Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Finding Me by Viola Davis

106 reviews

jax00's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

A very emotional story of her escape from poverty and her journey to acting. It was difficult to read with tearing up at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abortion and Animal cruelty

Minor: Animal death

briennebrienne's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Medical content, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Cursing, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Abortion, Child abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

katiearcher's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

An incredible, heart wrenching story. Viola Davis is one hell of a woman. As hard as it was to listen to at times, she deserves to be heard. It’s beautifully written and read.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug abuse, Addiction, Death of parent, and Death

readthemol's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

What a heartbreaking, but beautiful memoir ❤️ Viola is an incredible storyteller, I’m so glad I listened to this on audio. It’s incredibly hard to listen to at times, but so inspiring. I highly recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Animal death, Child abuse, and Drug abuse

miss_interociter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Death of parent

Moderate: Abortion, Rape, and Animal death

ficklefoxreads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Very sad but ultimately uplifting and beautiful portrait of Viola Davis’ life

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Child abuse, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Abortion, Alcoholism, Grief, Sexual assault, Rape, Medical content, Violence, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Addiction

emilybacher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Abortion

Minor: Toxic relationship and Trafficking

power0911's review against another edition

challenging funny informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Physical abuse, Animal death, Abortion, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Child death, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Racism, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Grief, Violence, Terminal illness, and Sexual harassment

trashcanmoose's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.5

This is a heavy, powerful and inspirational read. To me, Viola Davis puts a perspective on life, showing that no matter how terrible things are at some point in your life, there is a possibility for things to get better. You just have to want things to get better. She shows that if you work for and ask for the things you need and want in life, sometimes it works out, even if everything has gone to rock bottom.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Racism, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Animal death, Terminal illness, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Incest

nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring fast-paced

5.0

This is one of the best memoirs I have ever read/listened to. Viola Davis is an incredible person. Her strength and all the things she went through is unimaginable. This was a hard book to listen to at times, Viola does not shy away from taking you through memories of her childhood. Her dad’s abuse towards her mom, sibling abuse from her older brother, poverty so intense most of the time they didn’t have electricity, food or a working toilet. How she overcame so many obstacles and horrible things that happened to her growing up to then go on to graduate from Juilliard, then go on to act with Denzel Washington and then Meryl Streep until her big break out in How to Get Away with Murder is truly incredible. She is an amazing individual and a true inspiration.

This book is one that I know will stick with me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Slavery, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Rape, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Vomit, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Excrement, Bullying, Cancer, Medical trauma, Racism, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Animal death, Classism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Body shaming, and Sexual harassment