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The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

20 reviews

_ren's review

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.5

I have read some of the reviews, and understand that people who usually read memoirs have their educated opinions about Britney's memoir feeling like a girl's dairy or just generally unpolished. I, as someone who does not often read memoirs, thought that the writing style had some pros and some cons. The pros being the casual conversation feel of the whole book that made me feel that this was truly Britney speaking to us (some say her social medias are still highly controlled, I personally do not believe that), and the cons being the numerous jumps and time skips that were not warned about or acknowledged while I was reading. The time-skips were quite an annoyance at times because as someone who has kept up with the Free Britney Movement since summer of 2022, I felt that some details we uncovered that were crucial to the movement were not mentioned from Britney's perspective. I would have loved to seen more of Britney's version/feelings toward specific things we had uncovered about her case. In the end, this is definitely her way of saying FU to everyone who had wronged her through books, interviews, and documentaries. I am proud of her for just that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Torture, Abandonment, Cursing, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Eating disorder, Medical content, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, Confinement, Violence, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Drug abuse, Vomit, Sexism, Abortion, Addiction, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy and Fatphobia

Minor: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

euphoricallydreaming's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

teganbeesebooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This poor woman. If you are in any way a Britney Spears fan, and even if you're not, this is important to read. She is literally treated like the protagonist of THE YELLOW WALLPAPER. If we lock her up, we can do whatever we want. Heartbreaking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexism, Abortion, Abandonment, Bullying, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Medical content, Drug use, Miscarriage, Addiction, Infertility, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual content, Alcohol, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

aleilvandrea's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Pregnancy, Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Violence, Self harm, Torture, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Miscarriage, Infertility, Suicide, Infidelity, Blood, and Drug abuse

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Vomit, and Cursing

srgreen's review against another edition

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

reading_diaries's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

The treatment of Britney Spears needs to be studied because of how awful and hypocritical it was. Britney who wasn't deemed able enough to be in charge of her own financials yet she was able to perform on stage. Britney who wasn't able to see her sons after taking a break from the music industry yet her ex-husband who's career was taking off was given full custody. Britney who was deemed "out of control partying" after ensuring she had a caregiver for her sons for the night, was able to go on a world tour THAT SHE DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO GO ON.

This book breaks my heart. It's terrible that she had undergo this horrible and unfair treatment at the hands of her own family. I question the licenses of the lawyers and judge who clearly saw the unfair and horrific treatment and yet did nothing to help. I question the whole American judicial system for allowing this to happen and letting it go on for 13 years. How did her family think this was okay and get away with it? Why was she given such unfair treatment when she did everything that they asked for her while she asked for very little. All she wanted was to see her sons and not have them taken away from her over and over again. Why didn't anyone see that and advocate for her? I question everything I've ever been told through the media about this time in Britney's life and I shame the photographers who violated her privacy over and over again during this time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Addiction, Medical content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Miscarriage, Death, Child abuse, Violence, Pregnancy, and Sexism

allireads00's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Abortion

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, and Violence

labosse's review

hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Wait a second, this is who I was— someone passive and pleasing. A girl. And this is who I am now— someone strong and confident. A woman.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, and Violence

Britney’s story is important. We never know what people are going through. It reminds us to always be kind and the importance of giving people grace, support and freedom to develop a selfhood.

fallandfox's review against another edition

inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

Desde que peguei o Audible no final de 2023, esse foi o primeiro livro que fiquei com vontade de ler mas acabei deixando ele  de lado para terminar uma leitura que eu havia começado antes em edição física.
Eu nunca soube muito sobre a vida pessoal da Britney Spears, somente sobre as músicas dela (principalmente 'piece of me' que eu costumava escutar repetidas vezes enquanto ia na lan house para jogar) e sobre o movimento para libertar ela da tutela do pai.
Foi uma leitura triste e emocionante de poder ver ela entrar em um estado de catarse ao final dela, biografias são um gênero que eu leio muito pouco mas que sempre me emociona por poder entender um pouco dos sentimentos que se passam pela cabeça de outra pessoa e suas experiências.

Eu espero que a minha resenha influencie pelo menos uma pessoa a dar uma chance para a biografia dessa mulher que lutou tanto por sua liberdade e que ainda luta diariamente. Foi uma leitura que valeu muito a pena e que eu me diverti.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Abortion, Violence, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Sexism, and Medical trauma

hazelreads1's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Bullying, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Abortion, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Grief