Kelly (and the Book Boar)'s Reviews > The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story
The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story
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bookshelves: arcs, walkin-and-talkin, read-in-2025, non-fiction, audio
Jan 30, 2025
bookshelves: arcs, walkin-and-talkin, read-in-2025, non-fiction, audio
I actually received an Kindle ARC of this, but I prefer listening to nonfiction rather than reading it so I held out for release day and made sure I was first in line at the library for an audio version. I don’t have many notes � if this history interests you, then this book delivers by being well researched with regard to these “kits� and rape forensics in general.
Really, the only thing worth mentioning is a negative in that I felt the author’s personal history should have been left aside. I knew nothing of her before reading this, but she makes sure it is known she has written about / has published the details of her life prior to this so it was even more unnecessary to be included here. I equivocate those asides to being on a forum (such as this), where contributors take everything to a personal level with complete strangers who were not aware they were signing up for a trauma dump on a simple post/book review. It was jarring and out of place.
Still Four Stars for not only holding my interest, but getting me out of the garage “gym� and walking outdoors despite it being 20 degrees outside. Oh and once again, I had zero awareness that a famous person was narrating this to me. I am oblivious! (But she did a good job LOL.)
ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you, NetGalley!
Really, the only thing worth mentioning is a negative in that I felt the author’s personal history should have been left aside. I knew nothing of her before reading this, but she makes sure it is known she has written about / has published the details of her life prior to this so it was even more unnecessary to be included here. I equivocate those asides to being on a forum (such as this), where contributors take everything to a personal level with complete strangers who were not aware they were signing up for a trauma dump on a simple post/book review. It was jarring and out of place.
Still Four Stars for not only holding my interest, but getting me out of the garage “gym� and walking outdoors despite it being 20 degrees outside. Oh and once again, I had zero awareness that a famous person was narrating this to me. I am oblivious! (But she did a good job LOL.)
ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you, NetGalley!
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Reading Progress
January 22, 2025
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Started Reading
January 22, 2025
– Shelved
January 30, 2025
– Shelved as:
arcs
January 30, 2025
– Shelved as:
walkin-and-talkin
January 30, 2025
– Shelved as:
read-in-2025
January 30, 2025
– Shelved as:
non-fiction
January 30, 2025
– Shelved as:
audio
January 30, 2025
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Finished Reading