Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

36 reviews

leseratte69's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

Very beautiful and poetic despite there being some traumatising explicit experiences.

This book is one of its kind as a literary autobiography. As it’s a coming of age story, the chapters  seem more like short stories. I found myself getting lost in the detail and so found it harder to be absorbed in the story. 

Quotes I found wonderful were:
‘One girl, whose name and face have melted into the years’
‘He was forever dropping slangy terms into his sentences like dumplings in a pot’ 
‘Bailey was the greatest person in the world. And the fact that he was my brother, my only brother, and I had no sisters to share him with, was such a good fortune that it made me want to live a Christian life just to show God that I was grateful.’

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Racism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abandonment

_moonbread's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Rape

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

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

hollyatree's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, and Murder

adriano64's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Rape

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

momoxshi's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Still processing everything after finishing this. Currently speechless. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Rape

jagwar's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Rape

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Car accident, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Excrement, Abortion, Murder, and Sexual harassment

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