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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

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emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Still processing everything after finishing this. Currently speechless. 

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challenging emotional medium-paced

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emotional reflective medium-paced

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75


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adventurous emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0


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challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

This was on my tbr for 2024 because of its place as a classic in American literature. 

I really loved hearing the story be told in Maya Angelou’s voice. She has a very soothing and deep voice that added depth to the story.

There were very challenging chapters in this book, but they were told with the perspective and understanding of a child. Her honesty and child-like writing style created a unique perspective that one can only really experience through writing. 

Chapter 29 is one I hope to visit again. The ending describes the difference in attitudes towards illegality and crime by white and black Americans. It then works its way until the differences in how they use langue. It’s a striking and honest encapsulation of the Black experience from a perspective that maybe white people don’t dare to explore or ponder.

This book has motivated me to want to continue to read more of Angelou’s work and I think I will start making an effort to read one of her works each year.


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challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

4.75


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hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0


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challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

3.75


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