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The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

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haleymaple's review against another edition

5.0

While this wasn’t incredible literature, it was raw. I felt the feelings being described, cried, and found it relatable in so many ways. This was not a gossipy tell all celebrity book. This is a statement where someone wants to tell their story on their terms and I think hopes to move on. If she wants to stay at home and dance on Instagram because it makes her small, then I’m all for it. She’s clearly a talented entertainer and dancer - I also enjoyed the brief spots where she talked about how alive and powerful she feels dancing.

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chloelj27's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

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emzjams's review

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emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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theinstabookworm's review against another edition

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What's clear from this book is that everyone failed Britney. Everyone who was supposed to love and care about her manipulated her, took advantage of her, and controlled her, all for their own gain. The paparazzi were cruel and treated her like she was a show animal. The cycle of abuse that started with her paternal grandfather to her father and ended with her father treating her horrendously was hard to read about.

Britney definitely spills the tea in this memoir, but the tone in which she tells her story is not vindictive or angry. It's very tasteful. One thing that comes through very clearly is that she loves her children more than anything. I appreciated how insightful and raw Britney was when telling her story, as it paints a clear picture of what she went through for years for those of us who were out of the loop. One thing I will say is that I wasn't a fan of the writing in the first half of the book, as it felt quite juvenile, but I found the second half to be much better.

P.S. Fuck Justin, Jamie Lynn, K-Fed, and her dad.

Favourite quote: "You have to speak the thing that you're feeling, even if it scares you. You have to tell your story. You have to raise your voice."

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aharper's review

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emotional fast-paced

5.0

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danyae's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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meganpbell's review

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4.25

Britney Spears’ memoir is entertaining, shocking, and stomach-turning—and above all it made me think of how women have been controlled over the centuries in the same ways: infantilized while sexually commodified, pain belittled, reproductive choices limited, separated from her children, institutionalized, involuntarily medicated, labor exploited. Britney says something about maybe having some kind of feminist awakening—I really wish this would be.

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