Reviews with content warning for Drug abuse - The Woman in Me

I have had this waiting on my TBR since it was released. I have been excited to finally hear Britney's side of her life's story, especially regarding Justin Timberlake and the conservatorship with her father. I found the book really interesting, heartbreaking, and yet, still hopeful. As many have noted, it doesn't go as deep into many of the issues as it could have, things are discussed kind of quickly and surface level, but I also totally understand that; even talking about these things at that superficial level must have been very hard for Britney. Overall, I enjoyed it and it's what I expected.

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4.0

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kelisabeth's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative sad slow-paced

3.25

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kimberlina82's review against another edition

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inspiring sad fast-paced

3.0

I really liked the idea of this book, and have been a big Britney fan since high school. However, this was a tough read for me as it seemed like something someone in middle school wrote. There were some inconsistencies in her stories as well. All that said, I truly believe it is caused by years of confinement and probably being medicated when she didn’t need it. I’m so glad she was finally able to get out from under the thumb of her family. I hope she truly loves how she wants to now, and is happy for the rest of her days.

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5.0

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_ren's review against another edition

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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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4.75

Wow, some people are actual garbage and I can't believe the actual brainwashing power the media and paparazzi had to make us all feel negative thoughts about Brittany during the 00s. Absolutely disgusting and I hope only good things for Brittany in the future (and a lot of bad karma for her family and the media people, and her awful exs)

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