Reviews tagging 'Death'

Spare by Prince Harry

155 reviews

loloburns's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.5

This book almost broke me. Its not often it takes me 4 months to finish a book, especially one that I'm interested in, however this book was so narratively dense, with so many details and side tangents that I had to keep stopping to digest it.

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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, War, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Grief, Classism, Drug use, Death of parent, Racism, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Death, Violence, and Car accident

Moderate: Animal death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Alcoholism

Minor: Vomit, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, and Kidnapping

alliejm00's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Gaslighting, Ableism, Grief, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Bullying, Car accident, Emotional abuse, and War

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Minor: Drug use and Animal death

katelynnelawson's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

While Harry might tell some “TMI” stories, you can’t help but feel he has to or someone else will. Great insight and deeply emotional. If you’ve had to experience distancing yourself from family you love but have difficulty with, it’s especially poignant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, and Physical abuse

Minor: Death, Drug use, and Alcohol

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

kaiciemesser's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Car accident, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Medical content, Colonisation, Drug use, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review

informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Racism, Animal death, Car accident, Death of parent, Grief, War, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Colonisation, Genocide, and Incest

danireads01's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Death

aloy's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Drug use, Cultural appropriation, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Death, War, Racism, Kidnapping, Colonisation, Classism, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Torture, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Bullying, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Xenophobia, Violence, Pregnancy, Misogyny, and Miscarriage

kshertz's review against another edition

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

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Stalking, Alcohol, Classism, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Death of parent, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and War