I am also an abused child and it was definitely rough. I kinda just take things head on and deal with the triggers. I do not, however, know that I could handle this in book form. D: It is definitely heart-wrenching but so well done. I more think that people who have not been abused need to see this film. So often people with no idea of what abuse does to a person judge victims harshly or tell them to "get over it" so movies like this that do a really great job of portraying the abuse I think can be helpful to give people perspective and maybe illicit empathy.