Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

126 reviews

angmagbabasa's review against another edition

emotional hopeful slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Sexual harassment

eliasiexil's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Lesbophobia

lucinotlucy's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Pregnancy

Minor: Blood, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

thebankofbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

2.5

Whilst I’m in awe and pain at the life Maya has lived, and whilst I was fascinated to find out about it, I’m sad to say that I was put off by the writing style. For me, it felt off and made it so much harder to get into.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Sexual harassment

caitvb's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, and Blood

anne152's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Murder, and Pregnancy

emmazz's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual assault

kimveach's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.5

It's an autobiography which reads like a novel.  So good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

angelsinthesnow's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

• Beautiful writing 
• No useless scenes
• Reality spun into a story
• Captured the emotional development of a child really well
• Shows clearly how passions develop and the things that influenced her art

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Lesbophobia

internationalreads's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Abandonment