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The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

23 reviews

desparza2's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Medical content

Moderate: Addiction and Abortion

0pal_'s review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Abortion, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

fatymamulhearn's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Brittany has done it again! Never did I ever think I’d be reading a book written by Brittany Spears but gosh I am so happy I did. Her story is a masterpiece but not one that you can enjoy fully because of all the hardships she has gone through. It’s a masterpiece in a sense of being a survivor of so much trauma the world has thrown at her. Multiple times she has pushed through until she could no longer do so and she had to find her way out. Through the support of her fans she’s held on and it’s such a blessing that we still have her today to love wholeheartedly. Such a great read and I highly recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Violence and Grief

Minor: Pregnancy

_ren's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.5

I have read some of the reviews, and understand that people who usually read memoirs have their educated opinions about Britney's memoir feeling like a girl's dairy or just generally unpolished. I, as someone who does not often read memoirs, thought that the writing style had some pros and some cons. The pros being the casual conversation feel of the whole book that made me feel that this was truly Britney speaking to us (some say her social medias are still highly controlled, I personally do not believe that), and the cons being the numerous jumps and time skips that were not warned about or acknowledged while I was reading. The time-skips were quite an annoyance at times because as someone who has kept up with the Free Britney Movement since summer of 2022, I felt that some details we uncovered that were crucial to the movement were not mentioned from Britney's perspective. I would have loved to seen more of Britney's version/feelings toward specific things we had uncovered about her case. In the end, this is definitely her way of saying FU to everyone who had wronged her through books, interviews, and documentaries. I am proud of her for just that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fatphobia and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

euphoricallydreaming's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Gaslighting

teganbeesebooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This poor woman. If you are in any way a Britney Spears fan, and even if you're not, this is important to read. She is literally treated like the protagonist of THE YELLOW WALLPAPER. If we lock her up, we can do whatever we want. Heartbreaking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Car accident, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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

srgreen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

reading_diaries's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

The treatment of Britney Spears needs to be studied because of how awful and hypocritical it was. Britney who wasn't deemed able enough to be in charge of her own financials yet she was able to perform on stage. Britney who wasn't able to see her sons after taking a break from the music industry yet her ex-husband who's career was taking off was given full custody. Britney who was deemed "out of control partying" after ensuring she had a caregiver for her sons for the night, was able to go on a world tour THAT SHE DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO GO ON.

This book breaks my heart. It's terrible that she had undergo this horrible and unfair treatment at the hands of her own family. I question the licenses of the lawyers and judge who clearly saw the unfair and horrific treatment and yet did nothing to help. I question the whole American judicial system for allowing this to happen and letting it go on for 13 years. How did her family think this was okay and get away with it? Why was she given such unfair treatment when she did everything that they asked for her while she asked for very little. All she wanted was to see her sons and not have them taken away from her over and over again. Why didn't anyone see that and advocate for her? I question everything I've ever been told through the media about this time in Britney's life and I shame the photographers who violated her privacy over and over again during this time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Miscarriage, Sexism, Violence, and Pregnancy

allireads00's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Abortion

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Violence, and Forced institutionalization