Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

84 reviews

amandaacat's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

2.5

Britney’s story is so sad and the amount of trauma she was dealt at such young age is awful. That sad, this memoir left me wanting more and it was written in a way where it felt pieces were left out on purpose. Someone else mentioned this books feels like a teenagers journal, and they aren’t wrong at all.  I was hoping she would go deeper with her story. She doesn’t touch upon too much after the conservatory is disbanded, which I was hoping she would. I’m a huge fan of her, and kudos on surviving everything she endured, but this book was not a great reflection of her amazingness. I also had to listen to this audio book on 1.3x speed to tolerate the narrator. I was disappointed she didn’t read her own book, but I understand why she couldn’t.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Death, Miscarriage, Abortion, Body shaming, Gaslighting, and Suicidal thoughts

hannahpings's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

i wish nothing but the world for britney spears. wow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcohol, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Miscarriage and Pandemic/Epidemic

nialiversuch's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Grief, Abortion, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

Minor: Death, Child abuse, Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug use, Miscarriage, and Infidelity

sydneynorman's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Sexism, Abortion, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, Misogyny, and Confinement

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, and Drug use

linnylionheart's review against another edition

reflective sad fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Addiction, Abortion, Chronic illness, Sexism, Suicide, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Body shaming, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Cursing, and Blood

Moderate: Rape and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Dementia, Cancer, Child death, Eating disorder, and Domestic abuse

underage drinking ; underage smoking ; underage driving (at 13)

edietz22's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Abortion, Grief, Sexual harassment, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cursing, Addiction, Death, Drug use, Grief, Child abuse, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Infertility, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Abandonment, and Infidelity

macykey's review against another edition

challenging reflective fast-paced

3.5

The writing sounds very much like how Britney would speak, which I think is a testament to either how good her ghost writer was, how much she actually wrote herself, or perhaps a bit of both. It didn’t get too deep into anything, but then again, I don’t know if it should’ve. The point of the book was to tell things from her perspective, not psychoanalyze her time in the conservatorship. The book didn’t  come out that long after it ended, so she may not have been ready to get too deep into it. She said what she wanted to say and that’s that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death

Minor: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

abicaro17's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.5

Wow. Damm. Britney has a compelling and heart wrenching story. It's one thing to read about it in the news and its another thing to read and her own family trapping her from her pov. The things she went through sound almost made up they're that insane. Unfortunately this was clearly written by a singer and not an author. It reads like a 13 year olds diary. It has no real structure and lots of stories/chapters have like no value. The story also just ends? Like no moral or overarching conclusion. Just weird. Wish it was ghostwritten almost. Very compelling though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Abortion, Forced institutionalization, Toxic friendship, Confinement, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Classism, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Addiction, Body shaming, Cancer, Medical content, Mental illness, and Death

greatexpectations77's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This might be one of the most important books that I've ever read. I went into this book expecting to get some celebrity truth-telling, but it's an incredible reflection on what it means to be a woman and a person. To be free to make your own choices. It's harrowing. It hit me so hard, and I'll be buying a copy because it's incredible. The tone of delivering all of these horrible experiences while being so straightforward? I thought I supported Britney before, but god. I care about her so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Medical trauma, Grief, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Pregnancy, Eating disorder, Abortion, Infidelity, and Misogyny

Minor: Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Miscarriage, Addiction, and Pandemic/Epidemic

hannahkirkby's review against another edition

dark emotional informative fast-paced

3.5

While I had hoped for more depth to this book, I am extremely happy that Britney is finally able to share her story. She deserves a wonderful life with her kids and trusted friends.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Abortion and Medical trauma

Minor: Death, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Infidelity, Drug use, Grief, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Misogyny, and Stalking