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Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis

119 reviews

megbetweenthepages's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

mattyvreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

One of the finest memoirs I have ever read. Gorgeously written, with vulnerability, wisdom, and wit. Davis is an incomparable storyteller and her honesty is inspiring. I devoured every word

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual assault

emma_reards's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

I loved Viola Davis as an actress before reading her memoir, but I now have so much respect and admiration for her as a person. The trauma she endured as a child is something I couldn’t even begin to fathom, and the perseverance and tenacity she had to push through and overcome those traumas to get where she is today is truly inspiring.

This book is about Viola learning to love herself despite never feeling worthy of that love. She learns to recognize her trauma rather than suppress them, and gives herself permission to forgive and grow from it.

Viola’s childhood is heartbreaking, but her evolution as a person is inspiring. I think everyone can learn some important lessons from this book.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Violence, Grief, Abortion, and Death of parent

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.5

Davis has lived a life full of good and bad times, torture and fame, love and grief. While reading, I consistently found myself wanting more — details, anecdotes, snapshots of the past. What has been written is engaging, entertaining, and at times even inspiring but I still wished for more. Davis’ role as Annalise Keating is one of my absolute favorite television roles and I would read two more books this length about her life, her time on different sets, and the people she’s worked with who she came to love and respect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Dementia, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

youmns's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.75

Oof. Viola Davis is one tough lady. This whole book should come with a giant trigger warning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Infidelity, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer, Incest, Infertility, Pedophilia, Dementia, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

yreluctant's review

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

kristinescorner's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction and Abortion

sbcrra's review against another edition

funny inspiring medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racial slurs, Grief, and Abortion

Minor: Animal death

krystalandherkindle's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

5.0

I don’t know why it took me this long to read Finding Me. It was truly amazing!! I purchased the Kindle and Audible version and hearing Viola Davis read her story in her own words just enhanced the story even more. Hearing the rawness, anger, heart break, joy, love, etc. from her…I have no words.

Viola Davis is one of my favorite actresses and she is an amazing role model. We often see celebrities as gorgeous, rich, famous, etc. but we forget that they are human too. To hear and read about her childhood and experiences broke my heart- I even cried in one chapter. To see what she had to go through to get where she is now and what she had to overcome…she is truly a strong and powerful woman and reading her story made me realize why I love her so much.

This was an AMAZING memoir and I’d recommend it to anyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Vomit, and Abortion

ryliereadss's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Soooo glad I listened to the audiobook! Davis's story is heartbreaking and triumphant and difficult to listen to sometimes. The bond she has with her sisters is so lovely. It was so cool to listen to her talk about the beginning of her acting career and how acting made her feel while she was on stage and her struggles as a young, broke artist. Hearing her talk about the lack of deep roles for people of color and how your skin has to be a certain color to get certain roles was truly eye opening. It's just not something I think about that often. Her father was incredibly abusive during her childhood

but I'm so glad he changed and became a better man later on in his life.

I loved Davis talking about dating her husband and how protective he is, it was incredibly sweet. You definitely have to check this one out!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Incest, Rape, and Abortion