Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
by:
Jon Krakauer (author)
Format: kindle
ASIN: B00THFU680
Publish date: 2015-04-21
Publisher: Doubleday
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Wow. What a painful and important book. I simultaneoulsy feel like I have nothing to say and an entire treatise to write. We all know there's a problem with rape and sexual assault in America, and especially in American colleges. We all know the justice system is flawed and frequently punishes the...
Trigger Warnings: Graphic retellings of sexual assault Graphic retellings of rape First, I will like to point out this was my first time reading a Krakauer book, but it will certainly not be my last. I am making a point to reading his backlist. This book was solid long-form journalism, but with ...
This was a one sitting book for me. Much like Night by Elie Wiesel it was a book that if I put down I don't thing I could have picked back up. This book was horrifying and nauseating. We have a rape problem in this country and hearing how much the system fails victims is difficult, and it's somethin...
5 stars for the message, but come closer, I don't want to say this too loudly... it felt like garden variety investigative reporting, nothing that transcended the subject matter in a profound way. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great book either. So 3 stars for the book.Now that I got that out of the...
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town, Jon Krakauer; Narrators: Mozhan Marno, Scott Brick. This book is incredibly well researched, presenting an enormous amount of detail regarding rape accusations, investigations and trials. The descriptions are extremely graphic, and therefore, ...
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