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_pauline's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Abortion
Minor: Body shaming, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief
ballousclues's review against another edition
4.0
Gosh, I don't even know where to start with this review. It was such a roller coaster of emotions. The story was interesting, but the writing was weak and there were certain parts I felt could have been flushed out more. Overall, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 stars.
In The Woman in Me, Britney Spears shares snippets of what her life was like growing up in the south, getting on The Mickey Mouse Club, rising to fame in her teens, crashing out in her 20s, and being controlled for almost 14 years. You can definitely notice when it shifts from a ghost writer to Spears' voice. It almost felt like I was reading her diary. Makes me wonder what didn't make the cut in the editing process and how much control people had over what she could publish.
The book definitely sent me down a rabbit hole of her social media over the years and how she has slowly been able to become a version of herself she controls. It's so sad to hear that her family treated her like a cash cow and never let her be her own person. It seems like she had so much talent to share with the world and her POS parents wanted to capitalize on it. This story gives me less faith in our legal system taking appropriate action to support those who are unable to speak for themselves.
#FreeBritney
PS - it made me a little happy, in a weird way, to know that Jamie Lynn has always been obnoxious. Sucks she didn't do more to support her sister.
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Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Abortion
Minor: Drug use and Alcohol
tschwedii12's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy
Minor: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Pandemic/Epidemic
startjpw23's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting
madscientistcat's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Suicidal thoughts
holliesatchell's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Abortion, and Abandonment
eliseilou's review against another edition
3.0
This book wasn't for me, I'm glad Britney got to tell her story and I feel incredibly harsh for saying this but the pacing was off and the language was very simple and I was expecting more.
Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Pregnancy
booksbri's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Abortion
Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexism, Torture, Grief, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic
tguccione's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Eating disorder
taliaalongi's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, and Abortion
Moderate: Fatphobia and Miscarriage