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Spare by Prince Harry

129 reviews

alicer718's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I felt I had to read this being a monarchist and having seen most of the Harry and Meghan stuff first hand and being absolutely horrified by it. The book was really interesting and informative it has made me see the entire situation in a different light and has really killed what little trust I had in the press and the ‘truths’ they tell 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Minor: Bullying, Death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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

shyleek's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

4.0

Okay, first of all I listened to the audiobook because... Well... Who doesn't want to say a prince read them a story? 

Anyway, parts of this were slow and I definitely found myself zoning out at times. Such is life though, being a prince doesn't exempt you from high and low points. But I guess that's the theme of the whole book isn't it? Even as a royal he didn't live some perfect life. 

If you don't like memoirs, don't touch this book. If you do, then I'd say this is definitely a decent one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, and War

Minor: Death

mcarabooboo's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

dev921's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

bgirl_jazz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Miscarriage, Racism, Colonisation, and Classism

kiwichill's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Grief, and Stalking

Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

sareidle's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

Before reading the book proper, I had heard some excerpts of the audiobook and I think that the portions that got attention prove Harry's point about the tabloids and public scrutiny. He talks a lot about the heir/spare dynamic and how he was set up to be the clown of the family. Even when he tried to do something of substance, his past mistakes would be brought up to discredit him and make him a joke. So part of revealing the embarrassing, fascinating stories is to signal to the British press that they cannot blackmail him since he divulged them on his terms.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Drug use, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Car accident, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

glorifiedloveletters's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

After reading the Britney memoir, I thought May as well read the OTHER most talked about memoir from this year, and I thought it might be similar to Britney's in that most of the WTF moments would have been covered already in the press. But no! TOO MUCH WTF TO BE HAD HERE.

Now, obviously, Harry is still going to have his blind spots, and therapy at this stage will have only unraveled so much (since there is SO, SO MUCH to unravel), but he does try to be fair about himself and the circumstances in which he was raised. It really does say a lot that him being sent to an active war zone during his military service felt like a welcome break from his usual life.

Anyway, I'm definitely no royalist, but I've often thought that the life must be strange to experience, no matter how close to wearing the crown you are, and this book confirmed that. It's definitely worth a library read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

Moderate: Miscarriage, Racism, Death of parent, and War

beaubaggins's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic