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Prince Harry

3.79 AVERAGE

alexandria_m's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny medium-paced

wiredforsound's review against another edition

3.0

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Bit long innit

kbooshie's review against another edition

5.0

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The best thing about giving this book 5 stars is that it will piss off all the HATERS - many of which are reviewing the book WITHOUT READING IT. What a sad thing it is to be so invested in the anti-narrative of someone else’s life that you think it matters to anyone whether you read this or not.

For those considering it, I’m not a fan of autobiographical writing. I’m deeply skeptical and easily bored. But this had a great narrative arc, an interesting and unusual point of view and I love a good dystopia. And what could be more dystopian than a prince exiled by … just read it. It’s good. It didn’t make me any more curious about the royal family than I was before but it did make me actively compassionate for royals. It sounds like a uniquely awful way to live.

For those who want to compare Harry and Megan’s suffering to other more dire suffering… here’s a revelation… all suffering is real. All suffering deserves compassion. If you can’t agree with that, why even read at all?

between_the_pages_2025's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative medium-paced

kande0321's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

gina_kortuem's review against another edition

2.0

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Couldn’t finish it, it was so needlessly long and boring.

cassie_nicole333's review against another edition

5.0

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Wow

passportofprose168's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 30%

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This was a highly anticipated read for me but it didn't live up to expectations. The parts I did read just felt like a long, drawn out whinge fest.

gabby_is_reading's review against another edition

3.0

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Clearly this book is full of inaccuracies and errors. It’s not a piece of literature. It’s not an inspiring biography.

But it’s very easy to listen to and I got exactly what I expected to get.

immunis's review against another edition

3.0

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced