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Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis

81 reviews

sparringego8's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Alcohol, Drug use, Cancer, Child death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pregnancy, Racism, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Grief, and Addiction

brookey8888's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

This was really good! I honestly knew nothing about her when I picked this up, I just liked her as an actress. I didn’t realize the life she lived and how amazing and inspiring that makes her. This has some really dark topics, but there’s a lot of light as well. I really enjoyed her talking about healing her younger self. This did make me tear up when she was talking about her father dying and how they see the ones that passed before they go. I’m excited to watch more things she’s in because I realize I haven’t seen all that much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Classism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Cancer, Child death, and Racism

hannah_and_her_stories's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Cancer, Racism, Violence, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Death, Animal death, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Classism, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Bullying, Cursing, Grief, Medical trauma, and Addiction

Moderate: Abortion, Vomit, Terminal illness, Animal death, Misogyny, and Incest

miayukino's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Death of parent, Abortion, Terminal illness, Grief, Cancer, Classism, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Medical content, Bullying, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Misogyny, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, and Blood

Minor: Cursing

eni_iilorak's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad

5.0

This is not a typical celebrity memoir. It's a story about survival and finding a voice.

Listen to the audiobook! It is outstanding, and hearing the story told in Viola Davis' own, expressive voice adds a lot to the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Infertility, Medical content, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Incest, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Classism, Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Racism, Sexual assault, and Abortion

Moderate: Drug abuse, Grief, Slavery, Cancer, Infidelity, and Bullying

sannesbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, War, Violence, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Bullying, Body shaming, Blood, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Addiction, Infertility, Cancer, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Colonisation, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Rape, Racism, Hate crime, Animal death, and Abortion

hayleyvharrington's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Infertility, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Abortion, Addiction, and Infidelity

Minor: Grief and Drug abuse

lilybear3's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

I couldn't put this book down.  Viola Davis is a force of nature and her autobiography, the Grammy-award winning audiobook that she earned EGOT status for, is further evidence, if you weren't already swayed.  

While I'm normally not into celebrity biographies, there are a handful that I loved and this is one of them, so much that I consider this required reading.  Ideally, you should listen to the audiobook (again, Grammy-winning audiobook).  Viola pulls you in and doesn't let go.  Her autobiography is all encompassing from birth to present, all the details from her childhood to working in Hollywood.  I don't know what else to say other than to read this book.  It is incredible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Racial slurs, Addiction, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Classism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Racism, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Confinement

poetsofsweetpea's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

4.75

Finding Me was an emotional journey. The first few chapters were hard to get through, not because it wasn't compelling or well written, but because it's hard to witness vulnerability and the horrors of enough person's life. As the story continued, bright spots started to appear, and it was easier to get lost in Viola Davis' story.  I'd recommend the audiobook.  Memoirs read by the author often add another layer and when the author is also a talented actor it's a special experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Classism, Death of parent, Addiction, Child abuse, Infertility, Rape, Abortion, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Child death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Incest, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Violence

madamenovelist's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Incest, Cancer, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Racism, Rape, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Grief, Bullying, Body shaming, Animal death, Chronic illness, Drug use, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Drug abuse