Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis

102 reviews

my_personal_escape's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, Alcohol, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Rape, Violence, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Infertility

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

mary_elizabeth's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Viola Davis overcame many obstacles to become an acclaimed actress. She tells her story with love for her family and friends. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Addiction, Drug abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Racism, Alcoholism, and Abortion

kcallens's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

power0911's review against another edition

challenging funny informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

strugglecity's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

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

whitedaylilies's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Racism, Grief, Child death, Racial slurs, Abortion, Physical abuse, Medical content, Sexual violence, Addiction, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

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

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

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: 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