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Nainen minussa by Britney Spears

62 reviews

kimberlina82's review against another edition

inspiring sad fast-paced

3.0

I really liked the idea of this book, and have been a big Britney fan since high school. However, this was a tough read for me as it seemed like something someone in middle school wrote. There were some inconsistencies in her stories as well.  All that said, I truly believe it is caused by years of confinement and probably being medicated when she didn’t need it.  I’m so glad she was finally able to get out from under the thumb of her family.  I hope she truly loves how she wants to now, and is happy for the rest of her days. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug abuse, Cursing, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Miscarriage, Pandemic/Epidemic, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Abandonment, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

maldonadobryan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Drug abuse

_ren's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.5

I have read some of the reviews, and understand that people who usually read memoirs have their educated opinions about Britney's memoir feeling like a girl's dairy or just generally unpolished. I, as someone who does not often read memoirs, thought that the writing style had some pros and some cons. The pros being the casual conversation feel of the whole book that made me feel that this was truly Britney speaking to us (some say her social medias are still highly controlled, I personally do not believe that), and the cons being the numerous jumps and time skips that were not warned about or acknowledged while I was reading. The time-skips were quite an annoyance at times because as someone who has kept up with the Free Britney Movement since summer of 2022, I felt that some details we uncovered that were crucial to the movement were not mentioned from Britney's perspective. I would have loved to seen more of Britney's version/feelings toward specific things we had uncovered about her case. In the end, this is definitely her way of saying FU to everyone who had wronged her through books, interviews, and documentaries. I am proud of her for just that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Torture, Abandonment, Cursing, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Eating disorder, Medical content, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, Confinement, Violence, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Drug abuse, Vomit, Sexism, Abortion, Addiction, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy and Fatphobia

Minor: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

aseel_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

Wow, some people are actual garbage and I can't believe the actual brainwashing power the media and paparazzi had to make us all feel negative thoughts about Brittany during the 00s. Absolutely disgusting and I hope only good things for Brittany in the future (and a lot of bad karma for her family and the media people, and her awful exs) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Bullying, Infidelity, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

Minor: Physical abuse

ivi_reads_books's review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.5

Fue interesante leer como Britney fue tratado de manera hororosa en el público e incluso de algunos miembros de su familia y como sobrevivió esta tratamiento.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Drug abuse, Addiction, Abortion, Stalking, Sexism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, and Drug use

ciarag88's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

 “My father shoved aside my bowl of receipts, setting up his things on the bar. “I just want to let you know,” he said, “I call the shots. You sit right there in that chair and I’ll tell you what goes on.”
I looked at him with a growing sense of horror.
“I’m Britney Spears now,” he said.” pg. 182 

Just devastating. The book isnt incredibly well written, but the story speaks for itself. Well worth a read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion and Abandonment

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, and Panic attacks/disorders

littleautisticwitch's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Grief, Slavery, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Trafficking, Dementia, Gaslighting, Bullying, Hate crime, and Medical trauma

natalie75's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Suicide

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Sexism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Grief, Mental illness, Abortion, Body shaming, Addiction, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, Miscarriage, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

mikaylawood's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Toxic relationship, and Abortion

Moderate: Fatphobia and Emotional abuse

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, and Drug abuse