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Femeia din mine by Britney Spears

161 reviews

sweetmusic22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

GOOD FOR HER!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Grief, Misogyny, Abortion, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Torture, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, and Pregnancy

If you're not in the right head space, don't read this!

aseel_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

Wow, some people are actual garbage and I can't believe the actual brainwashing power the media and paparazzi had to make us all feel negative thoughts about Brittany during the 00s. Absolutely disgusting and I hope only good things for Brittany in the future (and a lot of bad karma for her family and the media people, and her awful exs) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Bullying, Infidelity, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

Minor: Physical abuse

ivi_reads_books's review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.5

Fue interesante leer como Britney fue tratado de manera hororosa en el público e incluso de algunos miembros de su familia y como sobrevivió esta tratamiento.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Drug abuse, Addiction, Abortion, Stalking, Sexism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, and Drug use

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

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

ciarag88's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

 “My father shoved aside my bowl of receipts, setting up his things on the bar. “I just want to let you know,” he said, “I call the shots. You sit right there in that chair and I’ll tell you what goes on.”
I looked at him with a growing sense of horror.
“I’m Britney Spears now,” he said.” pg. 182 

Just devastating. The book isnt incredibly well written, but the story speaks for itself. Well worth a read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion and Abandonment

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, and Panic attacks/disorders

pancakethefinch's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Mental illness, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Body shaming, Bullying, and Gaslighting

chrisljm's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad fast-paced

4.0

Reading the experiences that Britney Spears went through left me with so much anger, sadness, and frustration for her. It is disgusting how the institutions we have in place, that are supposed to help and keep us safe, are constantly and consistently failing us. There are many heartless people in this world who should die, but death is a kind mercy they do not deserve. 

There are many complaints on the writing in this memoir, which is just focusing on the wrong thing imo, but the narrative tone of voice just sounded very young to me. I found this to be very fitting given the trauma she experienced, specifically in the sense of how trauma effects you neurologically, and it helps you understand just how young she was going through all this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Death, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Cannibalism, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Sexual content

letsgolesbians's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

a very important read. it’s harrowing what britney spears has been through at the hands of her family, the paparazzi, and us. i think britney’s story is incredibly important. 

some small criticisms:
- you can talk about losing bodily autonomy without being fatphobic 
- you can talk about being institutionalized without disrespecting addicts 
- hawaii is not your playground, i don’t care what you’ve been through 
- the lack of intersectionality felt
painful to me at times; absolutely yes, women have suffered at the hands of men, but we cannot
pretend Black men have been treated the same as white men in this country, nor that britney does
have some power as a white woman

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Misogyny, Mental illness, Abortion, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Miscarriage, Infidelity, and Forced institutionalization

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