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The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

200 reviews

catherineisa's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Car accident, and Pregnancy

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Pandemic/Epidemic

casperoliver's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

If you enjoyed "I'm Glad My Mom Died", then PLEASE give this one a read!   This book gave a sense of authenticity, openness, and a sense of connection that kept me captivated til the end. I personally relate to Britney's story, and her writing is absolutely phenomenal. The audio book by Michelle Williams is a great way to enjoy the story!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Classism

caprxquemini's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Misogyny, Sexism, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, and Abortion

Minor: Drug use, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

breeinreadingland's review

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Death

veronica214's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

3.25

After reading this book in its entirety, I really feel for Britney. Everything from being sexualized as a child, having an alcoholic father, many emotionally abuse family members, forced institutionalization, and being torn down by the media.

You can tell this is written by someone who still needs a lot of healing and probably has severe PTSD. I'm glad she was able to open up about her experiences. She doesn't go too deep in this book, but maybe in due time she will write more. Either way, she has her life back and she can do whatever the heck she wants. 

I wasn't a huge fan of the first half of this book, but I think I "get it" now. It follows a timeline of her life. It begins with very simple writing, not many strong opinions, and brushes off negative events. But as the story progresses and she gets older, I can tell her identity, thoughts, and mannerisms shift. Britney seems like a fundamentally sweet person, and the things that happened to her were so not fair. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Misogyny, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming and Miscarriage

pikkumarja's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

On vaikeaa antaa arvosanaa toisen elämästä kertovalla kirjalle, mutta yritin silti. Kirja olisi ehkä kaivannut vähän enemmän toimittamista ja ehkä suomennos tuntui hieman naiivilta.

Mun sydän on todella murskana sen takia, mitä Britney on joutunut kärsimään. Tämä on aito, rehellinen ja todella itsekriittinen selostus tapahtumien kulusta.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

toni_elisha's review

emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

I think the audiobook version is the best way to experience this piece. You can tell that Britney is in the healing process while writing her story. Hearing it delivered was much more powerful, especially as I think I would get lost in the writing style.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Abortion, and Pregnancy

ynit_g's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

My favorite parts of the book being Britney before the conservatorship and especially what she thinks of her own music/work

I was surprised how fast the book moved but it wasn't in a bad way at all

I'm also surprised how much I highlighted like there are so many things she said I relate to or thought of myself about the world and human connection etc

Overall a great book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming and Miscarriage

viselik's review

emotional inspiring medium-paced

4.0

This book really made me think about everything related to being a celebrity to the level that Britney is. It brings up some of the lesser spoken about (to my knowledge) parts of it all, like how aggressive paparazzi can be.

I personally didn't know much about her before I read this book, but I vaguely do remember seeing some of the #freeBritney stuff and hearing some things about her. But having now read this book it makes me quite curious about some of her music.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

kelisabeth's review

challenging emotional informative sad slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

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