Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Finding Me by Viola Davis

59 reviews

hahibbard's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Hard to listen to in the first half due to the darkness of Viola’s childhood. A little repetitive in some places and sometimes hard to track the timeline. The last few chapters and reflections were great and insightful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Abortion, and Addiction

_evyn_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad

5.0

Viola is a true artist. She's so vulnerable and open about her life in this book. She talks about her complex relationships with the acting industry, her family, partners, and most importantly, herself. I love the way she explains her struggles because there are moments I can relate to and moments I could not have truly understood until her depiction and imagery and rawness. You can feel sympathy the world over for another's problems and trauma but if you don't  REALLY understand what they're going through and how they're affected, you won't have empathy. Without empathy, you tend to listen to stories only for what you can relate to instead of what is actually being said. With empathy, you still have a bias about the more important aspects of the history, but it doesn't stop you from hearing and (hopefully) understanding the whole truth. I felt with her every time she had to step back and question a barrier in her life. She made me think about the choices I've made and what my future could look like (not in relation to her life, but the questions she asks herself or that others ask her, prompted me to try to answer them for myself). 
Would highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Abortion, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape

overthinkereading's review against another edition

5.0

This book took my heart, ripped it out, stomped on it, picked it back up, wrapped it gently, and put it back into my body with purpose. Viola Davis’ account of her life, traumas, and healing is one of the best memoirs ever written. (I will die on this hill). Her narration is IMPECCABLE and absolutely deserved the Grammy. 
CW: assault, violence, SA, addiction, poverty, racism, harm to animals, death of parent, blood, female reproductive health issues

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Addiction, Death of parent, Blood, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

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

miayukino's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Death of parent, Abortion, Terminal illness, Grief, Cancer, Classism, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Medical content, Bullying, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Misogyny, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, and Blood

Minor: Cursing

sannesbooks's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, War, Violence, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Bullying, Body shaming, Blood, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Addiction, Infertility, Cancer, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Colonisation, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Rape, Racism, Hate crime, Animal death, and Abortion

amgarrido's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Racism, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Rape, Racial slurs, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Drug abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Alcoholism, and Addiction

lilybear3's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

I couldn't put this book down.  Viola Davis is a force of nature and her autobiography, the Grammy-award winning audiobook that she earned EGOT status for, is further evidence, if you weren't already swayed.  

While I'm normally not into celebrity biographies, there are a handful that I loved and this is one of them, so much that I consider this required reading.  Ideally, you should listen to the audiobook (again, Grammy-winning audiobook).  Viola pulls you in and doesn't let go.  Her autobiography is all encompassing from birth to present, all the details from her childhood to working in Hollywood.  I don't know what else to say other than to read this book.  It is incredible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Racial slurs, Addiction, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Classism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Racism, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Confinement

poetsofsweetpea's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

4.75

Finding Me was an emotional journey. The first few chapters were hard to get through, not because it wasn't compelling or well written, but because it's hard to witness vulnerability and the horrors of enough person's life. As the story continued, bright spots started to appear, and it was easier to get lost in Viola Davis' story.  I'd recommend the audiobook.  Memoirs read by the author often add another layer and when the author is also a talented actor it's a special experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Classism, Death of parent, Addiction, Child abuse, Infertility, Rape, Abortion, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Child death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Incest, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Violence

easta98's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual assault, Violence, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Bullying, Blood, Cursing, and Racism

Minor: Abortion, Pregnancy, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Animal cruelty