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Finding Me by Viola Davis

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danielavasquez's review

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emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0


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ryliereadss's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Soooo glad I listened to the audiobook! Davis's story is heartbreaking and triumphant and difficult to listen to sometimes. The bond she has with her sisters is so lovely. It was so cool to listen to her talk about the beginning of her acting career and how acting made her feel while she was on stage and her struggles as a young, broke artist. Hearing her talk about the lack of deep roles for people of color and how your skin has to be a certain color to get certain roles was truly eye opening. It's just not something I think about that often. Her father was incredibly abusive during her childhood
but I'm so glad he changed and became a better man later on in his life.
I loved Davis talking about dating her husband and how protective he is, it was incredibly sweet. You definitely have to check this one out!

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shellbell31's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25


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ali1004's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0


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aantillon's review against another edition

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emotional informative inspiring sad fast-paced

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emotional reflective medium-paced

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bethanyt123's review

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Truly worth ten reads. Enlightening, inspiring, devastating, painful, and moving. Viola manages to open the doors to exploring the intricacies of racism in a welcoming, inviting, and honest way. I’m convinced the only way to read this is via audiobook, recorded by Viola herself. The performance is enrapturing. Thank you, Viola Davis, for opening your heart to us.

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itscassie's review

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dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Viola’s storytelling ability coupled with the depths of vulnerability and healing she shares had me in awe throughout each chapter. I felt I saw a distant relative telling me their life lessons and speaking to the young girl, adolescent in me. 

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morgane3471's review against another edition

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dark sad slow-paced

2.75

I wanted to love it but I I didn’t.  I really liked her in HTGAWM and was interested in learning more about her life. Sadly, it was poorly written in my opinion and It wasn’t really captivating. It felt very repetitive . I don’t understand why this book as got so many good reviews. 

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mathenam's review against another edition

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4.25

This story is inspiring and heartbreaking and difficult to process. 

Memoirs seem to always have a narrative that skips around, but that’s the nature of telling a story about a real life. It still felt a little too disjointed in places.
Also the story about the man who killed the cat in front of them and chased her sister around town felt unbelievable to me

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