Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis

270 reviews

aquintela's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Racism, and Sexual assault

kaitays's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A real, raw look into Viola’s life. I can imagine how hard it must've been to be that vulnerable in the book. She talks about her SA, her feeling unloved, not good enough, and mistakes that shaped her into who she is. I have a lot of respect for her. 

Would Purchase?: Yes 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

luna_98's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

she is such an icon. i loved listening to her tell her story 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Abortion, and Bullying

Minor: Violence, Classism, Death of parent, Racism, Sexism, Rape, Misogyny, and Racial slurs

caribbeangirlreading's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

5.0

What a powerful memoir! But warning, it's also full of traumatic events that happened to Viola Davis as a child and they are not easy to read.

I listened to the audio. There's a reason why this memoir won an Audie Award and a Grammy for narration. When she's reading the parts of her parents, she leans into the acting chops that won her a Tony, and Emmy and an Oscar. Her voice is strong. SHE is strong. When Viola discusses her interactions with other Broadway and Hollywood greats, it doesn't sound like she's name dropping. Viola is too authentic to be fake, and even though she might not have loved/believed in herself as a younger woman, her talent has always been so great that it's made clear that she's not just famous, she's a brilliant actor.

To me, what made this memoir strong is the fact that Viola has been to therapy, and it shows. She doesn't just trauma dump. She discusses her childhood and young adulthood with the eye, and heart, of someone who's walked through hell, and survived. But she does it with love for that little girl that suffered so much to get to where she is now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Grief, Abortion, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Animal death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Infertility, and Pedophilia

leefox's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Rape, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Violence, Death of parent, Blood, Vomit, Pregnancy, Infertility, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Dementia, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Grief, Abortion, Racism, Cancer, Addiction, Animal death, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

marwamg's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Bullying

grace33's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abortion and Addiction

sprimus18's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Bullying, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Addiction and Racial slurs

Minor: Sexual assault

apaliska's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Alcoholism

juliaarcisz's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Physical abuse, Bullying, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Abortion, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infertility, Racial slurs, Rape, and Sexual violence