Reviews tagging 'Violence'

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

43 reviews

oliverthegame's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

angelbabe_cj's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

Not an easy read for the contents, but beautifully written and important. There's a lot to unpack in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Violence, Ableism, and Death

Rape:

It does mention in the blurb but the rape is of a minor, the first person child, Angelou being the victim. It is explicitly on screen and in a fair amount of detail, although relatively brief.

Outcomes of rape:

Perpetrator is reported, tried, jailed, and somehow let out before being killed (implied by Angelou's Uncles)

Violence is mostly off-screen or the results described after the fact, but there are several instances. Racism: A major theme of the book. Includes both more major and minor events, featuring both systemic and more direct racism, to varying degrees of detail. Setting 1930s and 1940s. Death: doesn't happen on screen but some dead bodies described.

sunnie's review against another edition

challenging dark informative fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Violence and Ableism

Minor: Homophobia