taylorlanxon's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Lesbophobia, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Racism, Misogyny, Murder, and Sexual assault
tetedump's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, Racism, Racial slurs, Rape, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse
a_bloom's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Rape, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Sexual violence, and Sexism
Moderate: Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Grief, Death, Blood, Abortion, and Addiction
Minor: Infidelity, Hate crime, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, War, Incest, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, and Slavery
amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Colonisation, Racial slurs, Rape, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racism, Classism, Abandonment, Alcohol, Body horror, Hate crime, Pregnancy, and Slavery
Moderate: Death and War
Minor: Abortion
readingwithkaitlyn's review
5.0
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.signeskov's review against another edition
5.0
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a beautiful and haunting piece of writing on the troubles of growing up black and female in interwar America. But more than that, it is really just that: a story of growing up and the wisdom that comes from experience.
Written in wonderful prose and effectively weaving its tapestry of real-life characters, events, and glimpses of memories, Angelou expresses both childlike wonder, horror, teenage anxiety, and most of all, love of family and self in the most exquisite ways. This is truly a timeless and recommended read and understandably part of the modern American literary canon.
Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Sexism, Racism, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Homophobia
mayavd's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Rape, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Death, Incest, Child abuse, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia
blainereads's review against another edition
4.0
Today, it falls a little bit flat and/or dry (though the trauma is, as it always will be, horrific); the instances of racism (towards Latinos and Asians) and implied homophobia, though understandable for the period, are still a bummer; and it is certainly not the most engaging memoir I’ve ever read, but I know that those incredibly compelling memoirs (often from marginzaled authors) only exist because of this one, so I suppose for that alone, it deserves at least four stars.
Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Racism, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Hate crime, and Child abuse
nytephoenyx's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, and Racism
Moderate: Abandonment, Pregnancy, and Racial slurs
Minor: Homophobia
ginadapooh's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Rape, and Pedophilia