Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

22 reviews

michaelazouharis's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infertility, Infidelity, and Misogyny

Minor: Eating disorder and Grief

sonjaswanson's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

3.75

Kudos to the ghost writer and Michelle Williams for capturing Britney so well. It does feel like something she would write: not completely mature-sounding but when your childhood is stripped from you, you naturally want to have that childhood back as an adult. It makes sense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Drug use, Fatphobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Alcohol

esjackson's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, and Misogyny

smalljoys's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Alcohol

whats_miranda_reading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

3.75

I’ve been a Britney fan since I was a child. It was easy to remember all the times she was referencing throughout the book. But, it was sad to realize how even though she was thriving to the outside world, she was hurting so much inside and being mistreated by so many adults and family members in her life. This was a good book. I would recommend it to all Britney fans. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Abortion, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

imstephtacular's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fatphobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

docsmage's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

 Freedom means being goofy, silly, and having fun on social media. Freedom means taking a break from Instagram without people calling 911. Freedom means being able to make mistakes, and learning from them. Freedom means I don’t have to perform for anyone—onstage or offstage. Freedom means that I get to be as beautifully imperfect as everyone else. And freedom means the ability, and the right, to search for joy, in my own way, on my own terms.

An incredibly heavy, emotional, at times brutal read. I'm left overwhelmed with emotion about everything that she's been through, admiration for her ability to get through it all, and appreciation for her lifetime of achievements despite her circumstances. Britney, thank you for sharing your story with all of us - may you have a lifetime of joy, freedom, and the ability to enjoy the power of your voice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

Minor: Infertility

bookworm247's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Confinement, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Stalking, Abortion, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

jessiejonesbentley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

leweylibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Wow. Just wow. I'm so proud and happy of Britney for writing this and finally getting to say her piece about so many things about her life that people have speculated about for ages. Justin Timberlake, Kevin Federline, and Britney's dad can suck it. There were certainly a lot of bombshells, but I also feel like so much about who she is now and things that happened back then make sense now. 

Basically, I am of the VERY firm belief that no one, NO ONE, in this world ever again gets to say anything about anything Britney should or shouldn't do for as long as that woman lives. She was controlled long before her conservatorship, and we the public are largely the ones to blame. I'm so sorry for ever calling or even thinking her crazy--she was just reacting how anyone, especially anyone in her situation and life, would've reacted, she was just under an ENORMOUS spotlight while she did so. 

Oh! Also the narrator was fantastic. I often found myself forgetting this wasn't actually Britney's voice for most of the book 🤌

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol