Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Femeia din mine by Britney Spears

66 reviews

jaz_gets_literary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

I started this at the gym this morning and just finished it a few hours later. I could stop listening. I am feeling so many emotions. Mostly anger. So many people failed her. Her father took her total body autonomy away from her and everyone around her just went along with it. There were lots of horrible things that happened to her before that but that one was the worst to me. I don’t understand how no one saw that it wasn’t right and agreed to it. I’m going to have to sit with this one for a while but I truly hope that she finds peace and happiness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Abortion, Alcoholism, Body shaming, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Child death, Miscarriage, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

crystalleighwrites's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

2.75

Gonna split this up between the narrative and the craft. 

Craft: it’s what we’ve come to expect from ghost-written celeb bios. Simplistic writing, a good job done of making the voice sound like the celeb’s, but not well written by any stretch. 

Narrative: holy crap is this a bummer. It’s really tough to read (or hear in the audiobook) what Britney went through not only during the conservatorship but during her youth. This woman needed so much help at every turn and got nothing but neglect and exploitation. 

It is a tough read and if I hadn’t had Michelle Williams’ soothing voice as my guide, I wouldn’t have made it to the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Infidelity, Misogyny, Suicide, Abortion, and Miscarriage

katndrsn's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

Moderate: Abortion, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Drug abuse, and Car accident

Minor: Suicide

bookgurlie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Suicide

jessiejonesbentley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Alcoholism, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexism, Abandonment, Abortion, Bullying, Death, Suicide, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Cursing, Stalking, Alcohol, Child abuse, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Toxic relationship

cde10's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Emotional abuse

Minor: Eating disorder and Suicide

hazelgirl21's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Body shaming

Minor: Miscarriage, Gun violence, and Suicide

mynameisrebecca's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

kelseyr713's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This is an intense read in terms of content. Britney was failed at every turn by almost everyone in her life. It frequently made me angry while reading. It's a testament to her character that she's still attempting to find compassion for her parents, sister, and the other people in her life who committed terrible acts against her. I hope the writing of this was cathartic for her and that she cultivates a peaceful life from now on.

The writing style isn't flashy, but feels like a conversation, which I think is what this memoir needed. There are sections that are powerful in their starkness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexism, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Confinement, Abortion, Body shaming, Forced institutionalization, Miscarriage, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Dysphoria, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic and Suicide

cait_reads_and_drinks's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abortion and Gaslighting

Minor: Miscarriage and Suicide