Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

45 reviews

add_a_little_spook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body shaming, Miscarriage, and Abortion

littleautisticwitch's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Slavery, Dementia, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

cerysl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Biphobia, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Transphobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

aleilvandrea's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicide, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Vomit, and Pandemic/Epidemic

srgreen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

mblanke's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Abortion

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

caitlinemccann's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

4.0

Listening to Spears' story in her own words was easy and difficult at the same time. Easy in that the book feels like she's talking to you, telling you everything while you're both curled up on the couch under a blanket. Difficult because it highlights the double standards and abuses she's faced as a celebrity and under her conservatorship. 

Even though Britney Spears only reads the introduction to the audiobook, I think it's worth listening to this over reading it because of the oral history feel of the book. Michelle Williams manages to capture some of the cadences and slight twang Britney has without it feeling like she's trying to directly represent Spears. The first word I think of after reading this book is "heartbreaking." If you grew up with Britney Spears or are generally curious about her story, I would recommend this read even if large chunks of time are glossed over. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

bookswithbethx's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Miscarriage

labosse's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Wait a second, this is who I was— someone passive and pleasing. A girl. And this is who I am now— someone strong and confident. A woman.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Britney’s story is important. We never know what people are going through. It reminds us to always be kind and the importance of giving people grace, support and freedom to develop a selfhood.

abicaro17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.5

Wow. Damm. Britney has a compelling and heart wrenching story. It's one thing to read about it in the news and its another thing to read and her own family trapping her from her pov. The things she went through sound almost made up they're that insane. Unfortunately this was clearly written by a singer and not an author. It reads like a 13 year olds diary. It has no real structure and lots of stories/chapters have like no value. The story also just ends? Like no moral or overarching conclusion. Just weird. Wish it was ghostwritten almost. Very compelling though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic