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beckyyreadss's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
I decided to read this book because I bought a poster with 100 books to read in your lifetime. I read the first four in this series and I'm just inspired and in awe of her. I knew I wanted to carry on with this series and learn more about her life.
This book is the fourth of seven volumes of Maya Angelou’s autobiography. It is a testament to the talents and resilience of this writer. She knows that this world has love as well as cruelty. As a black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy, achievement and celebration. In this book Maya focused on her work in becoming a writer and the artists in Harlem, as well as working in the civil rights movements with Martin Luther King Jr.
Usually I struggle with non-fiction books, I find them slow, boring and I can never really dig into them and thoroughly enjoy it. However, this book I managed to enjoy. This book still discusses serious and difficult topics but it’s a journey of her finding her voice and becoming a writer. It’s 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 she is talking about and that she is talking about her life. She was talking about the struggles of being a woman in 1957 to 1962. The fact that her son is growing up and she is wanting to find herself and then she just gets used by men just broke my heart. I really want her and her son to be happy and at peace. This book wasn’t as heavy has her other books and I think that’s because a portion of the book is her discussing her career and the movement of Martin Luther King Jr. I would have loved to see some chapters from her son as he was at an age where he remembers it now, especially when the ending was about him getting injured.
Again, with the previous book when it gets towards the end it feels rushed. I think it’s the gripping factor to get you to read the next book. I am sort of hoping with me having three books left in this series that this stops and comes to a point because I am hoping that she finds happiness and peace.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, and Car accident
Moderate: Racial slurs and Medical content
Minor: Racism, Slavery, Drug use, and Sexism
kaimetcalfe's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Medical content and Racial slurs
Minor: Slavery, Alcohol, Drug use, and Sexism
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