Throughout the book, Giuffre beguiles, apologises and cheerfully breaks the fourth wall in an effort to soften the distaste she assumes her story will trigger ... Deft, smart ... While the book is relentlessly, shockingly hard, it is also a clear-eyed and necessary account of how sex offenders operate ... Narrative does what deposition can’t by taking us into the room with her. The book breathes life into Giuffre’s legal status as a victim ... Important, courageous.
The first part of the book is a difficult and painful read, packed with relentless detail ... It’s worth persisting, because the second half of the book is a testament to Giuffre’s courage in fighting back ... It is a personal triumph that she chose to speak up, and a tragedy that doing so came at such a cost.
The book benefits greatly from Giuffre’s collaborator, the highly regarded American magazine journalist Amy Wallace. Wallace never overwhelms Giuffre’s voice, but her presence is clear in the journalistic rigour that underlies the text ... This memoir is a dark, painful excursion into the most unimaginable regions of human suffering. Whatever posthumous justice Giuffre receives as a result of this book, it will never be enough.
