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tetedump's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, and Abandonment
aquacat2's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Drug use
daniela_cruz's review against another edition
5.0
Neste livro testemunhos talvez os capítulos mais negros da vida de Angelou.
A procura pelo seu lugar no mundo leva-a ao precipício dos seus limites - pelo tentativa de experimentar heroína, uma droga que lentamente matava talvez a pessoa mais importante da sua vida Bailey - e mesmo ultrapassar os limites com seu, ainda que breve, encontro com a prostituição.
Mas sabendo o que acontece no futuro este é um livro de esperança, Maya conseguirá no futuro encontrar-se r ser a melhor versão de si.
Graphic: Drug use
Minor: Racism, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Abandonment
slrich9024's review against another edition
4.0
Minor: Drug use
shinysarah28's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Drug use
beckyyreadss's review against another edition
4.0
This book is the second of seven volumes of Maya Angelou’s autobiography. It is a testament to the talents and resilience of this writer. She loves this world, but she also knows its cruelty. As a black woman she has known the discrimination and extreme poverty, but she also knows of hope and joy, achievement and celebration. In this first volume, Maya describes her teenage years and her being a single mother and trying to find her way in the world.
Usually I struggle with non-fiction books, I find them slow, boring and can just never really dig into them and thoroughly enjoy it. Even though this book is heart breaking, discuss heavy topics and is brutal, it was a book I managed to get into and I think this was due to Maya’s writing, it was almost as if she was writing about a fiction character in a storyline that I had to remind myself several times that she was the main character and she’s talking about her life. She was talking about the struggles of a woman in 1944 to 1948. The fact that people constantly doubt her and use her, just broke my heart.
I wouldn’t say this book has any weakness, but I think the last few chapters were very rushed. She went from slowly describing everything to the events of: she needed to get a job, she ran a brothel, she became a sex worker for a short time to help her pimp, she lost her job, she lost and then found her son and then the last chapter was a shock to the system about using heroin. I would have loved to read more about those few bits of her life. I think she did it for a “gripping” factor to get you to read the next book . . . to be fair, it worked because I want to read the next book.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Drug use
Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, and Sexual assault
Minor: Drug abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Grief, and War
sakisreads's review against another edition
4.0
I was very touched by her descriptions of people though; they were so vivid 🥹 Imagine having an icon like Angelou write about you…
I have always loved Bailey (her brother) and got teary when he lost his partner 😫
I will give it some time before trying the next installation 🥰
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, and Physical abuse
kaimetcalfe's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Grief
Moderate: Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
hodgeonlucy's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Sexual assault
nolarose's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Drug use