Reviews tagging 'Violence'

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

41 reviews

haileyeh's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Violence, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

Minor: Lesbophobia

evella_epub's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

Wonderful book overall, and a beautiful, ending to a story that starts uncertain of itself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault

Moderate: Violence and Murder

Minor: Sexual harassment

mirandaleighhhh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

Ohhhhhhhh wow. What a treat to listen to Maya Angelou tell her story (and even sing!). This was very difficult to listen to in the beginning pertaining to what happened when she was 8 years old, and I had to take a break before journeying on. I loved how she mentioned her journey with reading since she was very young, and I was flabbergasted at some of her experiences (the junk yard!). This is an important read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Child abuse, Racism, Murder, Racial slurs, and Violence

litliz's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Dysphoria, Body horror, Ableism, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Classism, Pregnancy, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Pedophilia, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Violence, Xenophobia, Rape, and Sexual violence

Minor: Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Abortion, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Excrement, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, and Slavery

robinsons515's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

_izzi_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Racism, Racial slurs, and Violence

Minor: Abortion

pearllsss's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

So many important themes in a tiny book.

Maya Angelou’s life story is a wonder and testament of strength that women, especially, women of color are born with. So brutally, yet innocently honest about the hardships, wonders, and traumas of life. 

It was an honor to read her story and to learn about another person’s walk of life. She teaches us that no matter the pain, the suffering, the horrors, the cages : we must always find a way to sing.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual assault and Violence

anniestar's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Listening to Maya Angelou share her story was so powerful and moving!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Violence

brynalexa's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

It’s hard to give a poet anything but five stars on their autobiography. I can’t imagine having such a strong memory of my formative years after going through so many transitions and traumas. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Abandonment, Medical content, Sexual content, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, and Murder

Moderate: Slavery, Lesbophobia, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, War, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Abortion, Addiction, and Alcohol

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.75

Difficult to read, but in the way that it challenges how you think about things.

In particular this made me consider the times it took place during, the "good ole days" and how shitty they were for a lot people.  I make it a habit to not read much about a book before I pick it up to give everything a fair chance and the reason why I picked those one up was because I saw it on a list of commonly banned books.  While it contains some mature(-ish) content, it is much tamer than many things I read as a youth and the value of showing other-ing on a personal degree is unmatched.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Abandonment, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Genocide, Grief, Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, Sexual violence, and War