Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis

355 reviews

kathrynshields's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

A remarkable story of a little girl’s journey from poverty to Hollywood. Told in brutal and vivid detail, Viola Davis’s story is both heartbreaking and heartwarming. The audiobook read by the author added an extra layer of emotion. She won the Grammy for a reason. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, and Physical abuse

joslynhebda's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Bullying, and Racial slurs

Minor: Abortion, Addiction, and Infertility

marwamg's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Bullying

emeraldcityreader's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse

grace33's review

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abortion and Addiction

emilyb84's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, and Alcoholism

sprimus18's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Bullying, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Addiction and Racial slurs

Minor: Sexual assault

apaliska's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Alcoholism

nataliebootlah's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad

5.0

“I knew my life would be a fight, and I realized this: I had it in me.” 

 

Oooooof, this was hard to read. Viola candidly shares the story of her life—through every trauma she’s faced—as well as the reality of how hard it is to actually, finally “make it” as an actor. 

 

Viola’s story is one of resilience. Racism, shame, abuse, food insecurity, poverty, assault, domestic violence, infidelity, grief and trauma were all a part of the long, arduous journey to find herself. Today she is healed (though there’s always work to do), strong, and full of joy. One must read this book themselves to trulybeare witness to the struggles she faced and how she overcame them. 

 

Finding Me humbled me. It reminded me that you never know what someone has gone through or is going through. While gut-wrenching to hear about the horrors she experienced, her grace shined through the good, the bad, and the ugly. Plus, the audiobook is narrated by Viola herself which was a treat. This is one hell of a memoir.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Bullying, and Racism

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Misogyny

Minor: Child death and Abortion

wibookbadger's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

I finished this book yesterday and I can't stop thinking about it. Viola does a wonderful job of telling a rough story filled with trauma and yet there is a constant thread of hope all the way through. She kept me hooked and rooting for her. No matter how gritty the story became I always walked away feeling inspired. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Racism