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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
I don't have much to add to The Discourse about this book, but PHEW. It was overwhelmingly sad and I did not expect that. The estrangement within the Royal Family is shockingly similar to the estrangement in my own family, which definitely added a fun layer of sadness for me.
I've heard that the original manuscript was twice as long as the published material, but I think we could've halved it again. The good part doesn't start until past the halfway mark, when Harry finally meets Meghan and it all begins to fall apart. I just did not need 200+ pages of his various grievances with the press and flying helicopters and absolutely never crying or touching his family. The bit about Charles waking him up to tell him about Diana's death and then Harry being left alone in his bedroom for HOURS will forever haunt me.
A lot of it felt like a revenge tell-all, which didn't sit well with me, but again... A lot of the hurts in this family mirror hurts in my own, which makes it harder for me to know where the line is.
The bottom line is that I am begging this family to begin hugging each other and going to therapy. Please. For the Commonwealth.
I've heard that the original manuscript was twice as long as the published material, but I think we could've halved it again. The good part doesn't start until past the halfway mark, when Harry finally meets Meghan and it all begins to fall apart. I just did not need 200+ pages of his various grievances with the press and flying helicopters and absolutely never crying or touching his family. The bit about Charles waking him up to tell him about Diana's death and then Harry being left alone in his bedroom for HOURS will forever haunt me.
A lot of it felt like a revenge tell-all, which didn't sit well with me, but again... A lot of the hurts in this family mirror hurts in my own, which makes it harder for me to know where the line is.
The bottom line is that I am begging this family to begin hugging each other and going to therapy. Please. For the Commonwealth.
emotional
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dark
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informative
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DNF at 21% initially and then thinking I’d be more interested in the 2018 - present stuff and skipping forward a final DNF at 74%. I’ve read the same paragraph 4 times and I’m not absorbing what’s being said cause I’m just not interested anymore.
It does make me happy that Harry and Meghan have something so special between them, I want them to be happy together! There are some interesting metaphors in here. Also things I could’ve lived my life without knowing.
It does make me happy that Harry and Meghan have something so special between them, I want them to be happy together! There are some interesting metaphors in here. Also things I could’ve lived my life without knowing.
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Written in a very personal tone and delivering equally personal thoughts, it’s a fine read about such a public figure.
I'd really give this 3.5 stars, but I'll round up to show my support for Meghan and Harry breaking free of the dysfunctional royal family.
As far as autobiographies go, this is a good one.
I picked it up when one tweep tweeted that Harry had no right to spill the secrets of his family. I was amused because whenever something happened that involved the British Royal family, my twitter feed, my browser's first page, my facebook ads, and even my local newspaper's first page has stories about them and I don't even live in the Britain. I live in Pakistan. So what secrets?
So I figured, I already know a great deal about it despite not having any interest in the family but you know what, if he is pissing the people, AND the royal family who are pissing me, I might as well read his book and complete this pissing cycle; and I am glad I did.
Few observations:
- I am shocked that despite having all the resources and knowledge at their disposal, the palace did not consider providing any psychological counseling to Harry and William when Diana died. Unbelievable!
- I felt sad when I learnt that Harry kept waiting for his mother to show up every day even after he turned a young adult. He could not process her death. Massive failure of parenting!
- I realised that if I were in Harry's shoes as I would have done the same: ditch the family because frankly this is no family. I cannot imagine living in a family where the PR and public image building is more important than the family members. If my step mom was using me to appear good in the media, I would have lost my mind too. The feeling that anyone could be feeding stuff about you to media would have turned me paranoid. This is sickening! Families are supposed to provide you safety, not whatever this is.
- I am glad Harry and Meghan found each other, and I felt so sad when they lost their unborn child to stress.
- Very rude of the palace to take away their security when Prince pedophile Andrew is still having it.
- Will has no spine.
- Charles has no spine either.
- Camilla has balls. Got in and did whatever the hell she liked.
- The queen was not in control of things but then whose grandma is. They grow old, frail, and rely on others. It's just that, in our case, it is our family members. In the Queen's case, it is their employees and well yikes!
- I honestly think that it is a good thing Harry wrote this book. He never got a chance to tell his story, good that he finally did. It was interesting at times, boring at some points but well.. that is life!
- I am aware that I am siding with Harry without reading the account of Will and others.. which makes my review pretty biased and I acknowledge that. But then I also have no interest in learning about their side because who wants to learn about spineless folks that can't even take a stand against their own media. Eww!
- so that is it!
I picked it up when one tweep tweeted that Harry had no right to spill the secrets of his family. I was amused because whenever something happened that involved the British Royal family, my twitter feed, my browser's first page, my facebook ads, and even my local newspaper's first page has stories about them and I don't even live in the Britain. I live in Pakistan. So what secrets?
So I figured, I already know a great deal about it despite not having any interest in the family but you know what, if he is pissing the people, AND the royal family who are pissing me, I might as well read his book and complete this pissing cycle; and I am glad I did.
Few observations:
- I am shocked that despite having all the resources and knowledge at their disposal, the palace did not consider providing any psychological counseling to Harry and William when Diana died. Unbelievable!
- I felt sad when I learnt that Harry kept waiting for his mother to show up every day even after he turned a young adult. He could not process her death. Massive failure of parenting!
- I realised that if I were in Harry's shoes as I would have done the same: ditch the family because frankly this is no family. I cannot imagine living in a family where the PR and public image building is more important than the family members. If my step mom was using me to appear good in the media, I would have lost my mind too. The feeling that anyone could be feeding stuff about you to media would have turned me paranoid. This is sickening! Families are supposed to provide you safety, not whatever this is.
- I am glad Harry and Meghan found each other, and I felt so sad when they lost their unborn child to stress.
- Very rude of the palace to take away their security when Prince pedophile Andrew is still having it.
- Will has no spine.
- Charles has no spine either.
- Camilla has balls. Got in and did whatever the hell she liked.
- The queen was not in control of things but then whose grandma is. They grow old, frail, and rely on others. It's just that, in our case, it is our family members. In the Queen's case, it is their employees and well yikes!
- I honestly think that it is a good thing Harry wrote this book. He never got a chance to tell his story, good that he finally did. It was interesting at times, boring at some points but well.. that is life!
- I am aware that I am siding with Harry without reading the account of Will and others.. which makes my review pretty biased and I acknowledge that. But then I also have no interest in learning about their side because who wants to learn about spineless folks that can't even take a stand against their own media. Eww!
- so that is it!