Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis

102 reviews

anabookadventures's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Infertility, Medical content, Dementia, and Grief

carolinemoira's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

katiejohns's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Abortion

Moderate: Infertility, Physical abuse, Rape, and Medical content

lydaalexander's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Brutally raw and honest, and devastating. Gave me a new respect for Viola Davis and everything she has worked so hard for - both in her career and in her life in general. Hard to listen to at times, but a beautiful story of family and of overcoming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

kcallens's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

Amazing.

ficklefoxreads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Very sad but ultimately uplifting and beautiful portrait of Viola Davis’ life

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

strugglecity's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, and Grief

trashcanmoose's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.5

This is a heavy, powerful and inspirational read. To me, Viola Davis puts a perspective on life, showing that no matter how terrible things are at some point in your life, there is a possibility for things to get better. You just have to want things to get better. She shows that if you work for and ask for the things you need and want in life, sometimes it works out, even if everything has gone to rock bottom.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Abortion, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Incest

watson_my_shelf's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense

This is a very, very deep dive into Viola's story of growing up very poor. Viola overcame many obstacles to get where she is today. She had a dream to be an actress, and she fought so hard to make it come true. This was hard to read at times, but is so good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Racism, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Animal cruelty

jaduhluhdabooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Wow. Just sitting with a lot of these words and shared experience with Viola. I have genuinely never seen so much of myself … my own narrative unraveling in another person. I resonate so deeply with this journey, even though I have lived very little of life so far. I feel seen and understood in such a deep and beautiful way. 

I will be digesting and processing these words for such a long time. 

Thank you Ms. Davis for opening up your heart and your life and sharing it with the world through so many works. From the screen to this novel. Thank you for portraying pain and anguish in depth that only some may ever truly understand. Thank you for gifting words to my own struggle, some of which I haven’t been able to voice or give language to. And thank you for allowing me to journey alongside you in finding who you are. Wishing I could return the sentiment. 

A truly, beautifully hard, real, and binding book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Gaslighting