Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis

126 reviews

isajidy's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Abortion, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Miscarriage, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Infertility, and Grief

Minor: Drug abuse

bethanyt123's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

Truly worth ten reads. Enlightening, inspiring, devastating, painful, and moving. Viola manages to open the doors to exploring the intricacies of racism in a welcoming, inviting, and honest way. I’m convinced the only way to read this is via audiobook, recorded by Viola herself. The performance is enrapturing. Thank you, Viola Davis, for opening your heart to us.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Racism, Toxic friendship, Death, Racial slurs, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Animal death, Classism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Child death, Death of parent, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Infertility, and Bullying

katbotelho's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

i love Viola Davis and had no idea she had gone thru so much in her lifetime 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

mathenam's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

This story is inspiring and heartbreaking and difficult to process. 

Memoirs seem to always have a narrative that skips around, but that’s the nature of telling a story about a real life. It still felt a little too disjointed in places.

Also the story about the man who killed the cat in front of them and chased her sister around town felt unbelievable to me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Animal cruelty, Terminal illness, Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Infertility, Incest, Animal death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Racism, Kidnapping, Body shaming, Abortion, Rape, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

anarobin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.25

Devastating. Powerful. Beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Racism, Sexual violence, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Racial slurs, Rape, Alcoholism, Animal death, and Death of parent

pagesandpixels's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

So poetically written. I listened on audiobook and it was beautiful and engaging. What a life Viola lived and what an honor to listen. Another great book that reminds us why we need to buy/listen to women voices and stories.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Rape, Racism, Death of parent, Torture, Slavery, Blood, Abortion, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Drug abuse, Excrement, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Eating disorder, and Racial slurs

alizasminilibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

When it comes to memoirs a big portion of the ones I have read are typically from white authors or men. Those are the ones that typically get praised and uplifted. I do not want to diminish the work of those authors because they cannot change who they are and they deserve to be supported however it is hard to find memoirs of black women that do not get torn down and regarded as them just whining or unlikeable.

Listening to Mrs.Viola Davis explain her life and how she became who she is while struggling to understand herself as an impoverished black woman struggling and in a place where young girls were preyed on and black people were seen as less, ripped out my soul and formulated a mixture of emotions I have no way else to describe than as pain.

As a black woman who was grown up in poverty and who constantly moved around my only reprieve was the black community. This is a wonderful read that I will be recommending to as many people as I can. Especially to black woman, Mrs.Davis breaks the generational barriers of acknowledging issues such as mental illness, and having a differing personality than that expected of a black woman. 

It is also just the funniest thing ever that Mrs.Davis visited The Gambia, which is where my father was born and raised and where my half-siblings all still live.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Alcoholism

lea's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

Amazing audiobook. Her childhood was unfortunately so relatable and hit me hard. I don't watch TV or movies much so I didn't know her but I'm definitely a big fan now. This was beautiful written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Abortion, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Bullying, Violence, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Grief, Classism, Cancer, and Addiction

Minor: Blood, Child death, Cursing, Slavery, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

gigireadswithkiki's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

Every single performance I’ve seen Viola Davis in, her acting ability has taken my breath away. I’m usually reticent toward celebrity memoirs but this takes the cake for one of the best memoirs I’ve read. As Davis takes readers through her difficult and tumultuous backstory with searing candidness, we begin to understand the many layers of who she is and how she came to be the person she is today. From the racist climate of the East coast to the colorism glaringly prevalent in both film/stage and the Blck community, Davis’ voice is emotionally intelligent and critically astute. There are definitely very dark moments layered through out this story, so I would definitely recommend checking content warnings on those, but each of these moments is handled with immense care and grace. I really loved this read, it’s definitely made me want to watch “How to get away with murder”.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Classism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Body shaming, Infertility, Excrement, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Cancer

smsegal's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual violence, Rape, Racism, and Violence