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The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

20 reviews

bookworm247's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Bullying, Drug abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexism, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Stalking, Abortion, and Blood

jessiejonesbentley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Alcoholism, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexism, Abandonment, Abortion, Bullying, Death, Suicide, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Cursing, Stalking, Alcohol, Child abuse, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Toxic relationship

cde10's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Emotional abuse

Minor: Eating disorder and Suicide

emiliamaria76's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

sarahyjackson's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

The audio performance was really well done - it felt very much like what I think of as Britney’s affect. The writing also feels very true to her voice. 

It was just so damn sad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Abortion, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Infidelity

jdieperink's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

I’ll be honest, I don’t know how to rate this book. It was moving and disturbing and, at times repetitive. But every time I would start to check out, she’d pull me back in and I’d end up crying on public transit (I don’t recommend listening to the part where she finds out about the #freebritney movement while on the train). 

I do recommend the audiobook version, what Michelle Williams does is not overhyped. I kept forgetting someone else was doing the narration. 

There were elements of it that read to me like when conservative (lower case c conservative or upper case C, Britney Spears doesn’t get into politics) white woman pick up surface pieces of feminism for relatability but also, she’s not claiming to be a scholar. 

It’s a good reminder that the practice of locking up “hysterical” women is not actually a relic of the past and is alive and well. It’s also a good reminder to read some more about disability justice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Bullying, Toxic relationship, and Abortion

kelseyr713's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This is an intense read in terms of content. Britney was failed at every turn by almost everyone in her life. It frequently made me angry while reading. It's a testament to her character that she's still attempting to find compassion for her parents, sister, and the other people in her life who committed terrible acts against her. I hope the writing of this was cathartic for her and that she cultivates a peaceful life from now on.

The writing style isn't flashy, but feels like a conversation, which I think is what this memoir needed. There are sections that are powerful in their starkness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexism, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Confinement, Abortion, Body shaming, Forced institutionalization, Miscarriage, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Dysphoria, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic and Suicide

leilapeach's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Abortion, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Child abuse, Alcoholism, and Bullying

Minor: Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Cultural appropriation, Drug use, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Bullying, Grief, Infidelity, and Blood

abby_can_read's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Despite how much I cried, I loved reading this book. This showed me how strong Britney is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Abortion, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

lilias's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

We learn a lot about Britney in this book, and I think that’s what she wanted with its publication; that, after decades of being portrayed by others since she was a kid, she is finally free and able to say: this is ME. 

And some might be surprised by the Britney Spears whose voice is quite obviously present in this book (cheers to the ghostwriters for backing off so much!) I am just a few months younger than Britney, and I vividly remember first seeing the Rolling Stone cover that came out with the release of …Baby One More Time. And I was skeptical, not of her talent but of the male gaze I thought she was pandering to. Britney Spears was everywhere in the late 90s and early 2000s, and her omnipresence and her clear and bold image always made me feel like she had full control over her life and career. But, again, my impression was directly influenced by the media portrayal and her stage persona.

The Britney Spears who wrote this book is a sweetheart. She has been through hell and back quite a few times, and has never really been able to communicate with the public without the shield of her Pop Princess persona or without the misrepresentation by the media until now. And the result is something my 16 year old self would probably not have guessed: I cried. The last few pages of this book broke my heart because tragedy kept coming even after the conservatorship was ended. I was tempted to give this book five stars, and maybe I will eventually, but as much as I appreciated how stripped down this memoir was, I wish there had been a little more from Britney because I felt some restraint.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Pandemic/Epidemic, Grief, Child abuse, Drug use, and Pregnancy