Reviews tagging 'Rape'

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

308 reviews

ortneram's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

san_i's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Rape

librarymouse's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Hearing Maya Angelou tell her own story in her own voice was wonderful. She's a gifted storyteller and speaker, and her mastery of language creates a wonderfully vivid image of her childhood for her readers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical content, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Lesbophobia and Abandonment

geojam224's review against another edition

Triggering 😢

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

charlottehancock01's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

readingelli's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Sexual content and Pregnancy

bfair's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia and Rape

nlo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

I saw someone in the reviews wrote that it would have been better if it was fiction ??? its an autobiography ... and to top it off it was written by and about *the* talented Maya Angelou. That seemed like such an odd comment to me. 

Anyway, this book satisfies my taste for autobiographies of famous American culture literature writers. While I might not relate to most of what Angelou shares, I would have been telling a complete lie if I said this piece of literature was not moving. Not only does this autobiography show you what it took for Ms. Angelou to become who she became, it also showed me a glimpse of what it was like to live in the United States as a black woman in the 30s and 40s. Angelou does a great job of sharing some of the smaller details and larger themes that encompassed American society at that time in a way that puts  American history books to shame.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Racism

mharrison13's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Rape

atuin's review against another edition

reflective

5.0

A beutifuly written memoir about growing up during the 30's and 40's. I'm glad I listened to the audio version, as one of the events in the novel is Maya Angelou learning that speaking text gives it more life than just reading. All of the people she writes about are so well written they seem to jump out of the recording. As a memoir, it goes through different moments of her life that she remembers, some funny, some terribly sad, but all are interesting and paint a picture of a fascinating and well lived life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Rape

Moderate: Domestic abuse