Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

26 reviews

derekthelizardwizzard's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

I would like to have met Maya Angelou. She seems to have been a great person.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

betag1013's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

jalexpulliamkepler's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

4.0

Interesting and often moving but sometimes felt more like a series of essays than a memoir

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and War

branamalyssa10's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, and Abandonment

robinsons515's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ritte_e's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Rape

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, and Classism

morganbrooke's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy

wickedgrumpy's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.75

Difficult to read, but in the way that it challenges how you think about things.

In particular this made me consider the times it took place during, the "good ole days" and how shitty they were for a lot people.  I make it a habit to not read much about a book before I pick it up to give everything a fair chance and the reason why I picked those one up was because I saw it on a list of commonly banned books.  While it contains some mature(-ish) content, it is much tamer than many things I read as a youth and the value of showing other-ing on a personal degree is unmatched.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

croww_teeth's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

Minor: Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Infidelity, and Racial slurs

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident

A very thoughtful, caring, emotional memoir with exquisite prose, but mind the warnings. The way she describes being SA’d as a child is extremely graphic, disturbing, and heartbreaking. I am grateful for her honesty and bravery telling exactly how all the victims of such a horror have to walk a tightrope of expectations, and how adults often make it harder for a child to tell anyone if they are harmed. Best part is how much love overflows in the pages for everything dear to her. Maya Angelou is a wonderful soul.