Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

43 reviews

aleilvandrea's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicide, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Vomit, and Pandemic/Epidemic

katerina_l's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

ashleyj_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Abortion, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Car accident

gussurireads's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad fast-paced

4.0

An incredibly sad story and I could feel her need to have her story heard for the first time ever. There were so many injustices done to this woman and I'm so sad that as a young teen I was one of those that felt "too embarrassed" to like Britney Spears. I'm still appalled that this can be done to anyone at all but even more to someone as successful and famous as Britney. 

As for the writing, I'm not too familiar with the memoir genre so I can't necessarily compare this to other books of the same genre but the writing does feel fragmented and a bit too basic, especially knowing a ghostwriter was used for this. Her story definitely deserved a bit more attention paid to the writing.

Excellent audiobook though, with Michelle Williams' narration shining through all the funny and emotional bits.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, and Gaslighting

Minor: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Car accident

gabriella_'s review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

4.0

I didn’t know all the details of what she went through. Didn’t realize this memoir should also be labeled within the “horror” genre

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

elisalasater's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

Minor: Miscarriage

bookswithbethx's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Miscarriage

abicaro17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.5

Wow. Damm. Britney has a compelling and heart wrenching story. It's one thing to read about it in the news and its another thing to read and her own family trapping her from her pov. The things she went through sound almost made up they're that insane. Unfortunately this was clearly written by a singer and not an author. It reads like a 13 year olds diary. It has no real structure and lots of stories/chapters have like no value. The story also just ends? Like no moral or overarching conclusion. Just weird. Wish it was ghostwritten almost. Very compelling though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

jessicasonley's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

butlerebecca's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Abortion