Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Spare by Prince Harry

101 reviews

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

kshertz's review

adventurous informative sad medium-paced

4.75

Listen, I judged this book so hard but… I loved it. His love for his mom, he doesn’t shy away from tough topics. He’s actually been through a lot. I felt like I will never fully understand his life, but
I get it. Now I know why he made the choices he did. Definitely see both sides in many of the situations though. Which is why it’s not 5 stars. You know it’s super biased 😂 but I still really loved it and will recommend it

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, War, Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Medical content, Mental illness, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

cde10's review

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: War and Miscarriage

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Racial slurs, and Racism

elliew's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

I'm not particularly interested in royalty, but this book surprised me. It was compelling, honest, and well-written. It does an excellent job at humanising the royal family while also being frank about the dysfunction and toxic behaviour. Harry is very self-aware and directs all shame and blame to the press, not to his family. 

The book tells of awful things the family has done to each other, but with awareness of how the members' own experience of dysfunction is the root of the behaviour. I appreciated Harry's candour about life as a royal without downplaying the privilege, it got me to viscerally understand the guided cage analogy. 

I came away feeling for everyone involved, and especially Harry and Meghan. They have been through so much and he deserved to tell his story in his own words. I highly recommend people read this if you are at all interested in the British royals. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Racism, Racial slurs, War, and Suicide

rainbowyeticorn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

I could really identify with the sibling aspects of this book. It really reminded me of the fraught interactions I've had with my own siblings, of my own feelings of wanting that bonded closeness but being rejected over and over again for whatever unknown reasons. I also really appreciated Prince Harry's honesty about his struggles with mental health, his inherent racism and the steps he took to address it, and examining the dehumanization of war. If I had one critique it was the Prince's streetstre aversion to using pharmaceuticals while also experimenting with street drugs. This narrative in no way helps fight the ableist stigma against taking prescribed medications for mental health support. Medications are researched and tested and they can improve and save lives. I just would have appreciated if Prince Harry had acknowledged that somewhere in his narrative, even if that is or isn't what eventually helped him. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, Ableism, Alcohol, Car accident, War, Death of parent, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Misogyny

Minor: Sexual assault, Medical content, and Animal cruelty

peachani's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

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: 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

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: 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

bookswithmybulldog's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Miscarriage

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