Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

85 reviews

tguccione's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

lindcherry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, and Pregnancy

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

catherineisa's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Car accident, and Pregnancy

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Pandemic/Epidemic

casperoliver's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

If you enjoyed "I'm Glad My Mom Died", then PLEASE give this one a read!   This book gave a sense of authenticity, openness, and a sense of connection that kept me captivated til the end. I personally relate to Britney's story, and her writing is absolutely phenomenal. The audio book by Michelle Williams is a great way to enjoy the story!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Classism

kelisabeth's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

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

music_girl93's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Medical content, and Grief

marysunburn's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

4.75

A harrowing, painful, yet sweet and chipper dive into the mind of one of this generation's great pop queens. The story we needed to have told all these years of controversy and gossip, an inside glance at her career and adventures – and yes, Blackout IS her greatest album, I'm glad I agree with the author – which determines a definite skip forward in the cultural moment and the way we look at celebrities. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

The book is a first-person account of Britney Spears' real-life journey through her conservatorship, which granted her father complete and total control on everything she did: what she ate, what she wore, how she did her job and how, or if, she was allowed to see her family. The singer is institutionalized and forced to take prescription drugs.

katie0528's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

Brittney recounts her life, career, and the control she suffered under her father's control during her conservatorship. While I'm so glad Brittney is able to speak her truth and get her side of the story out there, something just felt lacking to me. It wasn't as introspective as I'm Glad My Mom Died or Spare. Similar to Paris Hilton's memoir, it reads very much like a woman setting the record straight. But unlike Paris, Brittney hasn't had time and distance to really begin the healing process, since this book was written and released within a year of the conservatorship ending. I'd like to see her thoughts on everything in a few years after the dust has settled and the wounds have closed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Sexism, Medical content, and Gaslighting

Minor: Drug use, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, and Pandemic/Epidemic

_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