ebbiev's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Cursing, Infertility, Sexual violence, and Violence
keats1787's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Addiction
Moderate: Child abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Cancer, Death of parent, Drug use, Incest, and Infertility
inthemoonforcheese's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Infertility, Addiction, Blood, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Cursing, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Grief, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Self harm, Drug use, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Racism, Abortion, Child death, Sexism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, and Pregnancy
saramoser's review against another edition
.
AMAZING. The audiobook was so good, I could not stop listening. Viola Davis tells her heart wrenching and in depth story of childhood, hardship, living in poverty and how she dug herself out, but also knows that some of it was luck. She explains how unlikely her life was to end up where she is, and how amazing it is. She explains her childhood with warmth and is awestruck by some of the people she has encountered that had it worse than she did - which is insane.
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Highly recommend.
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TW: sexual assault, child abuse, child neglect, racism, sexism, infertility, loss of a parent
Graphic: Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Infertility, and Death of parent
booksalacarte's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Abortion, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Hate crime, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Death of parent, Excrement, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Racism
letterpress's review against another edition
5.0
She was completely open and unfiltered. I love that we are reading how she finds herself and her voice is so powerful in this book. I love that she took the power to write this about her life. I cannot imagine the courage it must have taken to write something so vulnerable.
She had me in tears by the 3rd chapter and laughing at the end.
I recommend you do the full experience of having her voice in the audiobook read this to you as you follow along with a physical copy. It will completely grip you. This without a doubt is my favorite read of the year. I wish I could give it more than 5 stars.
Graphic: Abortion, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Racial slurs, Racism, Addiction, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Incest, Physical abuse, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Rape
kcbas1's review against another edition
4.25
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
jessicastephenson's review against another edition
5.0
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
5.0
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
jessspeake's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Medical content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Rape, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Medical trauma, Racism, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault