Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

51 reviews

sea_tea_books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense

So important to hear her testimony. Much love for Britney from a fellow Survivor-To-Thriver. 

I listened to the audiobook and Michelle Williams did not disappoint.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Bullying, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Infidelity, Grief, Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Abortion

Minor: Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Miscarriage

lateresita27's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion and Abandonment

issyd23's review against another edition

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

4.0

IT’S MOTHER FUCKING BRITNEY BITCH!!! 4👸🏼

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Cursing, Abortion, Car accident, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Torture, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

heidibikes's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment

amanda_reads13's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Confinement, and Miscarriage

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

ahoijules's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Stalking, Ableism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Abortion, Addiction, Car accident, Chronic illness, Abandonment, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

baileewyatt's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

⭐️: 3/5

Before I say anything about the book I want to be clear that Britney is a victim in all that has happened to her. She has experienced severe trauma stemming from an abusive childhood and being in the spotlight in a time where mental health was not prioritized, and in her case even mocked. 

Overall, I think the book was interesting, listening to it rather than reading it, I feel, is more enjoyable. It felt more like a podcast than a literary piece. I think that it stays a little surface level except for the bombshells that we got when there was press going around for the book. I thought after reading the book I’d get a better understanding of why she was seen as being so out of control or why they felt the conservatorship was so necessary but I don’t really feel any different than I did before (@TheReadheads touched on this in more depth if you’d like to listen). I believe that her life was so, so hard and that she was treated unfairly but because it felt like she was leaving things out it almost felt like she was an unreliable narrator. It’s a quick read and if you’re interested it’s a great one to listen to but overall definitely not one of my favorites when it comes to this year and memoirs overall. 

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Abortion, and Abandonment

raaahella's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

3.75

It was a very interesting book. It os sad to know that a family can do that to one of its members and not feel the remorse. I am sorry she went through all of that but can also relate.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexism, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Drug use, Miscarriage, and Blood

sonjaswanson's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

3.75

Kudos to the ghost writer and Michelle Williams for capturing Britney so well. It does feel like something she would write: not completely mature-sounding but when your childhood is stripped from you, you naturally want to have that childhood back as an adult. It makes sense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Body shaming, Bullying, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Fatphobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, and Pregnancy