A review by loischanel
Know My Name by Chanel Miller

4.0

Know My Name is a memoir about the author's experience being the victim of sexual assault. This book is comprehensive in the way it presents the ensuing trial which garnered a lot of media attention and public scrutiny.

Listening to the audiobook made me sufficiently indignant especially during those moments when Chanel Miller, who narrates her memoir, became emotional whilst recounting the loss of privacy, self-doubt, gaslighting, victim-blaming, threats and paranoia that affected her and her family, over the course of the trial and beyond.

This book incites important conversations about how society treats women, men's entitlement to female bodies and the unfairness of the criminal justice system. It also gives insight into the hidden affects that some victims of sexual assault have to face, such as the crippling expenses.

I'm glad that Chanel Miller decided to share her experience despite the emotional trauma she would've had to relive in order to tell her truth. Its a memoir that speaks to fellow sexual assault victims and emboldens them to speak up in a society that tries to drown out their voices.