Powerful ... Vivid and necessary. Nguyen’s original contribution will, as its title promises, give both survivors and non-survivors some sense of hope for justice — and, now more than ever, such hope is essential.
This intimate, grit-infused true story is a testament to the power of honesty in the face of great challenges ... In just over 200 pages of briskly paced personal narrative, Nguyen launches clear and exacting critiques of a culture of victim-blaming and the often-insurmountable red tape that delays or precludes justice and allows serial assailants to continue harm.
Her memoir excludes almost all details of the event and its perpetrator, which seems odd since headings like “3 Hours Until the Rape” appear to lead up to an account ... Since the whole purpose of preserving the rape kit evidence is to prosecute the rapist, it is perplexing that we hear nothing about whether any case ever went forward or is planned.
