Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

7 reviews

eatingbrains's review against another edition

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

fbmzh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

The picture it paints is so bold yet the writer's softer heartedness is reflected in her style, or should I say her kindness....its beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Slavery, Self harm, Bullying, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

This was my first Maya Angelou, and her writing is so good. I wasn't absolutely enthralled, but I really liked listening to it. Whew, she went through such trauma, and it's incredible that she made it out the other side.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Bullying, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Classism, Misogyny, and Rape

Minor: Alcohol and Sexual content

readingwithkaitlyn's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Rape, Violence, Racism, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Body shaming, Ableism, Sexism, Grief, Mental illness, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Medical content, and Child abuse

Minor: Child death, Bullying, War, Infidelity, Car accident, Police brutality, Torture, Slavery, Infertility, Adult/minor relationship, Excrement, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Drug use, and Classism

Poverty, WWII, concentration camps, Japanese displacement, homelessness, d slur.

kimveach's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.5

It's an autobiography which reads like a novel.  So good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

ginadapooh's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Rape, and Pedophilia

rakaha's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Hate crime, Racism, and Rape