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siankrb's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Violence, and War
Moderate: Antisemitism, Gore, Abortion, Animal death, Cultural appropriation, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Medical content
Minor: Racism, Addiction, Confinement, Alcohol, Classism, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Infidelity, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, and Racial slurs
doubl_r's review
4.0
If you are in the mood for a few frills, introspection and hindsight walk down memory lane Prince Harry has given us that. Examining his life through the lens of his grief after losing his mother and coming of age while answering the true millennial question, 'what am I doing? More importantly, why?' Spare takes us through the last 25 years of recent Royal family history and gives us an inside out view of what really happened. Harry doesn't sensationalize, but he DOES give an open and thought provoking view in this memoir.
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Animal death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Gore, and Animal cruelty
norwegianforestreader's review
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Stalking, Alcohol, Classism, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Death of parent, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and War
immovabletype's review
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Racism, War, Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, Car accident, Classism, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Violence, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Racial slurs and Miscarriage
Minor: Antisemitism and Colonisation
genevieve_eggleston's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Gore, Alcoholism, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Alcohol, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, War, Mental illness, Addiction, Animal death, Death, Blood, and Cursing
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Infidelity, Bullying, Classism, Gun violence, and Sexism
Minor: Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Homophobia, Infertility, Racial slurs, and Religious bigotry
bookcheshirecat's review
3.0
➽ I don't follow the royal family at all, but I was intrigued by Prince Harry's memoir! It was interesting to learn more about his childhood, the grief over losing his mother and the role the media has played his entire life. These parts appealed the most to me, as the vicious nature of the paparazzi and the twisting of the truth by the media sound horrifying. I can't imagine being treated like an object for media attention instead of a person. Harry talks a lot about the practices of the magazines that have also turned against him and his wife, viciously ripping them apart for not fitting into the mould.
➽ In the end, the memoir wasn't anything too impactful. The writing was basic and though I appreciated that Harry narrated his own memoir, his narration style was pretty flat. I also wasn't a big fan of the big focus on Harry's military service. In general, I'm not interested in military propaganda, so seeing Harry talk about his pride about killing others didn't feel right - especially with the Islamophobic undertones!
Graphic: Grief, Racism, War, Death, Sexism, Stalking, and Violence
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Gore, Islamophobia, and Torture
jessiereads98's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Death, War, Mental illness, Misogyny, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Torture, Grief, Sexism, Animal death, Violence, Stalking, Gore, and Racism
Moderate: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Car accident, Classism, Colonisation, Drug use, Gun violence, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Incest, Infidelity, Slavery, Bullying, Cultural appropriation, and Pedophilia