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4.62 AVERAGE
4.62 AVERAGE
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If I had to describe Viola Davis in a word it would be resilient. Horrific upbringing of poverty, trauma, and abuse. Surprisingly later in life she referred to Rhode Island as home, nothing in her memoir screams home. Abusive father, rampant domestic violence, racism experienced from school teachers, and even bullfrog neighbors accused of kidnapping children for welfare. What the actual F…? Never mind the squalor, filth, and rats. So much of her memoir is devoted to her childhood, given it was far from a childhood o can understand why. Overall, the books structure is chaotic and repetitive. Although it is her memoir, I would have liked to hear more about character development of her various roles.
Despite her upbringing she found a path out, both financially and functional growth. Her husband came into her life at the pivotal time, he grounded her and helped her thrive. He can her the permission to be her. Thankfully for her sake she found him.
Viola Davis is far more forgiving than I could ever be. I do not think I could be as good of a person. She is caring and loves her family, which shows with how she takes care of her nieces and nephews.
Good on her.
Viola Davis as a person 5*
Narrative structure 2*
Overall rounded down to 3* for bias towards childhood
Despite her upbringing she found a path out, both financially and functional growth. Her husband came into her life at the pivotal time, he grounded her and helped her thrive. He can her the permission to be her. Thankfully for her sake she found him.
Viola Davis is far more forgiving than I could ever be. I do not think I could be as good of a person. She is caring and loves her family, which shows with how she takes care of her nieces and nephews.
Good on her.
Viola Davis as a person 5*
Narrative structure 2*
Overall rounded down to 3* for bias towards childhood
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Most of the focus was on her family life. I love her but something about it didn’t inspire me in this moment for acting as I hoped it would
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What an extraordinary person, sister, mother, actress, fighter (and the list can go on!)
I didn't know much about her life and how much she had to endure. I also did not know much about her career in theatre, so I'm glad I got the chance to know more.
My only remark (and maybe this is nitpicking) is that I wish the book would have been a bit more carefully edited. Sometimes people would get mentioned multiple times, but only introduced upon their second mention, sometimes she would repeat a sentence twice over the course of a few pages (without it necessarily being a stylistic choice) and often times a crazy situation or something hard to fathom were punctuated by !!
I didn't know much about her life and how much she had to endure. I also did not know much about her career in theatre, so I'm glad I got the chance to know more.
My only remark (and maybe this is nitpicking) is that I wish the book would have been a bit more carefully edited. Sometimes people would get mentioned multiple times, but only introduced upon their second mention, sometimes she would repeat a sentence twice over the course of a few pages (without it necessarily being a stylistic choice) and often times a crazy situation or something hard to fathom were punctuated by !!
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced