Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Spare by Prince Harry

148 reviews

alanabenjamin's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

2.75

I love memoirs but this is low on my list. 

The choices in content and narrative structure are baffling at best. 
However, the last 1/3 is better than the first 2/3. That's its saving grace. 
So many of his family members caught strays - more of a gossipy tell-all than a constructive interrogation of the Royal family. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, War, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Mental illness, Death, and Colonisation

Moderate: Miscarriage, Antisemitism, and Violence

lexa's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective sad

4.75

While there was nothing truly groundbreaking in here, and I felt it was maybe a bit long winded, I did greatly enjoy Prince Harry’s story telling. But really, it just made me dislike the monarchy even more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Bullying

Moderate: Stalking, Racism, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Death, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, Miscarriage, and Car accident

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Animal death, Vomit, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Kidnapping

redheadorganist's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Animal death, Pregnancy, Blood, Car accident, Bullying, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, War, Classism, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Miscarriage

booksandcat's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Torture, Grief, Mental illness, Car accident, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and War

cayleybp's review

emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent

katiejohns's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Racism

Moderate: Miscarriage, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

loloburns's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.5

This book almost broke me. Its not often it takes me 4 months to finish a book, especially one that I'm interested in, however this book was so narratively dense, with so many details and side tangents that I had to keep stopping to digest it.

As a tell all memoir, I didn't immensely enjoy it, instead, reading it with the mind that it was written by a person. Just a person. Its heartbreaking.

I have never cried as much reading a non fiction book as reading this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, War, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Grief, Classism, Drug use, Death of parent, Racism, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Death, Violence, and Car accident

Moderate: Animal death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Alcoholism

Minor: Vomit, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, and Kidnapping

alliejm00's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Gaslighting, Ableism, Grief, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Bullying, Car accident, Emotional abuse, and War

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Minor: Drug use and Animal death

theverycraftyvegan's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective slow-paced

5.0

I am the same age as Prince Harry and always felt a affinity for him. Admittedly, I don’t know much about the royal family, but Harry’s memoir discusses the absurdity of everything the press have ever said about the royal family. This book was also Harry’s chance to tell his side of the story about how his family has treated him and Megan. 

This is a very heavy book and I cried many times listening to his recount of very painful topics: his mother’s death, 9/11, self medicating with drugs and alcohol, going to war, racism against his wife and children, threats against their lives, the loss of an unborn child, the toxicity of his family, the death of the Queen, and the paparazzi who refuse(d) to let them live their lives. 

This was a highly enjoyable and deeply moving memoir, even for an anti-monarchist living in the colonized commonwealth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Racism, Alcohol, Classism, Gun violence, Hate crime, Drug use, Animal death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Mental illness, War, Death, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, Bullying, Car accident, and Cursing

Moderate: Antisemitism, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Blood, Colonisation, Miscarriage, and Kidnapping

lisasilv's review

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

An interesting look into Royal life, although I am sure the truth lies somewhere between what this book says, and with what actually happened. I like that the chapters were short, and that it moved quickly. I listened to the audio book version, and you could hear the emotion from the prince as he read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Car accident, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Suicide attempt, and Colonisation