Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Finding Me by Viola Davis

277 reviews

laneylo's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I'm still in tears. This was incredibly moving and inspiring. Viola Davis is an icon and it didn't happen overnight. She recounts her memories, some heartbreaking and others heartfelt. To know a life and story then see how far they've come is overwhelming and I admire her all the more for it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Chronic illness, Child abuse, Excrement, Grief, Terminal illness, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Violence, Death, Blood, Cancer, Racism, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Incest, Sexual assault, Rape, and Dementia

vatodd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Powerful. So intense. Amazing but brutal. Nothing crass or overly described things but straightforward of the realness of her childhood. That so much happened in her childhood in the 70s was a lot to process. Good to know and understand. A lot but so worth it and necessary for a black big boned dark skinned girl like me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Racism, Child abuse, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Abortion

fromthelibraryofmarissa's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Whew. This one was so hard to get through. What Viola Davis has lived through is incredible and so heartbreaking. Viola narrating her own story with such dignity, class, and raw emotion is beyond moving. A must listen. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

Minor: Abortion

sariereads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Classism, Animal death, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infertility, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

doylee's review against another edition

emotional

4.0

I love Viola Davis & I will be thinking about this memoir for a very long time. I am so inspired by her story & her outlook on life. My queen 🫶🏾

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

cadystanton's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Infertility, Rape, Misogyny, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Alcoholism, Drug use, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Sexual violence, Racism, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Blood, and Animal death

tonyabee's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual assault

aquintela's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Racism, and Sexual assault

kaitays's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A real, raw look into Viola’s life. I can imagine how hard it must've been to be that vulnerable in the book. She talks about her SA, her feeling unloved, not good enough, and mistakes that shaped her into who she is. I have a lot of respect for her. 

Would Purchase?: Yes 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

luna_98's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

she is such an icon. i loved listening to her tell her story 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse, Abortion, and Bullying

Minor: Violence, Classism, Death of parent, Racism, Sexism, Rape, Misogyny, and Racial slurs