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A review by nikitanavalkar
Spare by Prince Harry
challenging
emotional
hopeful
slow-paced
3.0
Harry: (talking about the Kohinoor Diamond) Stolen, some would say
Me: …facepalm. Definitely stolen Harold. Everyone would say.
That’s Harry in a nutshell. Well meaning, nice guy prince, but ultimately out of touch with reality. Yes, even with his brilliant service work and military experience and his all around compassion. I was extremely impressed with him and his growth after the docuseries, and still am to a certain extent, but not gonna lie, this book made me lose some of my respect for him. And it’s not due to any specific thing, just a culmination of a bunch of things. And I get it, at the end of the day he’s a prince and it’s hard for him to be relatable and I wasn’t expecting that anyway. But Harry, no one needs details of every single thing that ever happened to you, including that time you had todger (dodger? Idk) frostbite and that one time you peed your pants as an adult. Of course I’d also blame the editor for not cutting out a lot of fat from the book, but then who can say to a prince this is unnecessary tmi let’s delete it I suppose. As clear from the fact that the memoir is “by Prince Harry” and not Harry Windsor or Wales or whatever his last name is.
Don’t get me wrong, I really appreciated the candidness of the writing, the almost innocence of it. Even when too forthcoming and a bit whiny, it felt honest at all times. So much of it is sad, especially the parts with his mum and his complete denial about her passing and so many more instances of his life in a golden cage. From which he was unceremoniously thrown out and forced to fly too late, with a young family in tow at that. Tbh, Meghan is the best thing that happened to him IMO. People can diss her all they like, especially in the UK, but he’s the one that married up. She had everything going for her before his ridiculous life brought a wrecking ball into hers. Even in the book, he sounds more mature, more lucid from the point she came into his life. When he’s talking about her and their life together. And their love rings powerful and true. So the haters can just sit down.
And whatever else I think about the book, I will always support him, and them making money by any other honest means rather than just taking tax payers’ money for being an outdated, r*cist, colonizing institution. Unlike his family. No matter if that means airing out his dirty laundry. So more power to them.
Me: …facepalm. Definitely stolen Harold. Everyone would say.
That’s Harry in a nutshell. Well meaning, nice guy prince, but ultimately out of touch with reality. Yes, even with his brilliant service work and military experience and his all around compassion. I was extremely impressed with him and his growth after the docuseries, and still am to a certain extent, but not gonna lie, this book made me lose some of my respect for him. And it’s not due to any specific thing, just a culmination of a bunch of things. And I get it, at the end of the day he’s a prince and it’s hard for him to be relatable and I wasn’t expecting that anyway. But Harry, no one needs details of every single thing that ever happened to you, including that time you had todger (dodger? Idk) frostbite and that one time you peed your pants as an adult. Of course I’d also blame the editor for not cutting out a lot of fat from the book, but then who can say to a prince this is unnecessary tmi let’s delete it I suppose. As clear from the fact that the memoir is “by Prince Harry” and not Harry Windsor or Wales or whatever his last name is.
Don’t get me wrong, I really appreciated the candidness of the writing, the almost innocence of it. Even when too forthcoming and a bit whiny, it felt honest at all times. So much of it is sad, especially the parts with his mum and his complete denial about her passing and so many more instances of his life in a golden cage. From which he was unceremoniously thrown out and forced to fly too late, with a young family in tow at that. Tbh, Meghan is the best thing that happened to him IMO. People can diss her all they like, especially in the UK, but he’s the one that married up. She had everything going for her before his ridiculous life brought a wrecking ball into hers. Even in the book, he sounds more mature, more lucid from the point she came into his life. When he’s talking about her and their life together. And their love rings powerful and true. So the haters can just sit down.
And whatever else I think about the book, I will always support him, and them making money by any other honest means rather than just taking tax payers’ money for being an outdated, r*cist, colonizing institution. Unlike his family. No matter if that means airing out his dirty laundry. So more power to them.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction and Emotional abuse