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Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria
Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Car accident, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol
Minor: Miscarriage, Suicide, Blood
Despite the book not being as detailed as it could have been, it was more than enough to show and explain not only everything Britney went through, but how it has impacted her and will continue to affect her.
This book does read almost like a teenage diary, but that is not surprising considering most of the control of her own life started to disappear when she was a teenager. So many opportunities and life experiences were taken away from her and it has definitely left its impact.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol
im going to be honest - i haven't read too many celebrity memoirs, but this.... was the worst ive read.
now, i will say, i am a britney stan until i DIE. she is an icon, a legend, and she is the moment. i was in the trenches during her conservatorship, and i wish her nothing but peace for the rest of her life.
however, this was incredibly surface-level.
now, i understand this is her book!!! she can choose how much she wants to spill!! and truly she did spill at some parts. but if you don't want to reveal a lot, why write a memoir.....
i understand how her life has been traumatic & understand how dredging up those feelings and memories may have been too painful for her. but in that case, why write a memoir about it?? i also know she wants to raise awareness on conservatorship but girlie i promise you did not have to write a memoir to achieve that.
i also would like to say the writing is incredibly..... lacklustre. i know she said she's been robbed of her childhood & womanhood..... and i can tell. the writing is incredibly juvenile and lacks depth. like when she'll describe an event, she'll go "i loved that. it was great". like my last celebrity memoir was <i>im glad my mom died</i> so my expectations for a celebrity memoir are incredibly high. idk i felt disappointed. it also felt like the same points were just being reiterated regarding certain events over and over again, and then other events were barely even discussed.
however, this was incredibly addictive to read, and allowed me a new insight into mother herself. i hope she is living her best life, because god knows she fucking deserves it. queen shit.
Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Drug use, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Pregnancy, Alcohol
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Gaslighting
Moderate: Pregnancy, Alcohol
Minor: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment
Moderate: Drug use, Fatphobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Alcohol
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Abortion
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol
Minor: Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Car accident, Death of parent
Everyone thought it was hilarious. Look how crazy she is! Even my parents acted embarrassed by me. But nobody seemed to understand that I was simply out of my mind with grief. My children had been taken away from me. With my head shaved, everyone was scared of me, even my mom. No one would talk to me anymore because I was too ugly. My long hair was a big part of what people liked – I knew that. I knew a lot of guys thought long hair was hot… shaving my head was a way of saying to the world: Fuck you. You want me to be pretty for you? Fuck you. You want me to be good for you? Fuck you. You want me to be your dream girl? Fuck you.
As usual, I do not feel quite right giving a rating to such a touching, painful and (what felt like) incredibly honest memoir. Britney has been through so much and it must have been tough to recall and relive all of the mistreatment and emotional abuse she was forced to handle. I would not say that the ghostwriter was particularly strong when it came to the prose or the novel structure, but that was not the point of this book. I thoroughly appreciated learning more about Britney's life, her dreams and her beliefs. If you are in a healthy state of mind and interested in learning more about her, I definitely recommend giving the book or the audiobook a go.
Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma
Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Alcohol
Minor: Ableism, Abandonment