Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis

74 reviews

mecmccann's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

This book was everything I needed and more. When she said “The purpose of life is to live it” agghhhhhh I needed that 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Classism

mariasilva's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Infertility, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

maemiller_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug abuse, Infertility, Excrement, Abortion, and Fire/Fire injury

micalyia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Abortion, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

jdamae11's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

Really appreciated how Viola didn’t pull any punches in this. Very honest, raw, at times brutally so. Viola does not shy away from talking about the actual reality of growing up in poverty in the US, especially as a Black family living in poverty. As a low income first-Gen student I can’t describe how much her college experiences resonated, from having to work a billion jobs to be able to eat and make it through school to STILL experiencing impostor phenomenon decades later as an already accomplished actor. And she shares a lot about how much she knew how to mask that so that no one ever knew her reality. WHEW. So grateful for how much she kept it 100% real in regard to sharing that experience. I also appreciated how she kept it real around her experiences of colorism, featurism, and misogynoir especially in the entertainment industry. I’m not usually a fan of memoirs (no shade I just usually need escapist fiction), but this was so vulnerable and inspires a lot of reflection. This book basically told me to get my a$$ back in therapy stat LOL. Viola has been through A LOT & her willingness to tell the story is very appreciated. If you can listen to her narrate it, highly recommend!

This book is way heavier than initially expected, I think the reader can tell when they’re about to enter some intense territory but just a warning on depictions of physical and verbal abuse and sexual violence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction and Sexual violence

Minor: Animal cruelty

kcelena's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring relaxing sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

bujoxbooked's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

5 stars

I really enjoyed reading Viola's memoir! I tried to read it along with the physical copy of the book, but mostly just listening to the audiobook. Her voice was great and I'm so glad she read her own memoir. From reading her story, she has been through so much throughout her life so far. She's made it so far and I feel like she didn't celebrate each milestone that she met along the way! She traveled she got into Juilliard, the awards she's won, and the amazing movies/shows/plays she's been in is AMAZING! Her love story with her husband Julias was so sweet and beautiful. Overall, I loved it and I'm glad that she shared her life story with us. I'm not much of a nonfiction reader as I usually like to escape real life, but I still enjoyed her story even as heavy as it was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

bark's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

stoleyourfoodinthelibrary's review against another edition

emotional inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Stalking, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Minor: Toxic relationship and Vomit

lupitabaeyongo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment