Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis

125 reviews

allisonkhenson's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

“How do I get to the mountaintop without legs”

“It was trying to save someone else while I was drowning”

“Forgiveness is giving up all hope of a different past”

Hearing her narrate her story like this was so captivating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Racism

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.5

Davis has lived a life full of good and bad times, torture and fame, love and grief. While reading, I consistently found myself wanting more — details, anecdotes, snapshots of the past. What has been written is engaging, entertaining, and at times even inspiring but I still wished for more. Davis’ role as Annalise Keating is one of my absolute favorite television roles and I would read two more books this length about her life, her time on different sets, and the people she’s worked with who she came to love and respect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Terminal illness, Violence, Racial slurs, Sexism, Physical abuse, Racism, Addiction, Animal death, Cancer, Dementia, Excrement, Grief, Bullying, Alcoholism, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Toxic relationship, and Sexual assault

yreluctant's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Abortion, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Rape, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Cursing, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Alcohol, Child death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Animal death

kristinescorner's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Death, Animal death, Blood, Classism, Cursing, Mental illness, Bullying, Cancer, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction and Abortion

jlferrazzo27's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Racism, Infertility, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Child abuse, Bullying, Abortion, and Drug abuse

beilerlena's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Rape, and Addiction

krystalandherkindle's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

5.0

I don’t know why it took me this long to read Finding Me. It was truly amazing!! I purchased the Kindle and Audible version and hearing Viola Davis read her story in her own words just enhanced the story even more. Hearing the rawness, anger, heart break, joy, love, etc. from her…I have no words.

Viola Davis is one of my favorite actresses and she is an amazing role model. We often see celebrities as gorgeous, rich, famous, etc. but we forget that they are human too. To hear and read about her childhood and experiences broke my heart- I even cried in one chapter. To see what she had to go through to get where she is now and what she had to overcome…she is truly a strong and powerful woman and reading her story made me realize why I love her so much.

This was an AMAZING memoir and I’d recommend it to anyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Racism, and Rape

Minor: Animal cruelty, Vomit, Animal death, and Abortion

ryliereadss's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Soooo glad I listened to the audiobook! Davis's story is heartbreaking and triumphant and difficult to listen to sometimes. The bond she has with her sisters is so lovely. It was so cool to listen to her talk about the beginning of her acting career and how acting made her feel while she was on stage and her struggles as a young, broke artist. Hearing her talk about the lack of deep roles for people of color and how your skin has to be a certain color to get certain roles was truly eye opening. It's just not something I think about that often. Her father was incredibly abusive during her childhood

but I'm so glad he changed and became a better man later on in his life.

I loved Davis talking about dating her husband and how protective he is, it was incredibly sweet. You definitely have to check this one out!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Animal death

Minor: Rape, Abortion, and Incest

4lexa's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

A great memoir! I already loved Viola Davis but this really solidified that for me.  Her mind is beautiful, and her memoir had me feeling so many feelings.  I listened to the audiobook with her reading it and that made it even more powerful.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Racism, and Rape

isajidy's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Abortion, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Miscarriage, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Infertility, and Grief

Minor: Drug abuse