Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis

281 reviews

imanimckoy's review against another edition

inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I listened to the audiobook version, and Viola is an incredible story teller. Her Grammy for her reading of it was absolutely deserved. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Incest, Addiction, Violence, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Grief, Infertility, and Abortion

lily_sutton's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Racial slurs, and Misogyny

Minor: Death of parent, Abortion, and Rape

megbetweenthepages's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Racism, Bullying, Racial slurs, Animal cruelty, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Sexual assault

vanessagrausam's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Racism

Moderate: Infertility and Racial slurs

mattyvreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

One of the finest memoirs I have ever read. Gorgeously written, with vulnerability, wisdom, and wit. Davis is an incomparable storyteller and her honesty is inspiring. I devoured every word

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Animal death, Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, and Racial slurs

ramseyreadsbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racism, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Bullying, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

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

ktbreadsbooks's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Probably one of the most moving and beautiful celebrity memoirs I've read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Racism, and Racial slurs

bzliz's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

5.0

I love when actors narrate their own memoirs and this is no exception. Viola Davis is such a powerful woman who not only survived more than her fair share of trauma but thrived in spite of it. A lot of people probably wouldn’t enjoy this, purely because of how frank she is regarding her experience with racism and poverty but I do think people should at least try to read it.

I don’t want to play the “who had it worse?” game but it’s hard not to compare this to some other memoirs and think to myself what the hell are you whining about? You haven’t faced any real hardship. It’s impossible to not think about how minor struggles can be a person’s complete undoing, yet someone who essentially started life at rock bottom and has had to fight for decades just to get to even ground can still rise above and flourish. 

The story’s timeline is jumbled around in that way many memoirs are but I didn’t mind it as much here as I have in others. So much of her life was shaped by chaos so why should her story be told in a straight line? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Medical content, Sexual assault, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Abortion and Death of parent

sunshinegirl01's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, and Racism