Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Finding Me by Viola Davis

28 reviews

kcelena's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring relaxing sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

hesticht's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Abortion, and Racism

Minor: Child death, Drug use, Terminal illness, Classism, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

aqtbenz's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, Child death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, and Bullying

Moderate: Alcoholism and Addiction

drraytay's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Bullying, Racism, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Rape

jalensera's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Eating disorder, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death, Abortion, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Infertility, Medical trauma, Racism, Grief, and Incest

Minor: Incest, Drug abuse, Child death, and Cancer

onemorepagecrew's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Celebrity memoirs tend to be “hit” or “miss” for me with the main factors being 1) their willingness to be vulnerable 2) their ability to tell a story 3) their self-awareness.  For others it might be humor and celebrity stories, or some other combination of factors.  Regardless of what you’re looking for in a memoir, celebrity or not, it’s still someone’s life poured into a book and available for strangers to consume – that’s not for the faint of heart and I applaud the bravery.  I think of memoirs not as reviews of their story and writing, but more of a description of what to expect in the book and how it impacted me as a reader. 

 

In Viola Davis’ memoir, Finding Me, she brings the reader back to her childhood years in Rhode Island and paints a vivid picture of her family and her school.  She carries the reader through an entire coming-of-age journey both in her relationships and with her acting career, while weaving in what she has learned about those experiences now as an adult.  She approaches every story from her life with honesty, reflection, and self-awareness.  It’s brutally sad at points and full of joy at others.  One chapter stopped me in my tracks and I was tearing up – not from the sadness, but from the profound forgiveness Viola showed to a loved one, and my awe in her self-growth to get to that point.  

 

For me, this memoir was top notch and deeply moving.  It’s one of the most honest and vulnerable celebrity memoirs I’ve read and it’s clear she has invested time in her mental health and her journey to wellness, all while becoming a phenomenal actress.  I was captivated and moved by her story. 

 

Content warnings: Abuse (domestic, physical, sexual, drug), Death (child, parent), Racism 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Child abuse, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Death of parent and Child death

montyalmoro's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Excrement, Grief, Bullying, and Racial slurs

sjanke2's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

Viola has had a hard, beautiful life. I appreciated her sharing what she learned in therapy that led her to love herself. The audiobook is superb.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Stalking, Terminal illness, Violence, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Addiction, Infertility, Racial slurs, Racism, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Abortion, and Fire/Fire injury