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Again, it’s weird to rate a book on someone’s own personal experience. However, this book is a journey. I know a lot of people are probably upset at him for writing this book, but he makes a really good point in saying that he is just doing what people have been doing inside the monarchy for years, except instead citing a “source” he’s putting his name on it. I think he’s just turning the table and outing everyone who has mistreated him and his wife and his family and I applaud him.
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I started this book thinking it might change the perception of Harry and Meghan as wanting their cake and eating it too- wanting to have privacy but also wanting to work in media writing a book and making shows, thought seeing the other side of the story might change my perspective but it's only reinforced what I thought. Harry has taken no responsibility and makes excuses and blames everyone else; saying he didn't know a Hitler uniform was offensive and inappropriate for instance and saying that Meghan never said a bad word about anyone ever, which is hard to believe especially when in key moments he vividly describes the sights, sounds and smells in vivid detail but can't remember the conversation. To me it very much reads as someone telling you what he wants you to believe and though I dont think it is all false or that the monarchy is blameless I also dont think he us an innocent victim. It was a boring, slow read.
I was so incredibly bored with this book. I don’t recommended especially if you’ve watched the Oprah interview or the Netflix doc. I’m going to refrain from giving this a rating.
The main issue I have with this memoir is that I think it reveals too much of the Royal Family’s personal life that they most likely didn’t want to be aired out. Based on the book, the Royal Family’s main way of dealing with hate from the press and public is just to ignore it.
But then Harry goes on and airs out their problems to the public through this book (maybe to get his narrative out there or to get that bagand fund their mansion?) The Royal Family can’t really respond to all the claims and allegations he makes, and I think he knew that.
One thing I agreed with in this book is some paparazzi that celebrities have to deal with can be scum. And after seeing comparisons of news articles between Kate and Meghan, yeah she seems to be unfairly targeted by the press like Harry’s past girlfriends were, just as Harry claims. I guess in the whole grand scheme of things, it’s not the end of the world and there isn’t much Meghan and Harry could do except ignore it.
I guess it comes with the territory of being famous. I can sympathize because I personally feel like it would struggle to deal with hate comments and it would be hard for me to ignore them. But the reality is there are bound to be people who don't like you, who will express it, and even though it's horrible to experience, celebrities say you just have to ignore it (it most likely helps if they make thousands of dollars lol!).
A bunch of the issues seem to also be boiled down to cultural differences like what Kate and Meghan thought was appropriate to talk about. Harry’s family advised them not to read the headlines (they’ve been dealing with this for years and years), yet they continue to read it…
Maybe he should have waited before publishing a memoir. I feel like in the second half of the book, the issues between his wife and his family are things that seem big to him now, but do they really matter in the end?
It’s like they claim to want their privacy, but then they also reveal all these details about their life as well as the Royal Family's life. I think they just want the press to like them and only publish their reverence for Meghan, rather than wanting privacy.
But then Harry goes on and airs out their problems to the public through this book (maybe to get his narrative out there or to get that bag
One thing I agreed with in this book is some paparazzi that celebrities have to deal with can be scum. And after seeing comparisons of news articles between Kate and Meghan, yeah she seems to be unfairly targeted by the press like Harry’s past girlfriends were, just as Harry claims. I guess in the whole grand scheme of things, it’s not the end of the world and there isn’t much Meghan and Harry could do except ignore it.
I guess it comes with the territory of being famous. I can sympathize because I personally feel like it would struggle to deal with hate comments and it would be hard for me to ignore them. But the reality is there are bound to be people who don't like you, who will express it, and even though it's horrible to experience, celebrities say you just have to ignore it (it most likely helps if they make thousands of dollars lol!).
A bunch of the issues seem to also be boiled down to cultural differences like what Kate and Meghan thought was appropriate to talk about. Harry’s family advised them not to read the headlines (they’ve been dealing with this for years and years), yet they continue to read it…
Maybe he should have waited before publishing a memoir. I feel like in the second half of the book, the issues between his wife and his family are things that seem big to him now, but do they really matter in the end?
It’s like they claim to want their privacy, but then they also reveal all these details about their life as well as the Royal Family's life. I think they just want the press to like them and only publish their reverence for Meghan, rather than wanting privacy.
am between a 3 and a 3.5, mostly because i couldn't put it down. it's certainly not the best memoir i've read, but overall it was an interesting point of view into the house of windsor and their, for lack of better word, folly.
I realize there are always two sides to the story, but Harry’s side is quite heartbreaking. Being royal is not the fairytale story and I don’t envy their lives.
I loved how open and honest Harry was about absolutely everything, but in doing so he kind of revealed himself to be the party frat boy he claims not to be. Despite this, I still walked away from the book with a whole lot of love and sympathy for Harry.
Now I’d love to hear William’s point of view (although that’s never going to happen).
I loved how open and honest Harry was about absolutely everything, but in doing so he kind of revealed himself to be the party frat boy he claims not to be. Despite this, I still walked away from the book with a whole lot of love and sympathy for Harry.
Now I’d love to hear William’s point of view (although that’s never going to happen).