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Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis

166 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

leefox's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Rape, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Violence, Death of parent, Blood, Vomit, Pregnancy, Infertility, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Dementia, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Grief, Abortion, Racism, Cancer, Addiction, Animal death, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

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

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

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

juliaarcisz's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Physical abuse, Bullying, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Abortion, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infertility, Racial slurs, Rape, and Sexual violence

gabi_715's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Alcoholism, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Violence, Medical content, Addiction, Grief, Sexual content, and Blood

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

katieg4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Racial slurs, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Abortion

kathshiroma's review

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexism, Racism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Sexual harassment, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Abortion, Cancer, Incest, Addiction, Pedophilia, and Death of parent

darlingmoira's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

This is a beautiful book. Viola Davis has been one of my favorite actresses for many years and when I heard about her book and the praise it was getting I knew I had to give it a try. The book is beautiful and sad and moving. Her writing so deeply has her voice behind it. Her life and the stories are so clear you can picture every moment. 
I have so much respect for her and her drive. I would love to just sit with her and continue to hear her life’s stories. She deserves all the praise she is getting and I hope she realizes the power she has brought to women (especially black women) by telling her story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Addiction, Racism, Sexual assault, Blood, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Pedophilia