice for the victim. Brock Turner is a convicted rapist and I sincerely hope that follows him to the end of his days. What he did to Chanel Miller will haunt her forever.
Listening to the audiobook was sometimes difficult because it's read by the author and you could hear her tone shift when she'd become upset, reliving the story all over again. This was most apparent at the end of the book when she's reading her victim impact statement. Her voice wavers. If you're listening on good headphones, you can hear her breath catching. It's not edited out. It's left there and it adds to the raw emotion of the book.
One of the best and most heart-shattering books I've ever read. It took me a while to listen to it because I would listen in bursts and then have to shut it off, I would get so mad. Or I'd get sad and just sob at how unfair it was and how so many women have had shitty experiences with men who never suffer any kind of consequences for treating us like objects to which they are entitled instead of as humans.
Chanel Miller is intelligent and well-spoken, but she is also a phenomenal writer. Every word is chosen and sentences are crafted to convey exactly her points. She comes by her writing talents honestly. Her mother is a published writer, as well. Though it can't compare with the last damage she suffered at Brock Turner's hands (quite literally), nor how that will stay with her forever, Chanel Miller's book is haunting and and will still be in your head long after you've finished. I can't recommend this book enough to everyone.
Turner was famously accused of sexually assaulting Emily Doe on Stanford's campus, then using his status as an "olympic-hopeful" swimmer to get him off the hook. More infamously, his father remarked that Brock didn't deserve a harsh punishment for "20 minutes of action" (action taken against an intoxicated, unconscious girl in a dark alley behind a dumpster after he spent the evening trying to pick up girls at a party. Even worse was that he barely served any prison time at all (thanks to a sympathetic judge who didn't sentence him much to start with) before he was freed for good behavior.
This book is Chanel Miller's memoir about what happened, her experiences, and what she was forced to endure as a victim fighting for justice. It is at once infuriating and heartbreaking and underscores how broken our system is; how much of a double-standard exists. And Chanel Miller was one of the "lucky ones," if you could even call it that. So many cases like hers don't end with any kind of conviction or consequence for the rapist. They end with no justice for the victim. Brock Turner is a convicted rapist and I sincerely hope that follows him to the end of his days. What he did to Chanel Miller will haunt her forever.
Listening to the audiobook was sometimes difficult because it's read by the author and you could hear her tone shift when she'd become upset, reliving the story all over again. This was most apparent at the end of the book when she's reading her victim impact statement. Her voice wavers. If you're listening on good headphones, you can hear her breath catching. It's not edited out. It's left there and it adds to the raw emotion of the book.
One of the best and most heart-shattering books I've ever read. It took me a while to listen to it because I would listen in bursts and then have to shut it off, I would get so mad. Or I'd get sad and just sob at how unfair it was and how so many women have had shitty experiences with men who never suffer any kind of consequences for treating us like objects to which they are entitled instead of as humans.
Chanel Miller is intelligent and well-spoken, but she is also a phenomenal writer. Every word is chosen and sentences are crafted to convey exactly her points. She comes by her writing talents honestly. Her mother is a published writer, as well. Though it can't compare with the last damage she suffered at Brock Turner's hands (quite literally), nor how that will stay with her forever, Chanel Miller's book is haunting and and will still be in your head long after you've finished. I can't recommend this book enough to everyone.