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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
★★★ Quite enjoyable, worth the time!
I wouldn't say that I'm a Britney Spears fan, but I picked this up because it has been getting a lot of great reviews from unexpected sources, so I wanted to see what all the fuss was about.
This exceeded my expectations! She's incredibly likeable (and funny) and it was really interesting to get her side of the story because I think the press paints this image of a girl-woman who is a complete f*cked up mess. As famous as she was, she really didn't have anyone to advocate for her and to get her manipulative and toxic family members out of her life and that's why it took her over a decade to get out of that slimy conservatorship.
Definitely do the audiobook.
Favorite quote: "Do not fuck with a woman who prays."
I wouldn't say that I'm a Britney Spears fan, but I picked this up because it has been getting a lot of great reviews from unexpected sources, so I wanted to see what all the fuss was about.
This exceeded my expectations! She's incredibly likeable (and funny) and it was really interesting to get her side of the story because I think the press paints this image of a girl-woman who is a complete f*cked up mess. As famous as she was, she really didn't have anyone to advocate for her and to get her manipulative and toxic family members out of her life and that's why it took her over a decade to get out of that slimy conservatorship.
Definitely do the audiobook.
Favorite quote: "Do not fuck with a woman who prays."
a very heart breaking memoir. rating is only lower based on the ghostwriter
Britney Spears is a pop icon. Her CD was the first one I ever purchased, and I spend many hours singing her songs, entire albums front to back. She was a music and fashion role model in my most formative years, but her life and career has been a series of extreme ups and downs.
This memoir allows us to see what really happened behind the scenes, when the media talked about her crazy antics and then her disappearance from the public eye for many years. Britney's natural ability to sing, dance, and perform made her a star instantly. But the combination of her mental struggles, personal relationship issues, and the abuse she suffered from her parents did not allow her to maintain her career trajectory. She often sounds much younger than she is, probably due largely to the fact that she was treated like a child and her maturity was stunted by the mistreatment she endured. The abhorrent way Britney was treated and used by the people who were supposed to love her the most was so sad to read about. She was virtually imprisoned for 13 years, making money for terrible people who controlled her every move. If she had better people in her life, who knows what would have happened?
Her writing style is much more conversational than literary, which is to be expected for celebrity memoirs. But most importantly, the words sound like her voice, and her story is one that desperately needs to be told, after being silenced for so long. She is an amazing artist and mother, and she deserves all the happiness.
This memoir allows us to see what really happened behind the scenes, when the media talked about her crazy antics and then her disappearance from the public eye for many years. Britney's natural ability to sing, dance, and perform made her a star instantly. But the combination of her mental struggles, personal relationship issues, and the abuse she suffered from her parents did not allow her to maintain her career trajectory. She often sounds much younger than she is, probably due largely to the fact that she was treated like a child and her maturity was stunted by the mistreatment she endured. The abhorrent way Britney was treated and used by the people who were supposed to love her the most was so sad to read about. She was virtually imprisoned for 13 years, making money for terrible people who controlled her every move. If she had better people in her life, who knows what would have happened?
Her writing style is much more conversational than literary, which is to be expected for celebrity memoirs. But most importantly, the words sound like her voice, and her story is one that desperately needs to be told, after being silenced for so long. She is an amazing artist and mother, and she deserves all the happiness.
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
I enjoyed this book. Especially liked that it was read by Brittney.
I feel so bad for Britney and everything she went through. Thank goodness she got out from under her family. It was like she was locked up for years.
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
This felt like i was reading a little girls diary. Felt like it was britney herself that wrote it and there was no reviews. I wish she sit with her words a little but what a story ot was and her real life. The abuse she suffered no one deserved it . And her dad should be in jail for all the infantilization he did
reflective
fast-paced
I listened to the audio book narrated by Michelle Williams. The writing was very good, the narrating even better. The story is about modern slavery, mental health and it breaks your heart. I think the best celeb memoir I have ever read.