Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

71 reviews

lucille_c's review

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Ableism, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Infidelity, Slavery, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death, Murder, and Blood

Minor: War, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

nelsoneng's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Rape, and Pedophilia

blainereads's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

4.0

This is kind of tough as I’m reading it today, knowing full well that it changed the American literary canon and profoundly contributed to how we conceptualize race and identity in the United States—and I can easily see why, if considering it in the context of the 1960s/70s when it was initially published. 

Today, it falls a little bit flat and/or dry (though the trauma is, as it always will be, horrific); the instances of racism (towards Latinos and Asians) and implied homophobia, though understandable for the period, are still a bummer; and it is certainly not the most engaging memoir I’ve ever read, but I know that those incredibly compelling memoirs (often from marginzaled authors) only exist because of this one, so I suppose for that alone, it deserves at least four stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Racism, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Hate crime, and Child abuse

st61826's review

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

Minor: Murder, Abandonment, Classism, Cursing, and Pregnancy

wherearetheturtlessss's review

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abandonment

lily1304's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Violence, and Hate crime

Moderate: Infidelity, Alcohol, Alcoholism, War, and Pregnancy

miniando's review

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Racism, and Child abuse

skeptic_hecate's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

 Un libro estupendo, profundamente impactante, realmente excelente para conocer a la autora y definitivamente leeré el resto de las biografías de ella. Le pongo 4 de 5 estrellas porque la traducción de Carlos Manzano no es muy buena. Dejo un par de frases que me gustaron:

"Dijo que siempre debía ser intolerante con la ignorancia, pero comprensiva con la incultura"

"Las necesidades en una sociedad determinan su ética"

Realmente recomendado, en lo posible en su idioma original. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Racism and Sexism

La traducción en español de esta versión no es muy buena.

rzezniewiniatek's review

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Death

emilymareej's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

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