Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Femeia din mine by Britney Spears

173 reviews

kelisabeth's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

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

brittanylee0302's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

This book was amazing. It was well written, organized & it seemed Britney poured her soul into it. It's so sad what she went through & I hope she used this book as a way to help heal herself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

chickelope's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Abortion

Minor: Pregnancy

caitlin_davis22's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

ksmith_23's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cursing, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Alcohol

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

marysunburn's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

4.75

A harrowing, painful, yet sweet and chipper dive into the mind of one of this generation's great pop queens. The story we needed to have told all these years of controversy and gossip, an inside glance at her career and adventures – and yes, Blackout IS her greatest album, I'm glad I agree with the author – which determines a definite skip forward in the cultural moment and the way we look at celebrities. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

The book is a first-person account of Britney Spears' real-life journey through her conservatorship, which granted her father complete and total control on everything she did: what she ate, what she wore, how she did her job and how, or if, she was allowed to see her family. The singer is institutionalized and forced to take prescription drugs.

aromarunwayexpress's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming and Domestic abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug use, Miscarriage, Abortion, and Death of parent

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

Moderate: Fatphobia and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

ceedy's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Miscarriage, and Sexism