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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

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nico_lechat's review against another edition

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5.0

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4.25

It took a little while for me to get used to the writing and actually interested in the story, but within a hundred pages it REALLY captured my attention. Her writing is beautiful and descriptive and painfully aware of how her younger self perceived the situation of her birth and life. However, the last few chapters come off awkward as it strays from the usual pacing, but considering she had more autobots it makes sense.
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bayliaaron's review against another edition

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5.0

Beautiful book by a beautiful woman. One of my favorite autobiographies to this day. 
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4.75

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kemrick19's review against another edition

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5.0

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readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

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5.0

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sleepywhippetbookclub's review against another edition

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2.0

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mrsdarcylynn's review against another edition

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slow-paced

4.0

I think I’m going to bump up my star rating- I had an average reading experience, but that may have been due to the darker elements of the book. In the end, I had a really hard time connecting to the narrative and the “so what”- maybe because I have read other narratives/stories like this one. Or maybe because so many memoirs today take the individual experience and connect it to larger world/societal events. Or maybe I don’t find memoirs about one’s childhood that interesting? 

I struggled with some of the authors outdated views regarding fatness,  being gay, and a few other issues that really took me out of the reading experience. I definitely recommend looking at trigger warnings before diving in- there’s some heavy topics. 

I think I would have benefited from reading some of her other work before her autobiography. Maybe then I would have connected to her writing on a deeper level. 
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tigerlark's review against another edition

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4.5

Angelou's writing is tremendous! I have found some books of this genre and time period to be quite difficult to understand or get into, but this one was very accessible. A good mixture of inspiring, sad, painful, and funny moments. I could not put it down!
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5.0

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