Reviews tagging 'Racism'

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

244 reviews

fbmzh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

The picture it paints is so bold yet the writer's softer heartedness is reflected in her style, or should I say her kindness....its beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Slavery, Self harm, Bullying, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

eas2's review against another edition

funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Abandonment, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Blood and Pregnancy

aqtbenz's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Alcoholism, Rape, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

blackwomanbooklover's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Murder, Racial slurs, and Emotional abuse

asiamd's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I loved this book! I expected to cry a lot more which I did in the beginning of the book but the manner in which she wrote the story felt so calm to me and not in a bad way. It just felt so sweet and beautiful but also at times sad and horrific. It kept me really engaged in a way that I couldn’t cry because I was so caught up in her story and what she was telling. For me this book kinda felt like a love letter to little black girls telling them look at my life and what I’ve went through and see my happy and sad moments and know you’re not alone. Even though this book isn’t technically a poetry book that’s what it felt like to me, to be able to read someones life and the obstacles they went through as a young child is so amazing to me and I can’t wait to read the next book in her autobiography series! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Child abuse, Rape, Racism, Murder, Car accident, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, and Pedophilia

arayo's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

chriswoody94's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Grief, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Murder, Violence, Sexism, and Pregnancy

laurahartfield's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Pedophilia

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

This was my first Maya Angelou, and her writing is so good. I wasn't absolutely enthralled, but I really liked listening to it. Whew, she went through such trauma, and it's incredible that she made it out the other side.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Bullying, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Classism, Misogyny, and Rape

Minor: Alcohol and Sexual content

bookish_bry's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

This is a fantastic book. Angelou has a wonderful grip on the English language and it made every story she told pop off of the page. This is an autobiography, so it doesn't have a plot perse, but she chose what stories to tell very well and made a cohesive story out of pieces of her life and  imparted a very personal but also socially important message.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Rape, Pedophilia, Hate crime, and Racism

Minor: Pregnancy