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Nainen minussa by Britney Spears

106 reviews

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.

_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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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

sweetmusic22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

GOOD FOR HER!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

If you're not in the right head space, don't read this!

harmonygracie's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

beccajreads's review against another edition

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5.0

It's absolutely awful that the things she endured were allowed to happen.

Imagine how difficult it is for those who don't have a huge fan base and lots of money to get out of situations like this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Abortion

mermaidread's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

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

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

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, and Abortion

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Mental illness, Grief, Abortion, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

ressicajicks's review against another edition

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5.0

This book was my feminist awakening 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Moderate: Miscarriage