Reviews tagging Classism

Finding Me: A Memoir, by Viola Davis

14 reviews

malorykiyomi's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Viola Davis is a master at the craft of storytelling, evidenced not just in her brilliant talent honed to a razor's edge through dedication in her career as an actress, but in the way this memoir enraptured me from start to finish. This story is one steeped in life's trauma, but more importantly, reflects the break-back work of taking the adversity and shit thrown your way, and persevering. A brutally honest read of how even for all the agonizingly hard work Viola put into her talent as an actress, the reality is that luck was a deciding factor in her career.

I was moved by her resilience in the face of abuse to forgive, her faith when she felt abandoned, her candid approach to therapy, and so so much more. I'm better for having read this book, and I scarcely feel this way about books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Cursing

Moderate: Animal death, Sexism, Classism, Misogyny, Infertility, Abortion, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Incest

luckyone's review

dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Child death, Classism, Violence, Toxic relationship, Racism, Medical trauma, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, Domestic abuse, and Death

Minor: Racial slurs

mecmccann's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

This book was everything I needed and more. When she said “The purpose of life is to live it” agghhhhhh I needed that 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Rape, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Body shaming, Cancer, Drug abuse, Infertility, Sexism, Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, and Mental illness

doomluz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Bullying, Rape, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Abortion, Incest, Classism, Grief, and Body shaming

janaycleaver's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Domestic abuse, Rape, Incest, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion, Animal death, and Classism

Minor: Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Infidelity

entropydoc's review

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

kshertz's review

dark informative inspiring tense medium-paced

4.0

Her story is just amazing. She has lived through and learned so much. I think it’s powerful to hear what she went through. It is a unique story, one you don’t hear often enough. I have even more respect for her now than I did before. She seems so authentically herself and grounded. This book is a must read if you’ve seen her in any movie ever. She is real about them all. She takes full responsibility. She’s an amazing voice we should be listening to today. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Drug use

hesticht's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Abortion, and Racism

Minor: Child death, Drug use, Terminal illness, Classism, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

ash97's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Abortion, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Grief

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual violence, Classism, Death of parent, Medical content, Abortion, Excrement, Pedophilia, Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Incest, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual assault