Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

207 reviews

brynalexa's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

It’s hard to give a poet anything but five stars on their autobiography. I can’t imagine having such a strong memory of my formative years after going through so many transitions and traumas. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Addiction, Abortion, and Alcohol

mreallyhatesyou's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

sarah_hutchins's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

darbyjane1's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Racism, and Sexual assault

theinfinitebookcase's review against another edition

dark emotional

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

readingtofeedthesoul's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

lilacsophie's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

alexandriareads's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

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

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