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readingrainbowroad's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Racism, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Addiction
alybarnett02's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Physical abuse and Classism
Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, and Racism
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, and Abortion
mdavis26's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Acephobia/Arophobia, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
cassidy's review against another edition
Also the discussions on colorism I found both really sad and insightful. At least for me, I found it as a call to talk about it/consider colorism more in my conversations and thoughts about race, and also made me more broadly think about who’s allowed to be the main character on a screen.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Racism
bookish_den's review against another edition
5.0
I’ve always admired Viola's impressive acting skills, her powerful award speeches, her funny and kind personality in interviews, her IG acc focused on spreading love and positive stories, but I had no idea about her life and where she came from and how she got to where she is.
With a traumatic past rooted in poverty, racism and abuse, in this book she self reflects on her life and makes amends with the child she once was and who endured so much to be where her adult self is today.
Later on the book touches on some industry insights, I loved how passionately she talked about theatre specifically, it also addresses howprivilege and luck are big factors in making it in Hollywood, the struggles for women in the business and specially black women, the impact of colorism and sexism in role casting and payment, the problem of health insurance and affordable housing without fair living wages (reading it in the context of the Sag Aftra strike made it specially impactful), but above all “Finding Me” is a very vulnerable story of pain and forgiveness and finding joy and love and healing generational trauma.
Memoirs are hard to criticize cause who are we to dissect and debate someone else’s life? this one was flawless and Viola being the great actor she is did a masterful voice work, how matter of factly she sounded at times, or how mad or happy or sad, the accents, the different cadences of speech for different people, all excellent.
Im not gonna lie, at times it was too much for me, too sad, too raw, too distressing, but the hope for her kept me going, knowing where she’d eventually end did help me walk alongside her through all the hard places she went through before.
Im proud of her and the success and acclaim she has achieved but im marveled and wowed at her soul, her unbreakable spirit, her empathy and kindness, her ability to understand and forgive and heal and choose love.
Everyone should read this.
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Racism
Minor: Bullying, Abortion, and Classism
emily_koopmann's review against another edition
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism
alexlily's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Excrement
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Abortion
amalas_bookstop's review against another edition
5.0
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.
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting
kkoeller7's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Racism
Moderate: Animal death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Death of parent
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug abuse, and Grief
kcbas1's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Abortion