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The Woman in Me: Meine Geschichte by Britney Spears

71 reviews

boydgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual assault and Suicide

smalljoys's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Alcohol

dianaschmidty's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

#FreeBritney 
This poor girl. After reading this, I hate parts of our legal system even more than I already did!

Also, if you love pop culture, especially the music industry in the early 2000s, you’ll be as fascinated by the first half of the book as I was!

This book is just proof that most men suck. Especially rich ones.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

kelly_e's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

3.25

Title: The Woman in Me
Author: Britney Spears
Genre: Memoir
Rating: 3.25
Pub Date: October 24, 2023

T H R E E • W O R D S

Brave • Chaotic • Halfhearted

📖 S Y N O P S I S

In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice—her truth—was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the lives of countless others. The Woman in Me reveals for the first time her incredible journey—and the strength at the core of one of the greatest performers in pop music history.

💭 T H O U G H T S

I was a pre-teen when Britney's first album dropped in 1999 and I remember getting the album the following Christmas and listening to it on repeat. However, my interest was short lived and it ended up being the only one of her albums I owned. Despite not following her career closely, I still knew I wanted to read this memoir.

While I can empathize with Britney's story, The Woman in Me lacked depth. She has gone through her fair share of trauma and struggle, revealing some heavy truths within. Yet because she kept thing very surface level, these reveals felt like shock value additions more than a part of the healing process. I can imagine it took tremendous courage putting her story out into the world and I hope it was therapeutic for her. However as a reader, the writing was so chaotic, reading more like a diary than a well-crafted memoir.

With all of that said, what this book did offer me was insight into the behind-the-scenes world of music, as well as the enduring power of music in healing. I also greatly appreciated her devotion to her children, something the mainstream media has certainly left out.

At the end of the day, I am glad to have picked this up and listened to it. However, it was the deep emotional memoir I was so hoping for. I hope the writing process was a healing part of her journey to taking back control of her life. But when I got to the end, I got the sense she still has a long ways to go.

📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• die-hard Britney fans
• celebrity memoir enthusiasts

🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S

"Music stopped the noise, made me feel confident, and took me to a pure place of expressing myself exactly as I wanted to be seen and heard. Singing took me into the presence of the divine."

"If no one is used to you being assertive, they get very freaked out when you start speaking your mind." 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Pandemic/Epidemic

keirahelena_'s review against another edition

hopeful sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Suicide, and Abortion

jaz_gets_literary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

I started this at the gym this morning and just finished it a few hours later. I could stop listening. I am feeling so many emotions. Mostly anger. So many people failed her. Her father took her total body autonomy away from her and everyone around her just went along with it. There were lots of horrible things that happened to her before that but that one was the worst to me. I don’t understand how no one saw that it wasn’t right and agreed to it. I’m going to have to sit with this one for a while but I truly hope that she finds peace and happiness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Child death, Miscarriage, Suicide, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

crystalleighwrites's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

2.75

Gonna split this up between the narrative and the craft. 

Craft: it’s what we’ve come to expect from ghost-written celeb bios. Simplistic writing, a good job done of making the voice sound like the celeb’s, but not well written by any stretch. 

Narrative: holy crap is this a bummer. It’s really tough to read (or hear in the audiobook) what Britney went through not only during the conservatorship but during her youth. This woman needed so much help at every turn and got nothing but neglect and exploitation. 

It is a tough read and if I hadn’t had Michelle Williams’ soothing voice as my guide, I wouldn’t have made it to the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicide, and Abortion

katndrsn's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Abortion

Minor: Suicide

bookgurlie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Suicide

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