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Spare by Prince Harry

100 reviews

qp_reads's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Abandonment, Stalking, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Cursing, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, War, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Grief, and Miscarriage

abi_lowe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Racism, Bullying, and Car accident

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Stalking, Drug use, War, Violence, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Medical content

jewelleryjen's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

3.25

I don't have much of an interest in the Royal family and I would never have picked up this book if it hadn't been for a review on YouTube by Leena Norms. I saw headlines about Megan and Harry leaving the family and was interested in their side of it. 
This book was very interesting, it smacks of privilege (having a bad time?!- fly to Botswana and escape) but of course it does, the guy was a Prince and doesn't know anything else. There are parts where I can see he's trying to say he's normal, but it made me cringe as it seemed very inauthentic (I shop in TK maxx and dry my laundry on the radiators round my flat). If you can give him the benefit of the doubt on those things this book is hugely telling. It's mostly about death, the press and his search for belonging. The entire family are utterly dysfunctional and he doesn't shy away from talking about it. They are expected to do what they're told, or what is tradition, and never show emotions, not even to each other. 
This is an enjoyable book to read, the chapters are short and easy.
I missed out on some of it as I didn't know who he was talking about when referencing cousins etc and there were stories from papers that I'd never read or heard of, but it didn't stop me enjoying it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, War, Racism, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

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

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

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

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

notanniewarren's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

Oh bloody HELL. Look, except for occasionally getting tearful when I think about how much Princess Diana would have made an amazing Drag Race judge, I'm not really interested in Price Harry or any of the monarchy. HOWEVER. For better or for worse, I am a citizen of the UK and therefore the monarchy does affect me and so while I don't have an opinion on Prince Harry as a person, I think it probably does serve me to be informed about the royal family, at least in a broad sense. There were a lot of things in here that I didn't need to know but in general it was actually better than I thought it would be. I have so many thoughts about this book, too many to write down here - there were bits that amused me and moved me, bits that bored me, shocked me, and bits I rolled my eyes at - but mostly it made me sure that being born into the monarchy is a human rights violation. Haz went further than I thought he would with his condemnations, but not as far as I would have liked.

PS. Absolutely hilarious that he wanted to start his book with a quote and admits in the introduction that he found it on brainyquote.com

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, War, Racism, and Racial slurs

siankrb's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

An honest, funny and moving account of Prince Harry’s life and the challenges that come with being the spare. I thought the book particularly picked up in the third section, talking about Meghan and recent events. Took me a while to get through but I ended up being very moved. Appreciated having an insight into a life completely different from my own. 

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Content Warnings

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