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The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

50 reviews

srgreen's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Abandonment, Bullying, Body shaming, and Alcohol

Moderate: Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: Infidelity, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Death of parent

hanhantap's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Confinement, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Child abuse, Stalking, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexism, Abandonment, Abortion, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Miscarriage, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Adult/minor relationship

333amreen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

VERY EXPRESSIVE‼️ Resonated with what she had to say, more or less & intersting insights into her life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Sexism, Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Torture, and Toxic relationship

caitlinemccann's review

challenging emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

4.0

Listening to Spears' story in her own words was easy and difficult at the same time. Easy in that the book feels like she's talking to you, telling you everything while you're both curled up on the couch under a blanket. Difficult because it highlights the double standards and abuses she's faced as a celebrity and under her conservatorship. 

Even though Britney Spears only reads the introduction to the audiobook, I think it's worth listening to this over reading it because of the oral history feel of the book. Michelle Williams manages to capture some of the cadences and slight twang Britney has without it feeling like she's trying to directly represent Spears. The first word I think of after reading this book is "heartbreaking." If you grew up with Britney Spears or are generally curious about her story, I would recommend this read even if large chunks of time are glossed over. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Body shaming, Mental illness, Sexism, Toxic friendship, and Pregnancy

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

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

amycourts's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.75

Britney has always deserved better treatment than what she got, but hearing her full story from her own perspective, and in details previously unknown, built a whole new level of rage in me against the exploitative and hateful powers around her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Stalking, Confinement, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Slavery, Medical trauma, Abortion, Bullying, Alcoholism, and Forced institutionalization

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

kbairbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

This is the second celebrity memoir that I’ve read in the span of a year and phew they have been emotionally challenging to read. I have so much empathy and sympathy for Britney and everything she’s been through in her life. I truly hope she can put in the work to heal as much as she can from her traumas, even though she shouldn’t have to. To read about the horrors that she has been through makes my heart ache and I hope that whatever she is doing now brings her nothing but joy and healing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Infidelity, Torture, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Confinement, Grief, Sexual violence, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pregnancy, Child abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: 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