Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis

69 reviews

entropydoc's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Racism, Medical trauma, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Classism, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Animal death, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Bullying, and Fatphobia

leweylibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

WOW. I fully expected this book, especially the audiobook, to be completely and totally amazing, and it absolutely was. I had no idea what a rough childhood full of poverty and abuse Viola Davis endured. I cried, I laughed, I was hooked from the very first line (if you've read it, you know 😂🤌).

Update after first reread:
This is just as much a five star read the second time around 🙌 I don't often buy audiobooks or reread them, but this one felt like the perfect way to wrap up a challenge I'm doing on IG. I had forgotten about some of the details of just how rough her childhood was (that cat part like wut 😳)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Racial slurs, Grief, Death of parent, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcoholism, and Abortion

Moderate: Toxic relationship

tgrace95's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Grief

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Abortion, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

sparksofcuriosity's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Sexual assault and Domestic abuse

Minor: Death of parent

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Sexism, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Medical content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, Grief, and Racism

halfbloodprincess_hogwarts's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

This was one of the most difficult, emotional yet inspiring, motivational audios I have ever had to endure.

While battling depression, I had to take my time, even though I wanted to listen on. The hardships, abuse of every kind and heartache that Viola endured in her chilhood alone was appalling. 

Just to know that as a light-skinned Black woman, I have not dealt with an ounce of racism, constantly being reminded that I'm "unattractive" and feeling unprotected to the degree darker-skinned Black people do just shakes me to my core.

I loved seeing her progress of being accepted at Julliard to Viola building her portfolio as an actress. 

Then meeting her Julius and seeing their relationship blossom was so heartwarming🥰. Having a family of their  own was a way for Viola to heal from her own childhood.

I truly loved this memoir, this may be my first one, and I was super excited Viola read for the audio herself🥰.

Just to know this background story off what shaped Viola Davis into the person we see today is truly astounding. Viola's memoir is so passionate, inspiring and a journey of finding the strength to revisit dark memories. Healing your younger self, never giving up hope, love and enjoying life to the fullest.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Classism, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Grief, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Rape, Cancer, and Violence

jalensera's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Eating disorder, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death, Abortion, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Infertility, Medical trauma, Racism, Grief, and Incest

Minor: Incest, Drug abuse, Child death, and Cancer

mimccub's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Violence, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Stalking, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Infertility, and Incest

zalouis's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Grief, Infertility, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Rape, Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Medical content, Pregnancy, Biphobia, Alcoholism, Classism, Cultural appropriation, and Death of parent