I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

4.28 AVERAGE

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced
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desisico's review against another edition

4.0
dark emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced
This was an extremely powerful book that forces you to be uncomfortable in order to display the points it is making. I really enjoyed this book and found it to be quite interesting though there were a few specific scenes I was unable to read through due to their extremely graphic nature.
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5.0
emotional informative medium-paced
Great story telling of Maya Angelou’s childhood. Audio version was read by Maya Angelou and wonderful to listen to her rich, deep voice. 
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3.25
challenging emotional inspiring mysterious sad slow-paced
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trinitypaige's review against another edition

1.5
challenging slow-paced
last little bit of the book just dragged on so bad
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lilyamy29's review against another edition

4.0
challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

wcrobi's review against another edition

5.0
how have I waited until just now to read this book??

alicecorvo's review against another edition

3.25
dark emotional sad slow-paced
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amm098's review against another edition

5.0
dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
I have a new favorite author/human!

bekah_path's review against another edition

5.0
So... I recently saw a post on FB or somewhere about the "300 must-read books". It was and interesting list because, although it was very American-lit slanted, it was composed of a variety of genres and eras. At the time, I had already read 76, and this was "next" to read. I was apprehensive as it is not a genre I typically enjoy, but wow...

I am SO glad I did. Although I cannot relate as much as some, I felt a strong connection to American history and am heartened by how far we've come as much as I'm horrified by how far we have to go. It helped me understand more of what is going on today and to feel even more strongly that everyone has a part in ending racism or sexism or any of the -isms.

I can't eloquently explain how this book has affected me, and I hope that more of the general populace read this one with an open mind.