Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Spare by Prince Harry

153 reviews

ka_ke's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Yep, it’s a memoir. There isn’t much else to say, I probably would have enjoyed it more if had been an academic reflection on the affects of everything instead of one gigantic trauma dump. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, and Abandonment

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Suicidal thoughts

peachmoni's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Islamophobia, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Medical content, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Blood, Colonisation, and Dysphoria

immovabletype's review

adventurous emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Harry proves he's a fallible man full of compassion, intelligence, integrity, character, and love. incredible considering the environment he grew up in. he has nothing but my respect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, and Classism

Moderate: Miscarriage and Racial slurs

Minor: Antisemitism and Colonisation

genevieve_eggleston's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

I found this book to be extremely interesting, even as someone who hasn’t paid much prior attention to the royal family. It provided a lot of insight and was full of emotional moments and funny stories alike. I would highly recommend it for anyone who is looking for an intriguing memoir.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Infertility, Racial slurs, Suicide, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

rondasue27's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

miggyfool's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Classism

alysereadsbooks's review

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Car accident

katharina90's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

2.5

Endless minutiae of military training exercises aside, this was an ok read. I almost said enjoyable but I wouldn't go that far.

The memoir is at its strongest whenever Harry provides glimpses into his emotional/mental state and his attempts at growth and healing. 

Although he doesn't dive deep, you get a good sense of the family dysfunction and Harry's toxic relationship with his father and brother. Even at surface level a lot of it is heartbreaking and I often found it pretty triggering of my own trauma.

As one would expect, there's very little criticism of British colonialism and racism and the monarchy's role in all of it. In fact, Harry decidedly refuses to take a stand and instead goes on and on about his love for Africa in a very white savior-y manner. There's also no critical analysis of the wars he willingly participated in, and no real acknowledgement of the huge amounts of privilege Harry has access to. 

Yes, I get it. He's heavily indoctrinated and has a lot to unpack. 
But also, the train is moving and Harry is late to the station. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Ableism and Cultural appropriation

sydapel's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Grief, and War

Moderate: Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Cultural appropriation

randalynhill's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.0

While the ending made it worth it, due to the length, I don’t think I would have been able to get through it had I not listened to the audiobook. Was a little dry for me in the first 75%. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Mental illness, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol