Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Femeia din mine by Britney Spears

209 reviews

noshinbean's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, and Medical trauma

Minor: Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Mental illness, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Gaslighting, and Miscarriage

carissa_93's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Blood, Drug use, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Medical content

kataylorgang's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

4.0

For Britney to even be somewhat sane today after all she's been through is crazy. 
Michelle Williams' narration is excellent. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Forced institutionalization, Toxic relationship, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Drug use, Body shaming, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

amycourts's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.75

Britney has always deserved better treatment than what she got, but hearing her full story from her own perspective, and in details previously unknown, built a whole new level of rage in me against the exploitative and hateful powers around her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Stalking, Confinement, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Slavery, Medical trauma, Abortion, Bullying, Alcoholism, and Forced institutionalization

bookswithbethx's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Self harm, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Emotional abuse, and Sexism

Minor: Miscarriage

aliulmen's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, and Sexism

labosse's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Wait a second, this is who I was— someone passive and pleasing. A girl. And this is who I am now— someone strong and confident. A woman.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, and Violence

Britney’s story is important. We never know what people are going through. It reminds us to always be kind and the importance of giving people grace, support and freedom to develop a selfhood.

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

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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