Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Finding Me by Viola Davis

131 reviews

alexlily's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Racism, Violence, Racial slurs, and Excrement

Moderate: Sexual assault, Addiction, Physical abuse, Rape, Abortion, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Domestic abuse

amalas_bookstop's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Viola gets all of the flowers for this autobiography.

She was completely open and unfiltered. I love that we are reading how she finds herself and her voice is so powerful in this book. I love that she took the power to write this about her life. I cannot imagine the courage it must have taken to write something so vulnerable.

She had me in tears by the 3rd chapter and laughing at the end.

I recommend you do the full experience of having her voice in the audiobook read this to you as you follow along with a physical copy. It will completely grip you.  This without a doubt is my favorite read of the year. I wish I could give it more than 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Racial slurs, Racism, Addiction, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Incest, Physical abuse, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Rape

ilariachillea's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Pregnancy, Blood, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Abortion, Addiction, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Cancer, and Child abuse

jessicastephenson's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I will admit I mostly knew Viola Davis from How To Get Away With Murder, but after reading this book I want to consume every bit of media she's been a part of. She is incredibly vulnerable and emotional throughout this book, unveiling traumatic experiences from her childhood to present life and how they shaped her. It was difficult to listen to her tell her stories. At times I became deeply upset hearing her recount things, specifically those that I could relate to and knew the pain of all too well. This immediately became one of my favourite books ever just a few minutes in - Viola's narration is beautiful and adds another layer to the stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Violence, Abortion, Terminal illness, Blood, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Grief, Infertility, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

terahjay's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Such a wonderful, pointed, and truly visceral memoir. Davis is a tour de force on stage, on screen, and in this book. She engages in radical truth-telling about her journey practicing vulnerability, authenticity, humor, and celebrates what it means to simply live a life. This is a book that I wish I could read/head again for the first time. Highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Violence

Moderate: Death, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

jessspeake's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Medical content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Rape, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Medical trauma, Racism, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

buud_w0rm's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

This book. This is the most inspiring story. So much respect and admiration for this woman. Everyone should know her story!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Classism, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

I’m just so… hopeful and full of motivation after this story. She’s truly one of a kind.

cayleeguy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Domestic abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Grief, Bullying, Animal death, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Infertility, and Body shaming

sparringego8's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Alcohol, Drug use, Cancer, Child death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pregnancy, Racism, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Grief, and Addiction

hahibbard's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Hard to listen to in the first half due to the darkness of Viola’s childhood. A little repetitive in some places and sometimes hard to track the timeline. The last few chapters and reflections were great and insightful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Abortion, and Addiction