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The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

204 reviews

toni_elisha's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

I think the audiobook version is the best way to experience this piece. You can tell that Britney is in the healing process while writing her story. Hearing it delivered was much more powerful, especially as I think I would get lost in the writing style.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Abortion, and Pregnancy

brassnbooks's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

My favorite parts of the book being Britney before the conservatorship and especially what she thinks of her own music/work

I was surprised how fast the book moved but it wasn't in a bad way at all

I'm also surprised how much I highlighted like there are so many things she said I relate to or thought of myself about the world and human connection etc

Overall a great book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming and Miscarriage

viselik's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

4.0

This book really made me think about everything related to being a celebrity to the level that Britney is. It brings up some of the lesser spoken about (to my knowledge) parts of it all, like how aggressive paparazzi can be.

I personally didn't know much about her before I read this book, but I vaguely do remember seeing some of the #freeBritney stuff and hearing some things about her. But having now read this book it makes me quite curious about some of her music.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

kelisabeth's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

rachelhilary's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Addiction, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Car accident, and Pandemic/Epidemic

emily_kayser's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Abortion

ksmith_23's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cursing, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Alcohol

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.

aromarunwayexpress's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming and Domestic abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug use, Miscarriage, Abortion, and Death of parent

_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