Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Finding Me by Viola Davis

32 reviews

sydney_abigail25's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

LOVE IT. so emotional, so beautiful, so poignant, so honest. so representative of the experience of a dark-skinned woman, in acting but also in LIFE. an incredibly important read for the entire world, i think. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Sexual violence, Rape, Infertility, Drug use, and Sexual assault

sandieu's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Violence, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Rape, Racism, Medical trauma, and Emotional abuse

carly_the_librarian's review

emotional inspiring

5.0

 Viola's story is one of overcoming trauma and achieving her wildest dreams. Her upbringing was incredibly difficult, going through things that no child ever should. Her strength and healing journey is incredibly inspiring, and I appreciated her sharing her therapy experiences.

Viola's journey at Julliard was also incredibly interesting. I think all professions have issues with Eurocentrism, but I had never thought about how that affected those in the acting field. It was enlightening to hear her discuss how film has gotten more diverse, yet darker African American in lead roles is still proportionately small. I really enjoyed hearing about her experience in Africa and how healing it was after being surrounded by people who didn't understand the importance of culture. I am truly amazed at Viola's resilience and am so happy for the life she has built for herself. See trigger warnings prior to reading as this book deals with many difficult topics. Bonus- Viola narrates the audiobook herself! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Racism, Abortion, Cursing, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Sexual assault

madamenovelist's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Incest, Cancer, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Racism, Rape, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Grief, Bullying, Body shaming, Animal death, Chronic illness, Drug use, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Drug abuse

heatherv's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Bullying, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Abortion, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Incest, and Pregnancy

taibreakfast's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Just so freaking good. Viola Davis shares her journey of finding self-love, as well as her journey of growing up, becoming an actress, finding love, and healing. Read by the author, what other encouragement is needed?!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Abortion, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Mental illness, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Incest, Grief, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Infertility, and Child abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty

remi_jane's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Moderate: Abortion and Sexual assault

Minor: Medical trauma

kcallens's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Grief, Cursing, Death of parent, Addiction, Incest, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Infertility, Sexual assault, Bullying, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Racism, and Alcohol

Amazing.

emilybacher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Abortion

Minor: Toxic relationship and Trafficking

jaduhluhdabooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Wow. Just sitting with a lot of these words and shared experience with Viola. I have genuinely never seen so much of myself … my own narrative unraveling in another person. I resonate so deeply with this journey, even though I have lived very little of life so far. I feel seen and understood in such a deep and beautiful way. 

I will be digesting and processing these words for such a long time. 

Thank you Ms. Davis for opening up your heart and your life and sharing it with the world through so many works. From the screen to this novel. Thank you for portraying pain and anguish in depth that only some may ever truly understand. Thank you for gifting words to my own struggle, some of which I haven’t been able to voice or give language to. And thank you for allowing me to journey alongside you in finding who you are. Wishing I could return the sentiment. 

A truly, beautifully hard, real, and binding book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Vomit, Blood, Death, Medical trauma, Racism, Rape, Abortion, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infertility, and Physical abuse