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“There isn’t ever going to be an end,” she said. “The point is that people have to continue always speaking up. And not being afraid.”

She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story that Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey

March 25, 2020 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I was telling a friend when I sat down to write this review that I was having a tough time finding my way in. When I reviewed Ronan Farrow’s Catch and Kill, I was able to talk about him as part of the review, since he put himself on the page as part of the writing, and that was my way in to getting my thoughts down. That book was about both the harassment and abuse of women by men in power and the efforts […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: faintingviolet, investigative journalism, jodi kantor, Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey, me too, megan twohey, NDAs, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, she said

faintingviolet's CBR12 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: faintingviolet, investigative journalism, jodi kantor, Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey, me too, megan twohey, NDAs, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, she said ·
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Are you ready for this?

Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson

December 9, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Probably over 20-years ago now, I found a book called Speak. It was one of those books that kicked you in the face, butt and anyplace else that was exposed. Twenty years ago, sex was not really mainstream in young adult novels yet, and for sure rape was not even thought about let alone mentioned or written about. Then came Speak. I always said it was not a book about rape. I mean it is but there is so much more to it. It is […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult Tagged With: Laurie Halse Anderson, sexual abuse

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:526 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult · Tags: Laurie Halse Anderson, sexual abuse ·
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This review does not do this book justice. I should have written OMG THIS IS AMAZING a thousand and two times

Speak: The Graphic Novel by Laurie Halse Anderson

March 29, 2019 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

Twenty years ago, a book called Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson came out. A book about a subject we still do not really talk about today. Speak told the story of Melinda, a freshman in high school, the night she was raped and the fall-out from that. Speak: The Graphic Novel keeps to the feel and message of the novel. I was surprised at what I remembered but things I had forgotten came back and rediscovered other things. I think it has been rearranged a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult Tagged With: cross-over title, emily carroll, Girls & Women, Laurie Halse Anderson, school, sexual abuse, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:100 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: cross-over title, emily carroll, Girls & Women, Laurie Halse Anderson, school, sexual abuse, Social Themes ·
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My favorite book of 2018

December 4, 2018 by Dusty Highway 2 Comments

It’s official: I have the yips. I finished reading this book three weeks ago, but every time I’ve tried to write a review, I freeze, not because I have nothing to say but because I can’t seem to calm my mind enough to write the review this book deserves.  For you see: Alexander Chee’s How to Write an Autobiographical Novel is my favorite book of the year. Chee shares essays about his life and writing career, keeping the subjects separate at first, then integrating them […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #CBR10, #memoir, #writing, Alexander Chee, essays, How to Write an Autobiographical Novel, lgbt, Non-Fiction, Race, sexual abuse, The Best

Dusty Highway's CBR10 Review No:64 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #CBR10, #memoir, #writing, Alexander Chee, essays, How to Write an Autobiographical Novel, lgbt, Non-Fiction, Race, sexual abuse, The Best ·
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