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Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis

36 reviews

microbemom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Brutally honest reflection on what it is to grow up at poor dark skinned black woman in the US.  This was so very good.  Thank you Ms. Davis for sharing your story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Incest, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Animal death, Drug abuse, Violence, Racism, Blood, Bullying, Abortion, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, Classism, Infertility, Cancer, and Racial slurs

ahopper7's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Blood, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Animal death, and Cursing

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Cancer, Addiction, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Rape

Minor: Drug use, Infertility, Medical content, Grief, and Dementia

lizmart88's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring sad fast-paced

4.25

Incredibly well written memoir by Viola Davis. Despite growing up with many challenges include many forms of abuse, she does a great job of showing the systemic issues and the personal issues she faced. She isn't overly optimistic or portray her story as a success story because she got out. She doesn't devolve into trauma or poverty porn. She tells her story clearly and deeply, from a place of hard-won inner peace that has clearly taken her a lifetime to reach. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Racism

a_alves00's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Racism, Alcohol, Death, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abortion, Cancer, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Infertility

mamaofperfectpayton's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Abortion, Addiction, Violence, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Incest, and Child abuse

Moderate: Drug use

watson_my_shelf's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense

This is a very, very deep dive into Viola's story of growing up very poor. Viola overcame many obstacles to get where she is today. She had a dream to be an actress, and she fought so hard to make it come true. This was hard to read at times, but is so good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Drug use, Bullying, Addiction, Medical content, Grief, Racism, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty

nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring fast-paced

5.0

This is one of the best memoirs I have ever read/listened to. Viola Davis is an incredible person. Her strength and all the things she went through is unimaginable. This was a hard book to listen to at times, Viola does not shy away from taking you through memories of her childhood. Her dad’s abuse towards her mom, sibling abuse from her older brother, poverty so intense most of the time they didn’t have electricity, food or a working toilet. How she overcame so many obstacles and horrible things that happened to her growing up to then go on to graduate from Juilliard, then go on to act with Denzel Washington and then Meryl Streep until her big break out in How to Get Away with Murder is truly incredible. She is an amazing individual and a true inspiration.

This book is one that I know will stick with me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Slavery, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Rape, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Vomit, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Excrement, Bullying, Cancer, Medical trauma, Racism, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Animal death, Classism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Body shaming, and Sexual harassment

melmattocks21's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

Literally one of the best books I’ve ever listened to. Wow! Loved learning about Viola’s life- the heartbreaks and the triumphs. Highly recommend the audiobook, which is read by her! A must read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, and Death

kiomarys2000's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Rape, Cursing, Misogyny, Drug use, Grief, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Abortion, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Racism, Violence, and Alcoholism

herceia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Incredible, inspiring, beautiful, unbelievable, amazing, brutal, heart wrenching, and so much more. A perfectly brutal memoir

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Grief, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual violence, and Misogyny

Moderate: Drug use and Pedophilia