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A review by charbee1
Spare by Prince Harry
dark
informative
sad
slow-paced
4.0
I thought this was a really solid memoir. I think Harry’s honesty and transparency about his life was really well done. His main message of just how over imposing and dehumanizing the press is was a really important one and regardless of how you feel about royalty you can’t finish the book feeling positive about paparazzi.
I do want to keep in mind that this is a memoir and as with any memoir, Harry is an unreliable narrator as he is telling everything from his perspective, memories, and biases.
I do wish as well he had talked more about colonialism and the royal families direct history and current involvement with this. He liked to talk a lot about his love of Africa but this always came off as more of his view of a magical wilderness as opposed to an entire continent much of what his family colonized. The way he talked about the continent was not unsimilar to the way William claimed Africa was “his thing.” When Meg began to be faced with racist media, he talked briefly about racism in the UK, but he never went in depth with it beyond how it affected Meg.
I do want to keep in mind that this is a memoir and as with any memoir, Harry is an unreliable narrator as he is telling everything from his perspective, memories, and biases.
I do wish as well he had talked more about colonialism and the royal families direct history and current involvement with this. He liked to talk a lot about his love of Africa but this always came off as more of his view of a magical wilderness as opposed to an entire continent much of what his family colonized. The way he talked about the continent was not unsimilar to the way William claimed Africa was “his thing.” When Meg began to be faced with racist media, he talked briefly about racism in the UK, but he never went in depth with it beyond how it affected Meg.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent and Stalking