Reviews tagging 'Death'

Spare by Prince Harry

154 reviews

ashstrausser's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, and War

achavez's review

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Mental illness

danparrock's review

challenging

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death of parent, Death, Miscarriage, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

miagic_tome's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Death

ash_bees's review

informative slow-paced

3.0

Living life under a microscope has it's consequences.  A young prince loses his mother at a tender age and is haunted--literally and figuratively--by the cause of her death.

Other reviewers commented that this reads as if written by multiple authors, I'd suggest at least three.  The writing could have benefitted from a really heavy editor, and would have been more effective if it was cut down to half or a third.  But that seems to be par for the course for books I've read from people with celebrity status.

The takeaways from this are two-fold:  (1) the importance of speaking up to right wrongs, especially when you're an ally and not the target; and (2) knowing that speaking up may not change the offender's future actions but can gain you more allies or let other similarly situated people know they're not alone.

Lots of trigger warnings for this book.  I wouldn't necessarily say it's spilling the tea, but it does cover lots of death, feelings of abandonment and betrayal, and stalking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Car accident, Classism, Racial slurs, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Miscarriage

staceyinthesticks's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Car accident, Cursing, Drug use, Pregnancy, Death, Racism, War, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

bek_p87's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

Heartbreaking, raw, honest. Think what you want about the British Royal Family, but you can't deny that losing your mother at 12, growing up hounded by press, and having to get every aspect of your life approved by faceless courtiers would destroy many of us. I've aways been glad Harry and Meghan were able to escape his gilded cage and are trying to establish some sort of normal life for themselves and their children, but after reading this I am even gladder.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

mollie1h's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Racism, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Animal death, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death

kimveach's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I rarely read memoirs, so I don't know how to critique them.  Instead, I'll share a few thoughts.  I listened to this, which is the best approach to this work.  It would be best if you listened (at regular speed) to Harry speaking to understand how sincerely he feels about his story.  It's hard to know if all the conflicts in his life, especially with his father and brother, happened as he tells it.  Do two people ever tell the same story about a situation?  

This is a story of a boy without a stable home life whose mother dies tragically.  That trauma carries into war zones and his search for a relationship that can withstand the scrutiny of the press.  With the help of therapy, he's able to move forward.

Some of the best parts for me were learning about life in the palace, at Eton, and in the army.  It was also fascinating to learn how Prince Charles divided royal duties and access to money between the brothers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Sexual content, Torture, Drug use, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, War, Classism, Grief, Pregnancy, Car accident, and Cursing

sydneynorman's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Murder, Self harm, Car accident, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Racism, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Gun violence, and Hate crime