Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis

282 reviews

mc860's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

4.0

A very powerful book. Well worth listening to. The timeline confused me sometimes, but Viola was an amazing narrator. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Cancer, and Racism

Moderate: Abortion and Sexual assault

itscassie's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Viola’s storytelling ability coupled with the depths of vulnerability and healing she shares had me in awe throughout each chapter. I felt I saw a distant relative telling me their life lessons and speaking to the young girl, adolescent in me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Sexual violence, Classism, Death of parent, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Addiction, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Bullying, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual violence, Abortion, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Medical trauma

aclark225's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Animal death

talia1353's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Domestic abuse

murph_reads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

I wish everyone could read this and understand how beautifully tormenting it is to heal your inner child.  It’s something so many people refuse to believe they need to do, when it’s the root of so many vicious cycles in life. Hug them, believe them, reassure them, they will learn to feel safe.

Viola speaks about so many incredibly difficult moments with the kind of grace one only gains by surrendering to loving people for exactly who they are. Her love for her family is her driving force. 

Would definitely recommend listening to the audiobook! It feels like having coffee with a lifelong friend with an incredible story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Bullying, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Addiction, Animal death, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, and Racism

katbotelho's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

i love Viola Davis and had no idea she had gone thru so much in her lifetime 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

ericapauls's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Infertility, and Sexual assault

lizzieep's review against another edition

dark emotional tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Racial slurs, and Addiction

mathenam's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

This story is inspiring and heartbreaking and difficult to process. 

Memoirs seem to always have a narrative that skips around, but that’s the nature of telling a story about a real life. It still felt a little too disjointed in places.

Also the story about the man who killed the cat in front of them and chased her sister around town felt unbelievable to me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Animal cruelty, Terminal illness, Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Infertility, Incest, Animal death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Racism, Kidnapping, Body shaming, Abortion, Rape, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

savyelizabeth's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Death, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying and Alcoholism

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death