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Femeia din mine by Britney Spears

136 reviews

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

This five star rating is a huge surprise to me. I didn’t know anything much about her aside from the tabloid headlines (never listened to her music). Really glad u read this book. She’s overcome a lot. I probably would’ve crumbled. Made me proud of her and also inspired me to be clearer about my priorities and boundaries. I hope the world will leave her alone and let her be, and I hope her parents, sister, and Kevin all experience very painful and elongated suffering.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Dementia, Grief, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Abortion, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Suicide, Torture, Body shaming, Sexism, Slavery, Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, and Bullying

mermaidread's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Confinement, Abortion, Abandonment, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, and Miscarriage

amandinesophie's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Unexpectedly, a very powerful read.
I very rarely read celebrity memoirs but I've always had a certain affection for Britney Spears. This was really hard to read at times but also felt empowering because I deeply resonated with some of her unfortunate experiences. For the first time, maybe ever, I truly felt like I was not the only woman in pain and terribly traumatized who had to learn how to survive and build herself a place in this world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Bullying, Medical content, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Sexism, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, and Panic attacks/disorders

natalie75's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Suicide

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Sexism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Grief, Mental illness, Abortion, Body shaming, Addiction, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, Miscarriage, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

pebbletea's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.25

Very insightful look into Britney’s life. I grew up with her music but never knew the real “tea” of her situation. Very well written in the sense you can visualize the moments she’s talking about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Addiction, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, and Grief

teganbeesebooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This poor woman. If you are in any way a Britney Spears fan, and even if you're not, this is important to read. She is literally treated like the protagonist of THE YELLOW WALLPAPER. If we lock her up, we can do whatever we want. Heartbreaking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexism, Abortion, Abandonment, Bullying, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Medical content, Drug use, Miscarriage, Addiction, Infertility, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual content, Alcohol, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

sierrabowers's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This was a great read. I highly recommend to anyone that’s a fan, or even if you’re not! Brittany tells her personal story regarding her life and conservatorship. I think her story can help others in similar situations in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Suicide, Medical trauma, and Miscarriage

mikaylawood's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Toxic relationship, and Abortion

Moderate: Fatphobia and Emotional abuse

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, and Drug abuse

zydecovivo's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Brittney Spears’s The Woman in Me is her chance to tell her story. As a very young fan when her star was rising, I didn't understand what she was going through in the early 2000s or what her conservatorship meant. Listening to her story, in her own words, brings a perspective to both her experiences and women's treatment within the music industry that we've all been missing for a long time. It is not a perfect book. Some memories don’t seem fully relevant to her reflections and some especially emotional situations seem to literally be indescribable by the author. I think there are also some instances glanced over that may reveal more trauma than the author wants to focus on in this text. But I can tell Spears wrote from the heart and her ability to discuss the horrors she was subjected to should be commended. This is a must-read for anyone thinking of entering the entertainment industry and will probably be a gateway used to move the industry forward to avoid such blatant abuse again in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Pregnancy, Grief, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Panic attacks/disorders