Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

3 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

sierrabowers's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This was a great read. I highly recommend to anyone that’s a fan, or even if you’re not! Brittany tells her personal story regarding her life and conservatorship. I think her story can help others in similar situations in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Suicide, Medical trauma, and Miscarriage

kshertz's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.0

It’s a tiny book but it’s packed with a lot of things. I do think it was written a little prematurely and Brittany definitely shies away from a lot of things but it does have interesting information and does give you a view into why she’s struggling and another side of fame. Particularly interesting to me was hearing about her children and thinking about what lays ahead in her future.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Gaslighting