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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
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Really 3.5. I enjoyed the audio book, and Prince Harry's narration. Some parts were more interesting/enjoyable than others, but overall, I enjoyed it.
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adventurous
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Although I struggled through the book, that was more my own assumptions, bias, and frustrations coming into play. I can’t even imagine the pain that has been felt and how to put it into words…how to show that you have had to fight for every single little or big thing in your life. Utterly exhausting. But I also struggled because there was a disconnect with privilege still. A disconnect with reality. Thus, how I stumbled through the book at times. If you are at all curious how the media hurts mental health, how the Royal Family should exist or shouldn’t exist (both are lightly argued), or just how ugly families can be, this book displays all.
DNF
This book was boring. For someone with such an interesting life half of the information could have been cut out. Some parts were hyper specific while others were incredibly vague. The details about his sex life and the amount of times he referenced his penis were unnecessary. The author has obviously gone through some difficult life events, but he spends the majority of what I read blaming others and throwing a pity party. I can’t listen to a 16 hour ‘woe is me’ audiobook even on 2x speed.
This book was boring. For someone with such an interesting life half of the information could have been cut out. Some parts were hyper specific while others were incredibly vague. The details about his sex life and the amount of times he referenced his penis were unnecessary. The author has obviously gone through some difficult life events, but he spends the majority of what I read blaming others and throwing a pity party. I can’t listen to a 16 hour ‘woe is me’ audiobook even on 2x speed.
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
I recommend listening to the audiobook. Since Harry is the narrator, it gives more emotional depth and perspective.
I enjoyed reading this, which feels weird to type since it's filled with so much pain and grief, but I'm not sure how else to describe it. The ghostwriter did a good job at wrangling all the story lines and Harry did a decent job at reading it aloud - he's no actor, but who doesn't like listening to a posh accent?
I can understand some of the gripes from readers and critics who feel a book like this is somewhat hypocritical in that Prince Harry longs for anonymity and privacy but in the very act of writing and promoting a book like this, he's not only taking away more of his privacy but the privacy of his extended family. However, I also deeply understand the desire to process traumas aloud *and* to correct and explain misunderstandings and wrongs. Also, why is it so shameful for him to find a way to support his growing family? He's got a story to tell and a story people want to read/listen to. Bravo for speaking up, Harry.
It's a tricky business, processing your own story when others within your family may have experienced things differently. That's true of any family and any memoir. One child can have a completely different relationship with a parent than another; one child can remember things very differently than their sibling or parents—this does not make any of their experiences less valid.
As a parent helping grieving children navigate great loss, I ache for the lack of support and help Diana's children received after her tragic and untimely death. As an admittedly torpid anglophile, even I noticed the differences in the 'regular' negative coverage of the royal family vs the racist tones that infected many articles and stories about Meghan. I noticed the ways the media badly wanted to pit two duchesses against one another as well as the silence from the firm. As such, much of Harry's story rang true, especially (as I'm sure members of his family would disagree and quibble over details) true for him and the family he was making.
Recommend if you like memoirs and tuned in for the royal weddings.
I can understand some of the gripes from readers and critics who feel a book like this is somewhat hypocritical in that Prince Harry longs for anonymity and privacy but in the very act of writing and promoting a book like this, he's not only taking away more of his privacy but the privacy of his extended family. However, I also deeply understand the desire to process traumas aloud *and* to correct and explain misunderstandings and wrongs. Also, why is it so shameful for him to find a way to support his growing family? He's got a story to tell and a story people want to read/listen to. Bravo for speaking up, Harry.
It's a tricky business, processing your own story when others within your family may have experienced things differently. That's true of any family and any memoir. One child can have a completely different relationship with a parent than another; one child can remember things very differently than their sibling or parents—this does not make any of their experiences less valid.
As a parent helping grieving children navigate great loss, I ache for the lack of support and help Diana's children received after her tragic and untimely death. As an admittedly torpid anglophile, even I noticed the differences in the 'regular' negative coverage of the royal family vs the racist tones that infected many articles and stories about Meghan. I noticed the ways the media badly wanted to pit two duchesses against one another as well as the silence from the firm. As such, much of Harry's story rang true, especially (as I'm sure members of his family would disagree and quibble over details) true for him and the family he was making.
Recommend if you like memoirs and tuned in for the royal weddings.
DNF 2 hours into audiobook. I’m just so bored. He’s not a good writer or a good narrator IMO. Choppy writing and robotic reading. Lots of little sentences like “I think.” “I believe.” His narration has zero change of inflection. I was buddy reading this with my Nana who is enjoying it in print. Sorry Nana, no interest on my end you’ll have to trek on without me 🤣 in all fairness, I’ve never followed the royal family.
Sorry, can’t really get past the whole massive and devastating colonial legacy thing haz