Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Finding Me by Viola Davis

146 reviews

kcbas1's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racism, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, and Incest

Moderate: Abortion

frannieman's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

Beautifully narrated by the author. Extremely powerful.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

jessicastephenson's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I will admit I mostly knew Viola Davis from How To Get Away With Murder, but after reading this book I want to consume every bit of media she's been a part of. She is incredibly vulnerable and emotional throughout this book, unveiling traumatic experiences from her childhood to present life and how they shaped her. It was difficult to listen to her tell her stories. At times I became deeply upset hearing her recount things, specifically those that I could relate to and knew the pain of all too well. This immediately became one of my favourite books ever just a few minutes in - Viola's narration is beautiful and adds another layer to the stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Violence, Abortion, Terminal illness, Blood, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Grief, Infertility, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

littlecozyreaderr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Pedophilia, Infertility, Bullying, Cursing, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

spookyfaith's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Viola Davis is fucking incredible 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual violence and Child abuse

bucklace27's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Animal death

abbyschafer's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Viola Davis’ Finding Me is unlike any celebrity memoir I have ever read. Her life journey is an incredible, harrowing tale of being Black and poor in America. Finding Me reads as the next generation of Maya Angelou’s Why the Caged Bird Sings. 

Audio book review: Read by Viola Davis herself, the audio book brings another layer of empathy and emotion into the story and helps the stories of her childhood connect to the Viola Davis we know from film and television before she makes the connection herself in the writing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racial slurs, Child death, Racism, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Abortion, Death of parent, and Infertility

sparringego8's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Alcohol, Drug use, Cancer, Child death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pregnancy, Racism, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Grief, and Addiction

hahibbard's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Hard to listen to in the first half due to the darkness of Viola’s childhood. A little repetitive in some places and sometimes hard to track the timeline. The last few chapters and reflections were great and insightful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Abortion, and Addiction

anocturne's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Drug abuse