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Spare by Prince Harry

7 reviews

siankrb's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

An honest, funny and moving account of Prince Harry’s life and the challenges that come with being the spare. I thought the book particularly picked up in the third section, talking about Meghan and recent events. Took me a while to get through but I ended up being very moved. Appreciated having an insight into a life completely different from my own. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Antisemitism, Medical content, Car accident, Abortion, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Colonisation, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

doubl_r's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

From your resident nosy neighbor, this is NOT the book for you if you are looking for a tell all that spills gallons of tea. 
If you are in the mood for a few frills, introspection and hindsight walk down memory lane Prince Harry has given us that. Examining his life through the lens of his grief after losing his mother and coming of age while answering the true millennial question, 'what am I doing? More importantly, why?' Spare takes us through the last 25 years of recent Royal family history and gives us an inside out view of what really happened. Harry doesn't sensationalize, but he DOES give an open and thought provoking view in this memoir. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

immovabletype's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Harry proves he's a fallible man full of compassion, intelligence, integrity, character, and love. incredible considering the environment he grew up in. he has nothing but my respect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, and Classism

Moderate: Miscarriage and Racial slurs

Minor: Antisemitism and Colonisation

genevieve_eggleston's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

I found this book to be extremely interesting, even as someone who hasn’t paid much prior attention to the royal family. It provided a lot of insight and was full of emotional moments and funny stories alike. I would highly recommend it for anyone who is looking for an intriguing memoir.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Infertility, Racial slurs, Suicide, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

bookcheshirecat's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

3.0

 “The Heir and the Spare—there was no judgment about it, but also no ambiguity. I was the shadow, the support, the Plan B. I was brought into the world in case something happened to Willy. I was summoned to provide backup, distraction, diversion and, if necessary, a spare part. Kidney, perhaps. Blood transfusion. Speck of bone marrow. This was all made explicitly clear to me from the start of life’s journey and regularly reinforced thereafter.”

➽ I don't follow the royal family at all, but I was intrigued by Prince Harry's memoir! It was interesting to learn more about his childhood, the grief over losing his mother and the role the media has played his entire life. These parts appealed the most to me, as the vicious nature of the paparazzi and the twisting of the truth by the media sound horrifying. I can't imagine being treated like an object for media attention instead of a person. Harry talks a lot about the practices of the magazines that have also turned against him and his wife, viciously ripping them apart for not fitting into the mould.

➽ In the end, the memoir wasn't anything too impactful. The writing was basic and though I appreciated that Harry narrated his own memoir, his narration style was pretty flat. I also wasn't a big fan of the big focus on Harry's military service. In general, I'm not interested in military propaganda, so seeing Harry talk about his pride about killing others didn't feel right - especially with the Islamophobic undertones! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Stalking, and War

Minor: Gore, Torture, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

jessiereads98's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

A little long and rambly in parts. I felt like some things weren’t necessary and it could’ve been tightened up but who am I to tell Prince Harry how to tell his story? Well narrated (didn’t give me the ick or put me to sleep). Interesting, compelling, easy to follow. The descriptions of hunting were gory and did seem excessive. I also found the way he talked about war in Afghanistan difficult but that is due to a difference in opinion not the writing. Men will really repeatedly ask to go to an active war zone instead of going to therapy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Drug use, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Car accident, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Bullying, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Slavery, and Cultural appropriation