Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

389 reviews

pasupapare's review against another edition

challenging sad fast-paced

I can't give this a rating. So heartbreaking and especially sad knowing how little has changed in the world

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Stalking

Minor: Miscarriage

liezie's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Abortion

mamasuereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

I listened to the audio for a  fable read along.  I really did not know much about Britney Spears life, other than what was in the news at the time.   Her story is like a nightmare and I can only hope she finds a very good psychologist/therapist and a mentor to help Britney love and respect herself, first and foremost.  It seems she has lived her life without being given any credit for her personal talent, strength, and kind heart.  She's spent a lifetime giving to a toxic family and other toxic relationships, now it's time for her to love self first and respect the beautiful woman she is, inside and out. I'd also change my last name. Just the name alone holds negativity.  I look forward to Britney creating an awesome new life with many milestones to come.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

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

haleybre's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

dkamada's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Miscarriage

jill_holly's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

5.0

I knew snippets of what Britney experienced with the Free Britney movement, but hearing it all from her is a whole different thing.

A woman using her voice is powerful and that's how listening to Britney's story in her own words felt. Michelle Williams' delivery is perfection and the words felt like it was the way it would be told to a friend or in a diary. 

Britney has been through incredible trauma and hardship. It's bonkers she could be manipulated and trapped the way she was. It's moving to share in her liberation with this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, and Forced institutionalization

ctred's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Mental illness

cturn's review

emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

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