A review by quasinaut
Spare by Prince Harry

challenging emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

3.75

It's tricky to separate my thoughts about the book from my thoughts about Harry and Meghan and the larger story surrounding them. The book was fine; there were through lines that we kept returning to at key points, and I suspect a lot of credit can go to the ghost writer for bringing cohesion to the book.

Overall, I found Harry to be not particularly sympathetic, mostly when he would acknowledge mistakes he's made, but without apologizing. That said, he showed the depth of his struggles from being born into the royal family and the loss of privacy, warmth, and freedom that comes with that.

On the other side of things, I'm incredibly sympathetic to Harry and Meghan as a unit. I think it's remarkable that Harry found someone who seems so extraordinarily well-matched for him.

Also, I listened to the audiobook, and it was quite entertaining hearing Harry approximate an American accent when the occasion arose. Amazing. 

I wouldn't say I got much out of reading Spare, though I'm not surprised by that as I'm only rather casually interested in the royal family, but honestly I hope it was therapeutic for Harry to write. 
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