Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

9 reviews

jul_grk's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Addiction, Alcohol, Child death, Mental illness, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Forced institutionalization

bookswithlauren's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

It makes me sad to read about everything that Britney has been through in her life, especially at the hands of people who were supposed to love and care for her. 

Despite the book not being as detailed as it could have been, it was more than enough to show and explain not only everything Britney went through, but how it has impacted her and will continue to affect her. 

This book does read almost like a teenage diary, but that is not surprising considering most of the control of her own life started to disappear when she was a teenager. So many opportunities and life experiences were taken away from her and it has definitely left its impact. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Child death, Abandonment, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcoholism, Bullying, Car accident, Grief, Medical content, Body shaming, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

jaz_gets_literary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

I started this at the gym this morning and just finished it a few hours later. I could stop listening. I am feeling so many emotions. Mostly anger. So many people failed her. Her father took her total body autonomy away from her and everyone around her just went along with it. There were lots of horrible things that happened to her before that but that one was the worst to me. I don’t understand how no one saw that it wasn’t right and agreed to it. I’m going to have to sit with this one for a while but I truly hope that she finds peace and happiness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Abortion, Alcoholism, Body shaming, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Child death, Miscarriage, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

sarah_hutchins's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexism, Misogyny, Body shaming, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Stalking

Minor: Sexual violence, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Addiction, Miscarriage, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, and Blood

immovabletype's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

not sure I'm going to rate this one. there are a lot of memoirs out there that are more technically proficient, but that doesn't mean there isn't value in Britney's story in her own words. (yes, she had a ghostwriter, but something I actually quite appreciate here is that they kept her voice authentic and seemed to be there to lend structure and clarity.) there were moments I groaned and there were moments I genuinely gasped in shock. regardless of the writing I'm glad this is out in the world. mine or anyone else's approval isn't the point here. she just deserves to be heard.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, Child abuse, Cursing, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Confinement, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, and Body shaming

Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Blood, Mental illness, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Suicidal thoughts

telliot's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Addiction, Sexism, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Infidelity, Abortion, and Miscarriage

bethany_g's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Body shaming, Mental illness, Sexism, Confinement, and Bullying

Moderate: Medical trauma

Minor: Child death and Miscarriage

mynameisrebecca's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

lexigoyette's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child death, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Sexism

Minor: Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship