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Finding Me by Viola Davis

94 reviews

booksalacarte's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Hate crime, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Death of parent, Excrement, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Racism

amalas_bookstop's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Viola gets all of the flowers for this autobiography.

She was completely open and unfiltered. I love that we are reading how she finds herself and her voice is so powerful in this book. I love that she took the power to write this about her life. I cannot imagine the courage it must have taken to write something so vulnerable.

She had me in tears by the 3rd chapter and laughing at the end.

I recommend you do the full experience of having her voice in the audiobook read this to you as you follow along with a physical copy. It will completely grip you.  This without a doubt is my favorite read of the year. I wish I could give it more than 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Racial slurs, Racism, Addiction, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Incest, Physical abuse, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Rape

kcbas1's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racism, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, and Incest

Moderate: Abortion

jessicastephenson's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I will admit I mostly knew Viola Davis from How To Get Away With Murder, but after reading this book I want to consume every bit of media she's been a part of. She is incredibly vulnerable and emotional throughout this book, unveiling traumatic experiences from her childhood to present life and how they shaped her. It was difficult to listen to her tell her stories. At times I became deeply upset hearing her recount things, specifically those that I could relate to and knew the pain of all too well. This immediately became one of my favourite books ever just a few minutes in - Viola's narration is beautiful and adds another layer to the stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Violence, Abortion, Terminal illness, Blood, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Grief, Infertility, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

littlecozyreaderr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Pedophilia, Infertility, Bullying, Cursing, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

jessspeake's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Medical content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Rape, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Medical trauma, Racism, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

cayleeguy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Domestic abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Grief, Bullying, Animal death, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Infertility, and Body shaming

abbyschafer's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Viola Davis’ Finding Me is unlike any celebrity memoir I have ever read. Her life journey is an incredible, harrowing tale of being Black and poor in America. Finding Me reads as the next generation of Maya Angelou’s Why the Caged Bird Sings. 

Audio book review: Read by Viola Davis herself, the audio book brings another layer of empathy and emotion into the story and helps the stories of her childhood connect to the Viola Davis we know from film and television before she makes the connection herself in the writing.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Abortion, Death of parent, and Infertility

readandfindout's review

emotional inspiring medium-paced

4.5

Style/writing: 4.5 stars
Themes: 4.5 stars
Perspective: 4.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Animal death, Bullying, Alcoholism, Death, Infertility, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion

cs1887's review against another edition

5.0

I know why it won the grammy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Infertility, Hate crime, Violence, Racial slurs, Death, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Blood, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Racism, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Grief, and Bullying