Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Spare by Prince Harry

22 reviews

kokocort's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and War

theverycraftyvegan's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective slow-paced

5.0

I am the same age as Prince Harry and always felt a affinity for him. Admittedly, I don’t know much about the royal family, but Harry’s memoir discusses the absurdity of everything the press have ever said about the royal family. This book was also Harry’s chance to tell his side of the story about how his family has treated him and Megan. 

This is a very heavy book and I cried many times listening to his recount of very painful topics: his mother’s death, 9/11, self medicating with drugs and alcohol, going to war, racism against his wife and children, threats against their lives, the loss of an unborn child, the toxicity of his family, the death of the Queen, and the paparazzi who refuse(d) to let them live their lives. 

This was a highly enjoyable and deeply moving memoir, even for an anti-monarchist living in the colonized commonwealth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, and Colonisation

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

miggyfool's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Classism

randalynhill's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.0

While the ending made it worth it, due to the length, I don’t think I would have been able to get through it had I not listened to the audiobook. Was a little dry for me in the first 75%. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Mental illness, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.5

Listened via Audible

The Details:
Narrated by Prince Harry
Unabridged

This was surprisingly interesting! 

I was initially roped in by the strange snippet about his nether regions but I found quite a lot of interesting stories in here.

One of the bigger controversies I was intrigued to hear about was his thoughts behind dressing up as a Nazi and the other brainless things he did as a youth, to get him dubbed as "Prince Harry, the Thicko", but I was most invested when he was talking about how he met Megan and the relationships and difficulties that grew there.

Hearing about his struggles with how he handled emotion after the death of his mum was quite heartbreaking to hear. Being in a similar situation I couldn't help but empathise.

There were a lot of instances were he sounded so far removed from reality and woe is me, but for the most part this was absorbing.

Overall, a fascinating insight into the Prince's tell-all.

Pick it up, give it a go and enjoy! >(^_^)<

Gén

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War

venetiana's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

This was interesting, even though I'm very anti-monarchy. I picked it up to hear more about the failures of its system, and of course to hear how Meghan and him got out. 

It's in three parts: roughly, those are 1. Harry's childhood, 2. his time in the army, 3. his time with Meghan.
The childhood/yourh part is of course emotional and sad, but also interesting. The army part absolutely made me cringe, the way he talks about war and killing people etc. (also slightly racist, though I guess trying not to be). The third part was shocking in terms of the violent and racist press, the aggressions within the family/firm etc., but of course also romantic and hopeful. Harry reading the book himself certainly adds to that, and makes it much more personal.

Given how the author has spent his whole life "inside", certain views didn't surprise me, though I was kind of disappointed that he hadn't yet found the time to "adjust" them to a world less enabled by privilege. But I definitely respect how he shared all his traumata (and stories), and how he's working on them. I respect that Meghan and him left, it's a big step, and I think it was important to share and explain what led there.

That being said, one small thing, I felt the book ended quite abruptly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Stalking, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, Islamophobia, Grief, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Classism

The way Harry writes about travelling to Africa isn't always done well, there are sort of mildly racist bits (also, a bit white saviour-y and tourist-y). There are islamophobic/racist bits in the army part (quite violent at times). It's within the frame of the "duty" of war etc., but still.

kaitlinmarks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, and Injury/Injury detail

thepaperbackrx's review against another edition

informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

2.0

I should have DNF’d this book but I kept hoping for improvement. The writing reads like a laundry list recounting of Prince Harry’s life - this happened and then this happened and we went here and then there. I had hoped for more introspection and deep self analysis or even just gossip! The theme of the book seems to be: I’m here to say these things first - like blowing up a building and just walking away to leave others with the aftermath. As an American I have absolutely no investment in this family or the royal culture but I do enjoy reading memoir and of one’s lived experience. Unfortunately, Harry just isn’t deft enough with his words to make even his trauma remotely interesting. I would pass on this and watch the Oprah interview and a Netflix piece instead. Virtually everything that was recounted in this book has been recounted in those pieces as well. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism

raccoonteeth's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, War, and Classism