kathylee's review against another edition
1.0
How about you just kill yourself as you only a ‘chess piece removed the board. ‘
16swest's review against another edition
3.0
I'm a messy bitch who loves drama!
Nothing all that new or surprising, happy for him to tell his story on his terms. It's mostly an accounting, and I think missing more analysis and reflection. But I guess his main goal is for setting the record. Either way, it's high time I do my part in leaving these poor people alone.
Nothing all that new or surprising, happy for him to tell his story on his terms. It's mostly an accounting, and I think missing more analysis and reflection. But I guess his main goal is for setting the record. Either way, it's high time I do my part in leaving these poor people alone.
mdzreynolds's review against another edition
5.0
Deeply moving. Prince Harry speaks his truths that leave no room for believing or disbelieving, and instead lays the unarguable facts of humanity and struggle and the unending complication of family ties. Those we venerate are only human after all.
legally_blonde's review against another edition
3.0
While I enjoyed Harry narrating this himself, I suspect I would’ve read the physical book faster (and possibly enjoyed it more as a result).
eyan_birt's review against another edition
2.0
Not particularly well written or engaging from a prose perspective. But I felt like I wanted to read his words as he intended them rather than listen to rumor. His comparisons to other family members are also uncomfortable as he referenced multiple times his Nazi great uncle, without mentioning the affiliation.
ellelo's review against another edition
emotional
sad
medium-paced
4.5
I'm someone who follows the Royal family only in passing, who always liked Harry but without a real reason for it, and who has a fundamental problem with the monarchy, it's past as well as the hold it still has today. I understand Harry's desire to speak after a lifetime of being unable to. I imagine Megan may have been a catalyst for him to separate from his family, but it seems like something that was always going to happen.
This was an enjoyable listen, a fascinating look into an entirely unique perspective. Is there more here? Certainly. There are three sides to every story. But Harry's version was touching. I'm sympathetic towards him (which I'm sure was the intention) but I also feel that way for his brother, his father, for all of them. Despite the indescribable privilege that comes with their birth, they also came into this world trapped into an outdated, flawed and sometimes horrible structure with seemingly no way out.
This was an enjoyable listen, a fascinating look into an entirely unique perspective. Is there more here? Certainly. There are three sides to every story. But Harry's version was touching. I'm sympathetic towards him (which I'm sure was the intention) but I also feel that way for his brother, his father, for all of them. Despite the indescribable privilege that comes with their birth, they also came into this world trapped into an outdated, flawed and sometimes horrible structure with seemingly no way out.