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Sei Porque Canta o Pássaro na Gaiola by Maya Angelou

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sunflower_13's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

I can see why this book is a classic. There are a lot of really heavy themes, but there’s also humor and a beautiful, poetic nature to the storytelling. Listening to Maya Angelou recount her childhood experiences through the audiobook solidified how real the stories are. My heart broke for her several times in listening to her story, but I am so glad I read this book.

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tessav0310's review against another edition

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

sandybereading's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

this book required a lot of focus, rereading, & reflection after each chapter. but, i found myself really enjoying this process as i got farther into the book. i really love the way this book is set up, with each chapter being a moment in time that maya recounts & the lesson that came from that moment in her life. this book only follows her life up until the age of 15-16, which is such a staggering realization considering all that she went through during that time. & yet, i felt we never learned why the caged bird songs!

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5.0

Such beautiful writing. I haven’t laughed out loud, brewed with anxiety, and related in horror to a story in so long. Her writing is so witty and so thoughtful. I was sad when it ended because there would be no more :( until I learned there is a part two :) will be continuing very shortly. And I can’t wait to read this one again!

ftrebelo's review against another edition

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2.0

The writing is compelling, and I particularly enjoyed the parts around her life with her grandmother in the South. The telling of some of the traumatic episodes was a little to raw for me and I found the ending a bit abrupt (I realize Angelou has a whole series of memoirs, but I wasn't really left wanting to read more).

fiorellareads's review against another edition

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5.0

Loved this book.
I Loved Maya's style of writing.
There are certain feelings in childhood that you completely forget and erase from your memory, which she seems to remember so clear and vividly, were explained with such care that it really brought me back in time, to feelings and questions I had for myself and others. Despite some very dark incidents in her life, Maya carefully weaves her childhood stories together and delivers a beautifully finished product that gives us insight into her precocious self dealing with racism, self-acceptance, and belonging as she grows up in the 40's and 50's.