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whityreading's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
bookishkarina's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Child abuse
Moderate: Racism
ed_moore's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Racism, and Rape
Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, and Sexual content
Minor: Car accident
branamalyssa10's review
4.5
Graphic: Rape, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racism, and Murder
victoriathuyvi's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Abandonment
robinsons515's review
5.0
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Abandonment, Rape, Hate crime, Classism, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Death, Violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Sexual content, and Child abuse
lindseycornett's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Sexual assault, and Racism
_izzi_'s review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Racism, Racial slurs, and Violence
Minor: Abortion
theelliad's review against another edition
3.5
This was required reading for my module last year and despite really enjoying what I read of it, I never got round to reading the full book until now. Angelou’s writing is so beautiful and captivating, especially when read by herself, I literally had to finish this in one sitting! I’m not typically a non-fiction reader and so the narrative exploration and descriptive attention to detail felt as immersive and entertaining as any fiction. Her coming to terms with herself, her trauma and the struggles of those around her is made both painful and relatable even for those who have never or will never experience the things she did. This is a case study in self writing and Angelou truly is someone to be studied and remembered. I don’t however understand the purpose of making an autobiography 7 <200 books? Perhaps that is just how storygraph classifies it but this book alone definitely didn’t feel complete which was annoying, I would happily have endured a longer cohesive piece instead of having to spread the reading across multiple books. (note post finishing: apparently there is audio editions of all 7 in one so that’s my bad i just didn’t realise it had 7 parts so didn’t think to look) Overall an enjoyable read :))
Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Racism, and Ableism
Moderate: Child abuse, Body horror, Body shaming, Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Blood, and Gaslighting
Minor: Abortion and War
jlfields925's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Incest