Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou

10 reviews

stevia333k's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

I mean some of it is wise, tho there's a shitload of assimilationism. Anyways, we're told to tailor this wisdom with our intelligence as we see fit.

A lot of it basically comes down to be polite so that you can make friends with people who will be willing to bail you out as needed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Domestic abuse, Violence, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Blood, Confinement, Stalking, Rape, Medical content, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Addiction

rosalind's review against another edition

hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Slavery, and Sexual content

Minor: Xenophobia

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring relaxing fast-paced

3.0

this isn't my favorite by maya angelou, but because maya angelou wrote it, it's still excellent. some of her ideas are a little dated (vulgarity, piercings, etc), but that's to be expected. i enjoyed listening to the audio a lot because maya reads it herself and she was an excellent speaker, so it's a joy to listen to her. i think there are a lot of beautiful ideas in here and anyone who reads it will probably find something to take away from it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Racism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Murder

caterina's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

2.5

Maya Angelou is great, but the best thing about this book is that the audiobook is read by her. I love when she's sharing stories that she learned from, and the coffee story and the rug story will definitely stick with me, but her preachy advice (e.g. all the stuff about patriotism) is not my thing and I often disagreed with her. It's a disjointed collection, and in particular her short essay on rape feels like her just taking the opportunity to throw a take out there without having done research or thought it through. Take what resonates and leave the rest!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Rape, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

monika_davies's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

katharinabolder's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Rape

darbylane's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault

alyssasshelves's review against another edition

inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse and Suicidal thoughts

I’m not rating this because I don’t feel like I should be rating nonfiction anymore when it’s directly someone writing about their life, especially considering this is written by a black woman who went into an experience I know nothing about. That being said I really did enjoy it and I don’t know much about maya (I’m trying to get more into her work) so this felt like I got to know glimpses of what she was like and went through.

rhguerrero's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Physical abuse

absinthe's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Ableism