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Spare by Prince Harry

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kokocort's review against another edition

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4.25


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theverycraftyvegan's review against another edition

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5.0

I am the same age as Prince Harry and always felt a affinity for him. Admittedly, I don’t know much about the royal family, but Harry’s memoir discusses the absurdity of everything the press have ever said about the royal family. This book was also Harry’s chance to tell his side of the story about how his family has treated him and Megan. 

This is a very heavy book and I cried many times listening to his recount of very painful topics: his mother’s death, 9/11, self medicating with drugs and alcohol, going to war, racism against his wife and children, threats against their lives, the loss of an unborn child, the toxicity of his family, the death of the Queen, and the paparazzi who refuse(d) to let them live their lives. 

This was a highly enjoyable and deeply moving memoir, even for an anti-monarchist living in the colonized commonwealth. 

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norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

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4.0


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miggyfool's review against another edition

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3.75


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randalynhill's review against another edition

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3.0

While the ending made it worth it, due to the length, I don’t think I would have been able to get through it had I not listened to the audiobook. Was a little dry for me in the first 75%. 

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gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition

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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

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venetiana's review against another edition

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3.75

This was interesting, even though I'm very anti-monarchy. I picked it up to hear more about the failures of its system, and of course to hear how Meghan and him got out. 

It's in three parts: roughly, those are 1. Harry's childhood, 2. his time in the army, 3. his time with Meghan.
The childhood/yourh part is of course emotional and sad, but also interesting. The army part absolutely made me cringe, the way he talks about war and killing people etc. (also slightly racist, though I guess trying not to be). The third part was shocking in terms of the violent and racist press, the aggressions within the family/firm etc., but of course also romantic and hopeful. Harry reading the book himself certainly adds to that, and makes it much more personal.

Given how the author has spent his whole life "inside", certain views didn't surprise me, though I was kind of disappointed that he hadn't yet found the time to "adjust" them to a world less enabled by privilege. But I definitely respect how he shared all his traumata (and stories), and how he's working on them. I respect that Meghan and him left, it's a big step, and I think it was important to share and explain what led there.

That being said, one small thing, I felt the book ended quite abruptly.

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kaitlinmarks's review against another edition

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5.0


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thepaperbackrx's review against another edition

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2.0

I should have DNF’d this book but I kept hoping for improvement. The writing reads like a laundry list recounting of Prince Harry’s life - this happened and then this happened and we went here and then there. I had hoped for more introspection and deep self analysis or even just gossip! The theme of the book seems to be: I’m here to say these things first - like blowing up a building and just walking away to leave others with the aftermath. As an American I have absolutely no investment in this family or the royal culture but I do enjoy reading memoir and of one’s lived experience. Unfortunately, Harry just isn’t deft enough with his words to make even his trauma remotely interesting. I would pass on this and watch the Oprah interview and a Netflix piece instead. Virtually everything that was recounted in this book has been recounted in those pieces as well. 

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raccoonteeth's review against another edition

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2.5


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