Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

Femeia din mine by Britney Spears

71 reviews

333amreen's review against another edition

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4.0

VERY EXPRESSIVE‼️ Resonated with what she had to say, more or less & intersting insights into her life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Sexism, Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Torture, and Toxic relationship

hannahpings's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

i wish nothing but the world for britney spears. wow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcohol, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Miscarriage and Pandemic/Epidemic

caitlinemccann's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

4.0

Listening to Spears' story in her own words was easy and difficult at the same time. Easy in that the book feels like she's talking to you, telling you everything while you're both curled up on the couch under a blanket. Difficult because it highlights the double standards and abuses she's faced as a celebrity and under her conservatorship. 

Even though Britney Spears only reads the introduction to the audiobook, I think it's worth listening to this over reading it because of the oral history feel of the book. Michelle Williams manages to capture some of the cadences and slight twang Britney has without it feeling like she's trying to directly represent Spears. The first word I think of after reading this book is "heartbreaking." If you grew up with Britney Spears or are generally curious about her story, I would recommend this read even if large chunks of time are glossed over. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Body shaming, Mental illness, Sexism, Toxic friendship, and Pregnancy

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

readsbyhope's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization and Abortion

Moderate: Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicidal thoughts, and Miscarriage

abicaro17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.5

Wow. Damm. Britney has a compelling and heart wrenching story. It's one thing to read about it in the news and its another thing to read and her own family trapping her from her pov. The things she went through sound almost made up they're that insane. Unfortunately this was clearly written by a singer and not an author. It reads like a 13 year olds diary. It has no real structure and lots of stories/chapters have like no value. The story also just ends? Like no moral or overarching conclusion. Just weird. Wish it was ghostwritten almost. Very compelling though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Abortion, Forced institutionalization, Toxic friendship, Confinement, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Classism, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Addiction, Body shaming, Cancer, Medical content, Mental illness, and Death

kbairbooks's review against another edition

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4.25

This is the second celebrity memoir that I’ve read in the span of a year and phew they have been emotionally challenging to read. I have so much empathy and sympathy for Britney and everything she’s been through in her life. I truly hope she can put in the work to heal as much as she can from her traumas, even though she shouldn’t have to. To read about the horrors that she has been through makes my heart ache and I hope that whatever she is doing now brings her nothing but joy and healing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Infidelity, Torture, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Confinement, Grief, Sexual violence, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pregnancy, Child abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

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5.0

This might be one of the most important books that I've ever read. I went into this book expecting to get some celebrity truth-telling, but it's an incredible reflection on what it means to be a woman and a person. To be free to make your own choices. It's harrowing. It hit me so hard, and I'll be buying a copy because it's incredible. The tone of delivering all of these horrible experiences while being so straightforward? I thought I supported Britney before, but god. I care about her so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Medical trauma, Grief, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Pregnancy, Eating disorder, Abortion, Infidelity, and Misogyny

Minor: Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Miscarriage, Addiction, and Pandemic/Epidemic

allieskat17's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

This was a very interesting read. I learned a lot about Britney that I didn’t know but I don’t feel like maybe she hid something and lied through the book (I could be wrong but I feel something more is there)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Sexism, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Mental illness, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Stalking

amaranth_wytch's review against another edition

emotional informative sad fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, and Confinement

Moderate: Bullying and Body shaming

Minor: Grief, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Stalking, Cancer, Car accident, Drug use, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Death, Cursing, Alcoholism, Sexism, Alcohol, and Suicidal thoughts

fireflyhollow's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Minor: Toxic relationship, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Body shaming, Cancer, Addiction, Miscarriage, Confinement, and Child abuse