Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis

61 reviews

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

easta98's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual assault, Violence, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Bullying, Blood, Cursing, and Racism

Minor: Abortion, Pregnancy, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

christyadamsphd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

inyourwords's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Blood

Moderate: Abortion and Sexual assault

Minor: Animal death

hazedaze's review against another edition

The beginning of Viola’s life is filled with so much violence and misery that it’s quite difficult to hear; it should be flagged for literally every content warning. I think I need to come back when I have the mental and emotional fortitude to hear about her honest experience. The first quarter of the book is absolutely brutal. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Blood, Bullying, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Misogyny

Moderate: Incest

microbemom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Brutally honest reflection on what it is to grow up at poor dark skinned black woman in the US.  This was so very good.  Thank you Ms. Davis for sharing your story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Incest, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Animal death, Drug abuse, Violence, Racism, Blood, Bullying, Abortion, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, Classism, Infertility, Cancer, and Racial slurs

angievansprang's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Wow wow wow. It’s hard to even have words for this masterpiece. Viola Davis gives you a front row seat to her life entire in this beautifully raw memoir. There are too many profound things she reflected on to name. If you’re ready for a true story of triumph and resilience mixed with a lot of heart and passion, give this show-stopper a read/listen. 

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Content Warnings

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

ahopper7's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

ericah31's review against another edition

inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Child abuse

Moderate: Racial slurs, Bullying, Death of parent, Violence, Alcoholism, and Blood

Minor: Abortion and Fire/Fire injury

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