Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Yo Sé Por Qué Canta El Pájaro Enjaulado by Maya Angelou

5 reviews

jessmaealbe20's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

loved the way she wrote in her voice. it sounded genuine and she covered a lot of tough topics gracefully. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Classism

Moderate: Body shaming and Religious bigotry

Minor: Pregnancy

lots of trigger warnings but an important book to read in one's life

jalexpulliamkepler's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

4.0

Interesting and often moving but sometimes felt more like a series of essays than a memoir

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and War

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

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

This was my first Maya Angelou, and her writing is so good. I wasn't absolutely enthralled, but I really liked listening to it. Whew, she went through such trauma, and it's incredible that she made it out the other side.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content and Alcohol

passionatereader78's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Maya let's us into her past. This book was inspiring. I enjoyed learning more about this great lady.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment