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jakobmarleymommy's review against another edition
3.75
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and War
loloburns's review against another edition
3.5
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.
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, War, and Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Torture, Vomit, and Kidnapping
amcghig's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Drug use, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Minor: Cursing, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy
alliejm00's review
3.75
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and War
Moderate: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, and Pregnancy
Minor: Animal death and Drug use
cassellwrites's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent
Moderate: Pregnancy
Minor: Miscarriage
kylasmv15's review
4.0
Graphic: Bullying and Death of parent
Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War
Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Car accident
vaguely_pink's review against another edition
2.5
And not too much about the monarchy or whatever. But perhaps too much about the war. And his frostbitten penis.
I suppose I can sympathize with having a hard time editing out bits of your life when composing a memoir, especially when that life has been lived so publicly and with such scrutiny over events that were inaccurately reported. And when you've endured so much trauma. But this book was entirely too long and often felt disjointed. I often tuned out during the middle section of the book where he goes on for eons about how much he loved the war.
Which is a shame because he has some very poignant and important things to say about how we treat those in the public eye. You just have to endure many stories about flying helicopters and camping in Botswana that you might not be interested in and paragraphs of the former Prince of Wales reminding you of all the "great work" he's done.
At the end of the day, if you're at all intrigued by the inner workings of the British monarchy and Harry specifically, Spare is probably worth a read. Just be aware that it definitely needed a more discerning editor.
Graphic: Gun violence, Grief, War, and Classism
Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Racism, Medical content, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Islamophobia, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
theverycraftyvegan's review against another edition
5.0
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.
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, and Colonisation
thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Racism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and War
Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Genocide, Incest, and Colonisation
aloy's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Classism