Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Finding Me by Viola Davis

45 reviews

taibreakfast's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Just so freaking good. Viola Davis shares her journey of finding self-love, as well as her journey of growing up, becoming an actress, finding love, and healing. Read by the author, what other encouragement is needed?!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Abortion, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Mental illness, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Incest, Grief, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Infertility, and Child abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty

angievansprang's review against another edition

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

5.0

Wow wow wow. It’s hard to even have words for this masterpiece. Viola Davis gives you a front row seat to her life entire in this beautifully raw memoir. There are too many profound things she reflected on to name. If you’re ready for a true story of triumph and resilience mixed with a lot of heart and passion, give this show-stopper a read/listen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Sexism

Moderate: Bullying, Pedophilia, Blood, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Drug abuse

Minor: Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Classism, Death of parent, and Addiction

bimess_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

The narration done by Miss Viola Davis, is done beautifully. I'm in awe of this amazing woman. I'm glad I took the chance of listening to the audio book. But I'll definitely buy the book and read it along with her narration. I just know it would be a godly experience. 

The emotions that she portrays through narration are so on point, you feel dragged into her world.

This is one of the best memoirs I've ever read. Please give this a chance if you haven't.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pedophilia and Terminal illness

achay91's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Pregnancy and Abortion

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

chitch21's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Abortion, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Racism, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Addiction

matthaniaa's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.5

“Memories are immortal. They’re deathless and precise. They have the power of giving you joy and perspective in hard times. Or, they can strangle you. Define you in a way that’s based more in other people’s fucked-up perceptions than truth.”

Amazing story. It was sad, heartbreaking, and hard to read at times. Everything her mother, her family, she herself went through, it was unfathomable. How can a human survive that level or poverty and abuse? Somehow, Viola and her family did. It was inspiring. To see where she came from shows her resilience, hard work, and dedication. It really makes you take a step back and reevaluate. She's so strong, and I have an abundance of respect and adoration for her. She didn't give up, and look where she is now. She is an amazing woman, a phenomenal actor. Finding Me was eye-opening, and definitely made me want to read more memoirs/autobiographies. There were so many good quotes, but the one above is my favorite.

Would've been a five star if not for the editing. I think this could've been structured better. Some things felt out of place and not cohesive. But all in all, a great read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Racism, and Blood

Moderate: Drug abuse, Cancer, Terminal illness, Abortion, Pedophilia, Rape, and Infertility

askard's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Racism, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Cancer

mariasilva's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Grief, Racism, Sexual violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Drug abuse, Rape, Excrement, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Child death, Death, Incest, Infertility, and Medical trauma