Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

162 reviews

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

morganbrooke's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy

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

stew92's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

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

dragongirl271's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Death

jennswan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident

A very thoughtful, caring, emotional memoir with exquisite prose, but mind the warnings. The way she describes being SA’d as a child is extremely graphic, disturbing, and heartbreaking. I am grateful for her honesty and bravery telling exactly how all the victims of such a horror have to walk a tightrope of expectations, and how adults often make it harder for a child to tell anyone if they are harmed. Best part is how much love overflows in the pages for everything dear to her. Maya Angelou is a wonderful soul.

tcrivera12's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Rape

aqtbenz's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Pregnancy, and Abandonment