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A review by housedesignerking
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
It took me way too long to finally get my hands on a copy of this book, but I'd say it was worth the wait.
I'm not a celebrity worshipper (they're just humans like us), but I've followed her career--for the most part--since I was 11. I had posters of her on my bedroom walls and listened to her CDs often growing up. Almost everyone paid attention through 2007 and knew stuff about her conservatorship. When I heard her legal statement not too many summers ago, I "joined" the Free Britney movement, not going to any rallies as I don't live where any were held, but being supportive and rooting for her just the same. Then, of course, she was freed November '21 and subsequently announced she was writing a book.
When she finally released it, no freaking store I live near were selling it. So stupid! It took till 2 freaking months to get it, but at least I got to enjoy that feeling of snagging the very last copy in the store in which I FREAKING FINALLY bought it.
Having to wait 2 months to read the blessed thing, I kept trying to avoid news articles with spoilers. Unfortunately, I saw most of the article titles, but it was still worth the wait.
She was candid and honest, though she didn't speak on everything I thought she might. There's nothing about lipsync allegations, nothing about what is her best song IMO {"Someday (I Will Understand)"}, or even some of the so-called spoilers I saw in those article titles. Some of the claims I stumbled across are actually not found anywhere in 275 pages. For example, not once in 275 pages did she say, "he blanked my brains out." There was also an article I read that claimed Timberlake used his attorneys to get stuff about him out of this book, but I've never seen any proof of that and what's in here about him is pretty revealing, so I don't really see any reason to believe that he succeeded in editinf her book.
I enjoy autobios that feel less narrative and more like you're having a one-on-one convo with the writer and that's how it seems she wrote this. I read it within 2 calendar days and it's definitely a bit shocking even when you factor out the spoilers I already knew about it. The moment where she sat in what became her father's office comes to mind. "I'm Britney Spears now" has befome the creepiest and most psychologically eerie thing I've ever read and I can only imagine what her experience was like firsthand. The sexist and disturbing comments she recalled about her body, even as a teenage girl, were sadly remembered well by me, though.
I'm gonna give it 5 stars.
I'm not a celebrity worshipper (they're just humans like us), but I've followed her career--for the most part--since I was 11. I had posters of her on my bedroom walls and listened to her CDs often growing up. Almost everyone paid attention through 2007 and knew stuff about her conservatorship. When I heard her legal statement not too many summers ago, I "joined" the Free Britney movement, not going to any rallies as I don't live where any were held, but being supportive and rooting for her just the same. Then, of course, she was freed November '21 and subsequently announced she was writing a book.
When she finally released it, no freaking store I live near were selling it. So stupid! It took till 2 freaking months to get it, but at least I got to enjoy that feeling of snagging the very last copy in the store in which I FREAKING FINALLY bought it.
Having to wait 2 months to read the blessed thing, I kept trying to avoid news articles with spoilers. Unfortunately, I saw most of the article titles, but it was still worth the wait.
She was candid and honest, though she didn't speak on everything I thought she might. There's nothing about lipsync allegations, nothing about what is her best song IMO {"Someday (I Will Understand)"}, or even some of the so-called spoilers I saw in those article titles. Some of the claims I stumbled across are actually not found anywhere in 275 pages. For example, not once in 275 pages did she say, "he blanked my brains out." There was also an article I read that claimed Timberlake used his attorneys to get stuff about him out of this book, but I've never seen any proof of that and what's in here about him is pretty revealing, so I don't really see any reason to believe that he succeeded in editinf her book.
I enjoy autobios that feel less narrative and more like you're having a one-on-one convo with the writer and that's how it seems she wrote this. I read it within 2 calendar days and it's definitely a bit shocking even when you factor out the spoilers I already knew about it. The moment where she sat in what became her father's office comes to mind. "I'm Britney Spears now" has befome the creepiest and most psychologically eerie thing I've ever read and I can only imagine what her experience was like firsthand. The sexist and disturbing comments she recalled about her body, even as a teenage girl, were sadly remembered well by me, though.
I'm gonna give it 5 stars.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abandonment, Gaslighting, Sexism, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Confinement, and Cursing
Minor: Sexual content, Death, and Grief
Includes details about conservatorship abuse.