Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

212 reviews

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

unamac's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia and Sexual assault

amris's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia and Sexual assault

Moderate: Pregnancy

philomath1983's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

fjcrow's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

angiebks's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

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

leseratte69's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Racism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abandonment

c1nsz's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

bfab18's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault