I enjoyed this book. The topic the book covers is extremely important. Thankfully in recent years the subject of rape and the justice system has received more and more attention. Yet the myths and presumptions that surround rape by the judicial systems, communities and those directly involved that are found in this book are still very real. 
 The reason I took so long to finish this book alongside giving it 3 stars is because if I didn't own this book in audio book form I don't think I would have finished this book. I feel what let this book down was how dry it became in the last half of the book. I feel the last half was essentially just a court transcript with a few author quips and comments in between. I'm not sure what exactly I was expecting from this book but a legal transcript wasn't it. 
 I think I went into reading this expecting something similar to Asking For It by Kate Harding with a reflection of college rape culture. Unfortunately rape culture was barely touched upon for other colleges which I felt was a shame. The author continued to emphasise the cases found in Missoula were widespread but did not provide any evidence other than some quick statistics in the last chapter. 
 I enjoyed how thoroughly researched this book was and how sensitive it was to survivors of rape yet I frequently cringed at the use of the word "victim." I work with trauma survivors and words are loaded with meaning. It is extremely important that books that hope to change cultural attitudes begin at the roots, and that ideally this would start with due care with the language used. 
 This is an informative book, largely focusing only on a handful of cases but in great detail. It is quite dry in the second half. I feel there are better books tackling rape culture but this book is unique as it focuses on American colleges.