Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Spare by Prince Harry

45 reviews

beatriks's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.25

This was a slow starter, and it actually is my first book that I listened to with increased speed (1.2x). 

Overall very painful and yet another celebrity memoir that emphasizes how toxic fame is and how utterly dangerous and harmful the press (ESPECIALLY the British press) can be. 

I really appreciate that positive effect therapy has had on Harry and I wish him and his family all the best. 

I was never particularly interested in Royals or Royal gossip, and this book won't make me. Leave these people alone, especially if they're underaged. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and War

emilycheslock's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Misogyny, Classism, Gaslighting, Drug use, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, War, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Addiction, Abandonment, and Blood

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

rhiannonhoward's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Car accident, Classism, Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and War

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Abandonment, Grief, and Death of parent

emesskay's review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying and Abandonment

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

booklover9820's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

Strangely written and slightly immature, but also interesting to see into such a different life

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Content Warnings

Minor: Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Alcohol, Abandonment, Death of parent, Mental illness, War, and Car accident

jeanettesreadingcorner's review against another edition

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

cleotheo's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Abandonment, War, Drug use, Torture, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Grief, Classism, Death, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Colonisation

Minor: Racism and Pandemic/Epidemic

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