Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Finding Me by Viola Davis

106 reviews

easta98's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual assault, Violence, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Bullying, Blood, Cursing, and Racism

Minor: Abortion, Pregnancy, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

christyadamsphd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Animal cruelty, Child death, Sexism, Blood, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

Minor: Medical content, Death of parent, Infertility, Cancer, Dementia, Abortion, and Addiction

inyourwords's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Blood

Moderate: Abortion and Sexual assault

Minor: Animal death

bookiecharm's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Alcoholism, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Racism, and Infidelity

kateped's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Bullying, Cursing, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Animal death, Death, and Violence

microbemom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Brutally honest reflection on what it is to grow up at poor dark skinned black woman in the US.  This was so very good.  Thank you Ms. Davis for sharing your story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Incest, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Animal death, Drug abuse, Violence, Racism, Blood, Bullying, Abortion, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, Classism, Infertility, Cancer, and Racial slurs

my_personal_escape's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, Alcohol, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Rape, Violence, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Infertility

ahopper7's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Blood, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Animal death, and Cursing

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Cancer, Addiction, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Rape

Minor: Drug use, Infertility, Medical content, Grief, and Dementia

chaptersofchase's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

Review: Finding Me

Genre: Non-Fiction
Format: 🎧
Pub Date: 
Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆

“Forgiveness is giving up all hope of a different past.”

I’ve been a fan of Viola Davis for years, and, if I’m being sincere, I never looked into her upbringing and background. But, after several people recommended her memoir, Finding Me, I decided to pick it up.

One of my favorite ways to read a non-fiction/memoir novel is by listening - primarily if the author narrates it; there is something so intimate about the listening experience. While listening to Finding Me, I often forgot that I was listening to an audiobook and not sitting directly across from Viola Davis herself. I could’ve listened to her all day and not gotten tired of hearing her voice as she led me through the stories of her life.

But let me be honest, Finding Me is not an easy read. At all. It’s full of cruelty and sadness that I have no idea how Davis managed to pull herself up and make the life she did. I had to take a break around the 50% mark and listen to something more uplifting.

💪🏼Powerful
😳 Brutal + honest
😡Shows the disparities in the entertainment industry
💗Her beautiful love story

❌ Sexual abuse, child abuse, domestic abuse, graphic animal abuse/death, alcohol/drug abuse


I recommend reading Finding Me if you’re looking for a reminder to not take the small things so seriously.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Violence, and Animal cruelty

kennedybullen's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Animal death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Addiction, Alcoholism, Racism, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Excrement