Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir by Jenifer Lewis

8 reviews

pamnc's review

adventurous funny informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault

lil_wavy_'s review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

5.0

I listened the audiobook version and I loved that she narrated her memoir. I enjoyed every bit of it. She is one of my favorite actresses of all time. Truly deserves the title as THE MOTHER OF BLACK HOLLYWOOD. Hearing her entire life story was amazing to hear and learn from. Fair warning this will make cry but end up having you laughing with her ways of storytelling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Mental illness

chimeraabya's review against another edition

funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault

kaynova's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.0

there's a lot of books that should be only consumed by the audio version and this one, particularly, is one of them. jenifer lewis is the mother of black hollywood, she is the epitome of black excellence that i grew up on with reruns of sitcoms and movies that mainly only the black community knows, but to hear her talk about her story, reminded me she is more than this figure, she's human and should be treated as such.

she talks vividly about her broadway days, the beginning years of her acting career, along with her love life and her personal life. she talks about her mental health, which at 2017 was still taboo especially in the black community, and how it affected her everyday life, including her career. to hear her fully embrace that she has bipolar disorder and maniac episodes after hearing how hard the journey was made me cry (sometimes i'll be in the middle of work and start sobbing, thinking how difficult it must have been to identify what's wrong with you after hearing your entire life that one thing that's wrong doesn't happen to normal, healthy people). she is blunt, lively, and direct with her approach on every harsh topic, even the HIV/AIDS epidemic. 

she names names, but she's also careful with her words in a very jenifer lewis way lol. she pulls you in with her storytelling, reliving these moments with the reader, and sometimes i just had to pause whatever i was doing, so i can fully imagine the scenes. i even imagined her musical numbers (gotta love her). 

she brings her own story to life and though i know it was hard to retell some of the most emotional parts of her, i'm glad she did; i feel that i'm seeing a black mother in a new light.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Addiction, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction and Death of parent

veereads11's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Racism, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Death of parent, Rape, Child abuse, and Death

missaprilnola's review

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Minor: Rape

bee87's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

It’s hard to write a review on a story of someone’s life. Jenifer was honest and raw about her mental illness, bad choices and recovery from sex addiction. I can only commend her on that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcoholism, Child abuse, Grief, Child death, Sexual assault, Rape, Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Death of parent

the_female_gays's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault