Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Nainen minussa by Britney Spears

86 reviews

_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

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!

samanthakayla's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Pregnancy

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

amandinesophie's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Unexpectedly, a very powerful read.
I very rarely read celebrity memoirs but I've always had a certain affection for Britney Spears. This was really hard to read at times but also felt empowering because I deeply resonated with some of her unfortunate experiences. For the first time, maybe ever, I truly felt like I was not the only woman in pain and terribly traumatized who had to learn how to survive and build herself a place in this world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, 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

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

echolliot's review against another edition

emotional funny sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Abortion

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content

cerysl's review against another edition

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Biphobia, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Transphobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Abandonment, 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