Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

69 reviews

ctinawest's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Blatantly honest. Powerful and emotional. Beautifully detailed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Rape, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Racism, Sexism, Mental illness, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Racial slurs

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

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

Minor: Abortion, Addiction, and Alcohol

sarah_hutchins's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

slrich9024's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, and Sexual violence

bookishbisexual's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

taylorlanxon's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Lesbophobia, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Racism, Misogyny, Murder, and Sexual assault

morganbrooke's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

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: Alcohol, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Abandonment, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Genocide, Grief, Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, Sexual violence, and War

elisa_rachel's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Racism

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

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.