Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

26 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

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

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

library_of_al's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

I like the writing and I found a lot of what Angelou was saying relatable in some ways, but I didn’t quite understand the ending. For the whole book I felt like I was waiting for something more, but it never came. I think there might be a second book to this, though I’m not sure. What Angelou had written is very insightful of the Black experience and honestly people should be forced to read this book instead of “To Kill A Mockingbird” because Angelou just captures experiences so much better than Harper Lee ever could. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

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

robinsons515's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

gamz's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Racism

sarah_hutchins's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

taylorlanxon's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Classism