Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Yo Sé Por Qué Canta El Pájaro Enjaulado by Maya Angelou

9 reviews

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

shaniac's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

Maya Angelou was truly the greatest of her time. Every other page changed the way I think about life. This book is a gift to the world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Cursing

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

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.75

Difficult to read, but in the way that it challenges how you think about things.

In particular this made me consider the times it took place during, the "good ole days" and how shitty they were for a lot people.  I make it a habit to not read much about a book before I pick it up to give everything a fair chance and the reason why I picked those one up was because I saw it on a list of commonly banned books.  While it contains some mature(-ish) content, it is much tamer than many things I read as a youth and the value of showing other-ing on a personal degree is unmatched.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

croww_teeth's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

Minor: Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Infidelity, and Racial slurs

jesika's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Classism

nrhilmer's review against another edition

challenging emotional slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Cursing, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, and Classism

st61826's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Cursing, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Classism

raelin's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Heartbreaking and heart warming. Uplifting and depressing. Isn’t that life though? It is all the things, as is this memoir. 

This audiobook read by the author was so moving. The raw honestly and painful openness in how she beautifully and tragically describes her early life is amazing. 

It really reinforces that the adolescent experience is almost universal. The awkwardness and lack of self confidence while also being incredibly sure footed in some situations was so very relatable even 50 years after it’s original publication. 

I really would recommend this to anyone, and especially sullen teenagers who feel misunderstood by everyone around them. This really brings home that everyone has a story, and you may never know another person’s whole story, but that there are some near universal feelings about finding your place in the world and how to fit in. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail