Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

16 reviews

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

derekthelizardwizzard's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

I would like to have met Maya Angelou. She seems to have been a great person.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

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

jalexpulliamkepler's review

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

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

a_bloom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

It took a little while for me to get used to the writing and actually interested in the story, but within a hundred pages it REALLY captured my attention. Her writing is beautiful and descriptive and painfully aware of how her younger self perceived the situation of her birth and life. However, the last few chapters come off awkward as it strays from the usual pacing, but considering she had more autobots it makes sense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, and Abortion

Minor: Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, and War

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Drug use, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Car accident, War, and Classism

Poverty, WWII, concentration camps, Japanese displacement, homelessness, d slur.

emilyandthewhippet's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, and Abandonment