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shortney510's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
beenicole27's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.5
laneylo's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
inspiring
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medium-paced
5.0
I'm still in tears. This was incredibly moving and inspiring. Viola Davis is an icon and it didn't happen overnight. She recounts her memories, some heartbreaking and others heartfelt. To know a life and story then see how far they've come is overwhelming and I admire her all the more for it.
Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Chronic illness, Child abuse, Excrement, Grief, Terminal illness, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Violence, Death, Blood, Cancer, Racism, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Incest, Sexual assault, Rape, and Dementia
awaywiththefairies's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Racism, and Bullying
ilovebooksalltoowell's review against another edition
5.0
I knew the beautiful Viola Davis from The Help, which is a movie that made a huge impression on me. I had no idea how tough her life has been and the audiobook just blew me away. The strength she has and the drive to make a better life for her and her family are mind blowing. I respect her a lot for describing how her father abused her mother but also that he has had a very hard life himself that he didn’t know how to deal with that and changed later in life. She describes very well what it’s like to try to find acting roles as a black woman when the characters in movies are often made for white people or they want a black woman who looks “interchangeable”. The story makes you feel grateful for all that you have, and realizing that not everybody lives in the same circumstances. Absolutely listen to the audio version, she is brutally honest and I’ll think about her story for a long time now that I’ve finished it.
liv_love_read_'s review against another edition
5.0
A must read. Viola's depth, vulnerability, and evolution while acknowledging things that brought her shame were actually her "warrior fuel" were deeply sad and beautiful at the same time. I already thought Viola was astounding. After reading Finding Me, I am in absolute awe of her.
katko123's review against another edition
2.0
Another autobiography under the "I had it hard, because I´m black, but I made it" slogan.
Yes, she had it hard. Really hard. Yes, she is Black. But saying that she had it so hard, because she´s Black is only halftrue. Saying that White people have it easy because they are White is a lie.
She´s a great actress with a strong personality, there´s no doubt about it. She surely deserves all the awards that she has won and all the nominations etc. Just stop blaming White people for literally everything.
Yes, she had it hard. Really hard. Yes, she is Black. But saying that she had it so hard, because she´s Black is only halftrue. Saying that White people have it easy because they are White is a lie.
She´s a great actress with a strong personality, there´s no doubt about it. She surely deserves all the awards that she has won and all the nominations etc. Just stop blaming White people for literally everything.
kelsilay15's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0