I feel bad for not liking this book more than I did. I felt awful for her while reading it, but this seemed to be a book more for her own therapy than anyone else reading it. Which is great, I hope she's doing better, but it wasn't an overly enjoyable read. Usually with books like this there are cowriters or ghost writers since the person involved isn't a writer themselves, but I believe she wrote this. It's a cohesive story, but the writing itself was incredibly bland and basic.

One thing that did make me uncomfortable is that she wrote this basically ignoring the fact that the five boys who were convicted of her rape had their convictions overturned. She did include a few bits that looked more like a lawyer covering so she couldn't be sued, but that was it. She also said that it wasn't about racism, since this is a case that had garnered much attention in the media. That seemed incredibly dismissive. No, it wasn't about racism for her. Her getting raped wasn't about racism. But for the five teenagers who were wrongfully convicted of her rape and assault, it was very much about racism.

I didn't really gain anything from this book and it's probably only rated as high as it is because I'd feel too bad to rate it any lower.