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The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

52 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

cmlalonde's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Car accident

zesha's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

 C – I can’t really speak for the credibility of this book. It feels trustworthy to me, and that’s about all I can go off of. But because of that, this book leaves me deeply sad and angry for Britney. She was wronged in so many ways, most of all by her own family. 

A – I feel this book is authentic. It brings what Britney felt, and probably contradicts her mom’s and sister’s books that they put out. I may try to find and read those sometime, just to see what they say. But only if I can find them through the library or somewhere free—I refuse to give money to either of them. 

W – The writing felt really good to me, easy to read and it flowed well. It kind of reminded me of how I write, so perhaps that’s why I like it so much. 

P – There was… a lot in this book. It hit me hard. I had only known bits and pieces from the media, and we all know how the media loves to contort things. But this does show that sometimes, you have to fight for yourself. It might mean waiting until the right moment, but your own freedom is important to your mental health. 

I – I wanted to keep reading this book whenever I looked away from it, and often had to keep myself from going back to it because I knew I needed to sleep/do other things. 

L – I mean, the conservatorship didn’t make a bit of sense, but it happened anyway, didn’t it? Ridiculous. I’m just glad she managed to get out of it. Thirteen years though… 

E – Is “enjoy” the right word for this book? I learned a lot about Britney through it, but I’m not sure if I’d say I enjoyed learning those things. But I do feel like I understand her better now, so for that I’ll give her high marks. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Sexual assault

weelasswithabook's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

CW: alcoholism, DV, suicide, mentiom of child loss, mention of car accident, CSA, mention of PPH, cheating, abortion, PPD, depression, anxiety, child removal by other parent, familial abuse, financial abuse, body shaming, diet control, mental health crisis, forced institutionalisation, gaslighting, manipulation, miscarriage 

🌟 Memoir 

God this was a difficult read. Right from the get-go it's just a heartbreaking perspective on Britney's life. Right from the beginning of her life she was exposed to suicide, death, and abuse. Just the content warning list above should give you an idea of just how sad this poor woman's life has been. 

Britney Spears was a staple of the majority of us elder Millennials childhoods and there's a sense of guilt there (at least how I feel) that we all just took her persona at face value and assumed her life was glitter and dreams. Obviously we weren't to know what was going on behind the curtain, but I don't think I'll ever hear certain songs of hers the same after reading this, now I see where some of the lyrics may have stemmed from. 

From a technical aspect, I've seen reviews complaining about the actual writing of the book, and I do agree it felt very juvenile, HOWEVER, this woman was basically trapped as a late teen for the majority of her life and had her voice stifled. It's only very recently that she's had her own life back and I don't think we should be too hard on her for the technicality of her writing. I think it's pretty unfair. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Abortion, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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

laurakfinnegan's review against another edition

dark inspiring sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, and Car accident

jourdanicus's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Typically, I'm pretty selective about which celebrity memoirs I'm interested in. I was definitely interested in Britney's.

Britney was a central figure of girlhood for me, like most kids growing up in the 90s and aughts. I'm fascinated (and saddened) by her story. I really appreciate that she could tell it for herself finally (though, I'm assuming, with a ghost writer).

There was a lot I found relatable in this book, as someone who also grew up affected by generational trauma. I can only begin to imagine the mental toll that being a global celebrity at a time when the media was so incredibly hard on celebrities (especially girls and women) has taken on Britney. She might not even understand the full gravity of it yet...

Not to say the book lacked depth; there was definitely vulnerability there. But I think it could have been longer, maybe a little more detailed. I'd love to read more by her someday, if she has more to tell!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Car accident

rachelhilary's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Addiction, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Car accident, and Pandemic/Epidemic

sadiebugreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

4.0

i didn’t know much about Britney Spears before the book, never really listened to her music etc. But now i have so much sympathy for her and what she’s been through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Abortion

Minor: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

chrisljm's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad fast-paced

4.0

Reading the experiences that Britney Spears went through left me with so much anger, sadness, and frustration for her. It is disgusting how the institutions we have in place, that are supposed to help and keep us safe, are constantly and consistently failing us. There are many heartless people in this world who should die, but death is a kind mercy they do not deserve. 

There are many complaints on the writing in this memoir, which is just focusing on the wrong thing imo, but the narrative tone of voice just sounded very young to me. I found this to be very fitting given the trauma she experienced, specifically in the sense of how trauma effects you neurologically, and it helps you understand just how young she was going through all this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Car accident, and Pandemic/Epidemic