Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis

70 reviews

jdamae11's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

Really appreciated how Viola didn’t pull any punches in this. Very honest, raw, at times brutally so. Viola does not shy away from talking about the actual reality of growing up in poverty in the US, especially as a Black family living in poverty. As a low income first-Gen student I can’t describe how much her college experiences resonated, from having to work a billion jobs to be able to eat and make it through school to STILL experiencing impostor phenomenon decades later as an already accomplished actor. And she shares a lot about how much she knew how to mask that so that no one ever knew her reality. WHEW. So grateful for how much she kept it 100% real in regard to sharing that experience. I also appreciated how she kept it real around her experiences of colorism, featurism, and misogynoir especially in the entertainment industry. I’m not usually a fan of memoirs (no shade I just usually need escapist fiction), but this was so vulnerable and inspires a lot of reflection. This book basically told me to get my a$$ back in therapy stat LOL. Viola has been through A LOT & her willingness to tell the story is very appreciated. If you can listen to her narrate it, highly recommend!

This book is way heavier than initially expected, I think the reader can tell when they’re about to enter some intense territory but just a warning on depictions of physical and verbal abuse and sexual violence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual violence and Addiction

Minor: Animal cruelty

kcelena's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring relaxing sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Racial slurs, Racism, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Incest, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Violence

bujoxbooked's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

5 stars

I really enjoyed reading Viola's memoir! I tried to read it along with the physical copy of the book, but mostly just listening to the audiobook. Her voice was great and I'm so glad she read her own memoir. From reading her story, she has been through so much throughout her life so far. She's made it so far and I feel like she didn't celebrate each milestone that she met along the way! She traveled she got into Juilliard, the awards she's won, and the amazing movies/shows/plays she's been in is AMAZING! Her love story with her husband Julias was so sweet and beautiful. Overall, I loved it and I'm glad that she shared her life story with us. I'm not much of a nonfiction reader as I usually like to escape real life, but I still enjoyed her story even as heavy as it was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Drug use, and Rape

bark's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Abortion, Addiction, Sexual violence, Racism, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

stoleyourfoodinthelibrary's review against another edition

emotional inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Death of parent, Bullying, Grief, Child abuse, Body shaming, Racism, Violence, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Minor: Toxic relationship and Vomit

lupitabaeyongo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual harassment

missbsbookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Grief, Abortion, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Incest, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

sarafina's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Infertility, Rape, and Drug abuse

montyalmoro's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Excrement, Grief, Bullying, and Racial slurs

meganlougs's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Violence, Sexual harassment, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Alcoholism