Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

22 reviews

amycourts's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.75

Britney has always deserved better treatment than what she got, but hearing her full story from her own perspective, and in details previously unknown, built a whole new level of rage in me against the exploitative and hateful powers around her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

finn_vibing's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping

crystalmidnightmumslibrary's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

4.0

A heartbreaking, fascinating and honest story. It finally feels like we’ve heard Britney’s side of the story here. I feel so angry and upset for what she has gone through! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

Minor: Miscarriage

hazelreads1's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

whimsylee's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

What a privilege to be allowed behind the curtain of Britney’s experience. As most of the reviews have said, rating a memoir is a difficult task. I loved hearing more about Britney’s childhood as well as her experience with the conservatorship. Michelle Williams did a phenomenal job bringing Britney’s words to life in the audiobook. I am so proud of Britney for advocating for herself and telling her side. I hope she can do as she wishes now and just be a human. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Grief, and Abortion

asparagushead's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma

Minor: Miscarriage

mrs_spacetime's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

The way this is written sounds so genuinely the way that Britney speaks. It's so endearing. As someone who grew up in the late 90s/early 2000's it was so nostalgic to read her perspective of that era. So glad I read this.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Medical content, and Abortion

Minor: Addiction, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

jessiejonesbentley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

mdwsn27's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

sten89's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

2.0

Britany has gone through a lot in her life, and I don’t discount the bravery it took for her to share. But, the writing in this is horrible: it felt extremely juvenile and it jumped around with seemingly no rhyme or reason. Parts of her past explain this, what the conservatorship did to her mind, but it felt like it was written by someone extremely young. Almost DNF, but pushed through since it’s relatively short. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Minor: Miscarriage and Abandonment