Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Carta À Minha Filha by Maya Angelou

20 reviews

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring relaxing fast-paced

3.0

this isn't my favorite by maya angelou, but because maya angelou wrote it, it's still excellent. some of her ideas are a little dated (vulgarity, piercings, etc), but that's to be expected. i enjoyed listening to the audio a lot because maya reads it herself and she was an excellent speaker, so it's a joy to listen to her. i think there are a lot of beautiful ideas in here and anyone who reads it will probably find something to take away from it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Murder

lit_with_lauren's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, and Sexual violence

kaylinvm94's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Sexism

bookishplantmom's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

I never know just how to discuss memoirs on here. All I will say is that this was masterfully written and poignant. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Racism

caterina's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

2.5

Maya Angelou is great, but the best thing about this book is that the audiobook is read by her. I love when she's sharing stories that she learned from, and the coffee story and the rug story will definitely stick with me, but her preachy advice (e.g. all the stuff about patriotism) is not my thing and I often disagreed with her. It's a disjointed collection, and in particular her short essay on rape feels like her just taking the opportunity to throw a take out there without having done research or thought it through. Take what resonates and leave the rest!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Ableism, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

ashleyann's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Racism

Minor: Rape

merin_aran's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, Rape, and Sexual violence

alanahilkey's review against another edition

challenging inspiring fast-paced

3.75

i enjoyed parts of this book, and some parts i did not. i liked the insight and advice of someone older, but you can definitely tell that the book has aged since published in 2008. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Rape

saraamiri's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, and Kidnapping

sorcha's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Violence

Minor: Addiction and Sexual content