Reviews tagging 'Racism'

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

249 reviews

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

georgie_mb's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Binged this in a morning, who even am I 😂 

Beautiful, poignant, and heartbreaking. Maya’s story is incredible and you truly root for her every step of the way. Highly recommend the BBC audiobook of this, as they bring it to life as part audiobook, part radio play. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Child abuse, Hate crime, and Pedophilia

shellanor_rigby's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

Minor: Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Murder

shanapike's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Violence and Sexual violence

elviolet's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia and Rape

Moderate: Racism

balfies's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

I'm teaching Maya Angelou next week, so am doing a self taught crash course this week. This really is an impeccable memoir - the writing feels alive and contemporary, but this was published in '69. Angelou is a brilliant writer, she can really depict the quality of childhood with clarity, and can communicate intimately the heartbreak of poverty and the vicious normality of racism. If this is the quality of her purpose, I can't wait to read her poetry!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Pregnancy, Violence, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Rape, and Murder