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qp_reads's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Bullying, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and War
dev921's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
dmswack3's review against another edition
4.5
I highly enjoyed the narration Prince Harry gave, and the story itself was fun to listen to. His ghost writers was phenomenal in my opinion. I'm very glad I listened to it instead of reading it, however, because I think I would have found myself bored by some of the longer chapters had it not been read to me.
Something else for readers to be weary of besides long chapters and perhaps boring text, should you choose to read this rather than listen- this story bares all... Like ALL. You will hear a LOT about the Prince's... Todger, as he calls it. Like a LOT. Where it's been, who's seen it, how it's been injured so uh. Fair warning there.
Beyond the todger, this book really doesn't pull punches. I saw shocked at points, angered at others, cried at some. But I also felt myself thinking: is it all true? God I hope not. It's that bad.
Give it a listen.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and War
ash_bees's review against another edition
3.0
Other reviewers commented that this reads as if written by multiple authors, I'd suggest at least three. The writing could have benefitted from a really heavy editor, and would have been more effective if it was cut down to half or a third. But that seems to be par for the course for books I've read from people with celebrity status.
The takeaways from this are two-fold: (1) the importance of speaking up to right wrongs, especially when you're an ally and not the target; and (2) knowing that speaking up may not change the offender's future actions but can gain you more allies or let other similarly situated people know they're not alone.
Lots of trigger warnings for this book. I wouldn't necessarily say it's spilling the tea, but it does cover lots of death, feelings of abandonment and betrayal, and stalking.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
bookbird's review against another edition
3.25
Fame is, often, just abuse in a glittery package. Hereditary fame even more so. Harry has survived an incredible amount.
He's also surprisingly naive, though. He talks about a trip to the North Pole like it was a lads weekend, and not something millions of people dream about doing. One line towards the end really rubbed me up the wrong way - he talks about security at his wedding being a necessity (valid), but cites one of the reasons for this as the press "stirring up racism and class resentment". I certainly don't mean to defend the abhorrent tabloid press here, because they absolutely contributed to (or even created) the racist vitriol aimed at Meghan, but class resentment? Really? In a country where 1 in 5 children live in poverty (even more are food insecure), but we still spend millions on a monarchy that are increasingly out of touch? I don't think that's resentment - I think that's justified anger.
Ultimately, it feels weird to rate this book, but I'm basing my rating purely on how much I actually enjoyed it. Much of it is incredibly interesting, much of it is baffling, but I'm ultimately glad I read it.
Lastly - and I'm saying this as someone who was born here and has only ever lived here - the UK is truly bonkers. What a weird, fucked up country.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Classism
kokocort's review against another edition
4.25
Moderate: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and War
gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition
3.5
Listened via Audible
The Details:
Narrated by Prince Harry
Unabridged
This was surprisingly interesting!
I was initially roped in by the strange snippet about his nether regions but I found quite a lot of interesting stories in here.
One of the bigger controversies I was intrigued to hear about was his thoughts behind dressing up as a Nazi and the other brainless things he did as a youth, to get him dubbed as "Prince Harry, the Thicko", but I was most invested when he was talking about how he met Megan and the relationships and difficulties that grew there.
Hearing about his struggles with how he handled emotion after the death of his mum was quite heartbreaking to hear. Being in a similar situation I couldn't help but empathise.
There were a lot of instances were he sounded so far removed from reality and woe is me, but for the most part this was absorbing.
Overall, a fascinating insight into the Prince's tell-all.
Pick it up, give it a go and enjoy! >(^_^)<
Gén
Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War
frostrr's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Grief and War
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, and Violence
haleybre's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War
ghostmoth's review against another edition
2.25
Graphic: War
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Child death