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thndrkat's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, Violence, and Infertility
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Racism, and Sexism
christyadamsphd's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Rape, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Animal cruelty, Child death, Sexism, Blood, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Physical abuse
Minor: Medical content, Death of parent, Infertility, Cancer, Dementia, Abortion, and Addiction
jehansen127's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Racism, Physical abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Death of parent, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Grief, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Addiction, Bullying, and Death
angievansprang's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Sexism
Moderate: Bullying, Pedophilia, Blood, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Drug abuse
Minor: Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Classism, Death of parent, and Addiction
erin_l's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Incest, Domestic abuse, Racism, and Sexism
a_alves00's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Racism, Alcohol, Death, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abortion, Cancer, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Infertility
briennebrienne's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Medical content, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Cursing, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Abortion, Child abuse, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
power0911's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexism, Physical abuse, Animal death, Abortion, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Child death, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Racism, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Grief, Violence, Terminal illness, and Sexual harassment
nebraskanwriter's review against another edition
5.0
This book is one that I know will stick with me.
Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Slavery, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Rape, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Vomit, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Excrement, Bullying, Cancer, Medical trauma, Racism, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Animal death, Classism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Body shaming, and Sexual harassment
coreyarch9's review against another edition
3.5
I love Annalise MF Keating, but I didn't know too much about Viola Davis. In Finding Me, Viola talks less about her career as an actress and more about the systemic poverty and racism and the coinciding internalized struggles that she had to overcome to be the woman we know today. And she doesn't hold anything back.
She talks a lot about what society deems beautiful, worthy, or correct. During her time at Juiliard, students were discouraged from hosting an MLK Day program or anything that might highlight their differences from their white counterparts. She talks about the typecast roles that she would be cast in or invited to audition for. She talks about what it was like to be called beautiful for the first time. She talks about therapy.
In the end, she talks about finding herself, writing, "I am no longer ashamed of me."
I will never know firsthand what it's like to experience the abject poverty and racism that Viola grew up with. And that's why it's so important to read about. When she talked about being called beautiful for the first time, I started to wonder, when was the last time I told somebody they were pretty? When was the last time I told a woman of color that she was beautiful? When was the last time I supported a black-owned café instead of just picking up a latte at my local Tim Hortons? When did I last show kindness to a stranger?
Moderate: Bullying, Classism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Cancer, Child abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Rape, Abortion, and Sexism
Minor: Slavery, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, and Kidnapping