Take a photo of a barcode or cover
3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
“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."
This book finally provided me some more insight into Britney's horrible conservatorship situation. However, I feel like the writing style was too superficial and not to my liking.
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
As someone who's always liked Britney's music but doesn't really follow celeb culture that much, this was really interesting. I knew about the #FreeBritney movement and remember being horrified when I saw how her father was treating her, but this really helped to make sense of the whole horrible situation.
The way it's written almost feels like a letter from a friend, telling you about their life, and it gave a lot of insight into what it's like to be followed around by paparazzi creeps all the time. Definitely worth a read.
The way it's written almost feels like a letter from a friend, telling you about their life, and it gave a lot of insight into what it's like to be followed around by paparazzi creeps all the time. Definitely worth a read.
3.99*
This book was all over the place. Understandably. I feel that this perfectly represents the mind of someone who has finally found freedom, able to speak their mind and not really knowing where to start & it being a little messy. I think with all of the free Britney, she pushed to get her point across of wanting contempt for the time being. I love her so much and the nostalgia this book brought out made it so interesting to read. One thing I loved was the name call outs, this girl is speaking her truth & everyone gets to know about it. I can’t wait to see what more Britney will do now that she’s free.<3
This book was all over the place. Understandably. I feel that this perfectly represents the mind of someone who has finally found freedom, able to speak their mind and not really knowing where to start & it being a little messy. I think with all of the free Britney, she pushed to get her point across of wanting contempt for the time being. I love her so much and the nostalgia this book brought out made it so interesting to read. One thing I loved was the name call outs, this girl is speaking her truth & everyone gets to know about it. I can’t wait to see what more Britney will do now that she’s free.<3
((2.5 rounded up))
As someone who grew up listening to Britney, watched her rise to super-stardom, saw her "break," and was horrified at the aftermath she endured this book was an obvious read for me. as such, I am vvvvv biased.
The story and the real quality of the writing is powerful in it's own right. It is not perfectly written, and it is not a comprehensive narrative. I imagine (and hope) that the mere act of writing this was therapeutic for the author to make sense of the horrific things she had to endure and the strength that she gained.
Still, at times it felt unpolished. Childish, almost. I don't think this is a lack of editing, but rather a choice to produce a "raw" memoir. Unfortunately, the impact seems to be lessened by the unsophisticated nature of the writing as a whole. Perhaps, that's the point. This book isn't even really for the audience. Overall, as a memoir, it didn't give me anything I didn't already know.
As someone who grew up listening to Britney, watched her rise to super-stardom, saw her "break," and was horrified at the aftermath she endured this book was an obvious read for me. as such, I am vvvvv biased.
The story and the real quality of the writing is powerful in it's own right. It is not perfectly written, and it is not a comprehensive narrative. I imagine (and hope) that the mere act of writing this was therapeutic for the author to make sense of the horrific things she had to endure and the strength that she gained.
Still, at times it felt unpolished. Childish, almost. I don't think this is a lack of editing, but rather a choice to produce a "raw" memoir. Unfortunately, the impact seems to be lessened by the unsophisticated nature of the writing as a whole. Perhaps, that's the point. This book isn't even really for the audience. Overall, as a memoir, it didn't give me anything I didn't already know.
reflective
medium-paced
Not sure how to describe this, I want to say ‘lovely read’ but given the content of the book, that doesn’t feel right.
I have a lot of respect for Britney. I’d obviously heard about the free Britney movement, but hearing the details about what happened, I can only imagine how scary it was. She wasn’t a crazy, wild, deranged woman like she was made out to be. She was sad, stressed and going through a rough time. She needed people to show her compassion and advocate for her, not take advantage of her when she’s vulnerable. Being a new mother is hard, scary, and when you’re at your most vulnerable. You need love and support to be able to look after your children, and for her own children to be weaponised against her is awful.
I also wasn’t aware about the details of her childhood and generational trauma, her breakup with Justin, and how her ex husband treated her. It’s clear that’s she hasn’t had a consistent group of people to support her throughout her life, and she was mistreated by the ones who were suppose to be supporting her. And yet
she still has so much compassion.
What I admire most about her is her grace and kindness. She’s been deeply hurt by a lot of people, especially her family, and yet she still shows grace to them all. After what she’s been through she has every right to be angry for the rest of her life, and yet she still has a lot of love in her heart and hope for the present and future. It’s a specific, and very admirable, type of strength to not let anger and despair consume you, and to still see the world in a positive and hopeful light when you’ve been through something traumatic.
She now currently seems to be focusing and taking time for herself. I hope she continues to find peace and closure in what she’s been through, and have a happy life with her boys. Hopefully some of her family members will understand the damage they caused, apologise to Britney, and try to make amends with her (if that is what she wants).
I have a lot of respect for Britney. I’d obviously heard about the free Britney movement, but hearing the details about what happened, I can only imagine how scary it was. She wasn’t a crazy, wild, deranged woman like she was made out to be. She was sad, stressed and going through a rough time. She needed people to show her compassion and advocate for her, not take advantage of her when she’s vulnerable. Being a new mother is hard, scary, and when you’re at your most vulnerable. You need love and support to be able to look after your children, and for her own children to be weaponised against her is awful.
I also wasn’t aware about the details of her childhood and generational trauma, her breakup with Justin, and how her ex husband treated her. It’s clear that’s she hasn’t had a consistent group of people to support her throughout her life, and she was mistreated by the ones who were suppose to be supporting her. And yet
she still has so much compassion.
What I admire most about her is her grace and kindness. She’s been deeply hurt by a lot of people, especially her family, and yet she still shows grace to them all. After what she’s been through she has every right to be angry for the rest of her life, and yet she still has a lot of love in her heart and hope for the present and future. It’s a specific, and very admirable, type of strength to not let anger and despair consume you, and to still see the world in a positive and hopeful light when you’ve been through something traumatic.
She now currently seems to be focusing and taking time for herself. I hope she continues to find peace and closure in what she’s been through, and have a happy life with her boys. Hopefully some of her family members will understand the damage they caused, apologise to Britney, and try to make amends with her (if that is what she wants).
dark
emotional
inspiring
fast-paced
I'm not a diehard fan of Britney's music, but I often listen to her hit songs, so I reserved this from the library when it was released after following her story in the news over the years. Spears' delivery is rather child-like in places, but the book is interesting. There are two sides to every story, of course, but the way her family, and especially her father, used a conservatorship to control everything she did for 13 years, whilst living off the money she earned, is just horrific and I'm glad she finally had it overthrown. I hope she has now found happiness in her life.
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
sad
medium-paced