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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

209 reviews

philomath1983's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25


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emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75


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angiebks's review against another edition

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challenging reflective medium-paced

3.75


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jessmaealbe20's review against another edition

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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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leseratte69's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

Very beautiful and poetic despite there being some traumatising explicit experiences.

This book is one of its kind as a literary autobiography. As it’s a coming of age story, the chapters  seem more like short stories. I found myself getting lost in the detail and so found it harder to be absorbed in the story. 

Quotes I found wonderful were:
‘One girl, whose name and face have melted into the years’
‘He was forever dropping slangy terms into his sentences like dumplings in a pot’ 
‘Bailey was the greatest person in the world. And the fact that he was my brother, my only brother, and I had no sisters to share him with, was such a good fortune that it made me want to live a Christian life just to show God that I was grateful.’

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c1nsz's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.75


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bfab18's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

4.75


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betag1013's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0


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solid_circle's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.25


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katherine_ffrench's review against another edition

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emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0


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