Reviews tagging 'Death'

Finding Me by Viola Davis

60 reviews

minibean24's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

Viola’s story is incredible, and her memoir is beautifully written and painfully raw. I felt like I could feel her hurt. Her narration in the audiobook is fantastic- it made all the important people in her life absolutely come to life. **Please pay attention to the content warnings, as some she discusses in detail and are quite hard to hear about, even if they are not a trigger!**

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, Cancer, Abortion, Violence, Child death, Death of parent, Racism, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Incest

Minor: Kidnapping, Infertility, Drug use, Sexism, and Drug abuse

kcelena's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring relaxing sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Racial slurs, Racism, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Incest, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Violence

aloy's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

Moderate: Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, Child abuse, Cancer, Addiction, Sexual violence, Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Blood, Alcoholism, Racism, Physical abuse, Infertility, and Domestic abuse

kshertz's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring tense medium-paced

4.0

Her story is just amazing. She has lived through and learned so much. I think it’s powerful to hear what she went through. It is a unique story, one you don’t hear often enough. I have even more respect for her now than I did before. She seems so authentically herself and grounded. This book is a must read if you’ve seen her in any movie ever. She is real about them all. She takes full responsibility. She’s an amazing voice we should be listening to today. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Drug use

ash97's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Abortion, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Grief

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual violence, Classism, Death of parent, Medical content, Abortion, Excrement, Pedophilia, Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Incest, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual assault

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Sexism, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Medical content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, Grief, and Racism

halfbloodprincess_hogwarts's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

This was one of the most difficult, emotional yet inspiring, motivational audios I have ever had to endure.

While battling depression, I had to take my time, even though I wanted to listen on. The hardships, abuse of every kind and heartache that Viola endured in her chilhood alone was appalling. 

Just to know that as a light-skinned Black woman, I have not dealt with an ounce of racism, constantly being reminded that I'm "unattractive" and feeling unprotected to the degree darker-skinned Black people do just shakes me to my core.

I loved seeing her progress of being accepted at Julliard to Viola building her portfolio as an actress. 

Then meeting her Julius and seeing their relationship blossom was so heartwarming🥰. Having a family of their  own was a way for Viola to heal from her own childhood.

I truly loved this memoir, this may be my first one, and I was super excited Viola read for the audio herself🥰.

Just to know this background story off what shaped Viola Davis into the person we see today is truly astounding. Viola's memoir is so passionate, inspiring and a journey of finding the strength to revisit dark memories. Healing your younger self, never giving up hope, love and enjoying life to the fullest.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Classism, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Grief, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Rape, Cancer, and Violence

jalensera's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Eating disorder, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death, Abortion, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Infertility, Medical trauma, Racism, Grief, and Incest

Minor: Incest, Drug abuse, Child death, and Cancer

montyalmoro's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Excrement, Grief, Bullying, and Racial slurs