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Spare by Prince Harry

227 reviews

jeanettesreadingcorner's review

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death of parent, Bullying, Car accident, Drug abuse, Drug use, Torture, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, War, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Pregnancy

emadisonc's review

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

“Whatever the cause, my memory is my memory, it does what it does, gathers and curates as it sees fit, and there’s just as much truth in what I remember and how I remember it as there is in so-called objective facts. Things like chronology and cause-and-effect are often just fables we tell ourselves about the past. The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, and Miscarriage

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

leneliest's review

emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Car accident, Bullying, Death of parent, War, and Stalking

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Racism, Violence, Drug use, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Racial slurs

cleotheo's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Abandonment, War, Drug use, Torture, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Grief, Classism, Death, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Colonisation

Minor: Racism and Pandemic/Epidemic

abbyscarde's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, War, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Miscarriage, Alcoholism, Drug use, Death of parent, Stalking, Violence, and Addiction

blissofalife's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

It felt simultaneously full of emotion and emotionless, burnout personified. Straightforward, no beating around the bush. It feels wrong to say I enjoyed listening to it, to hearing Prince Harry lay his life out for all to see, but it was well done. I would recommend the audiobook for sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Racism, Miscarriage, Bullying, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Car accident, Racial slurs, Stalking, Death, and War

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Pregnancy

chronicallyplotting's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

The saying “An heir and a spare” is one that haunts Prince Harry. It is one that his father referred to him when he was born and one that has haunted him his entire life. Feeling as though he his existence is to always be a backup in the eyes of his family, a formality.
 
I did not expect to like this book as much as I did. I do not follow the royal family close, I am a person who is very thankful to not live under a monarchy and after reading this I am even more thankful not to live under one. 
It is sad how much Harry and William went through growing up with the death of their mother, and the lack of mental health help provided to them was shameful. Prince Harry spent his life tortured and haunted by the media. 
The only thing about the book that Prince Harry contradicted himself on was he hated people who wrote “tell alls “exposing things. And this book was a “tell all”. 
I hope Harry and Megan find peace away from the monarchy and press like the hope. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Racism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Death, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug use

jamie_rich's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Grief

Moderate: Racism, Car accident, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting

danimcthomas's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Beautifully told and enlightening. I knew nothing about the royal family going in. I found the book very sad overall, but it feels hopeful, too. I’m sure it’s biased in some ways, but Harry seems to be very Frank and honest about his own failings as well as his family’s.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Suicide, Suicide attempt, War, Drug use, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Racism, Alcohol, Bullying, Car accident, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

alicer718's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I felt I had to read this being a monarchist and having seen most of the Harry and Meghan stuff first hand and being absolutely horrified by it. The book was really interesting and informative it has made me see the entire situation in a different light and has really killed what little trust I had in the press and the ‘truths’ they tell 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death of parent, Cursing, Grief, Racial slurs, and Drug use

Moderate: Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Death, Bullying, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage