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tguccione's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Eating disorder
cmlalonde's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Car accident
zesha's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Sexual assault
weelasswithabook's review against another edition
5.0
🌟 Memoir
God this was a difficult read. Right from the get-go it's just a heartbreaking perspective on Britney's life. Right from the beginning of her life she was exposed to suicide, death, and abuse. Just the content warning list above should give you an idea of just how sad this poor woman's life has been.
Britney Spears was a staple of the majority of us elder Millennials childhoods and there's a sense of guilt there (at least how I feel) that we all just took her persona at face value and assumed her life was glitter and dreams. Obviously we weren't to know what was going on behind the curtain, but I don't think I'll ever hear certain songs of hers the same after reading this, now I see where some of the lyrics may have stemmed from.
From a technical aspect, I've seen reviews complaining about the actual writing of the book, and I do agree it felt very juvenile, HOWEVER, this woman was basically trapped as a late teen for the majority of her life and had her voice stifled. It's only very recently that she's had her own life back and I don't think we should be too hard on her for the technicality of her writing. I think it's pretty unfair.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Abortion, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic
catherineisa's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Car accident, and Pregnancy
Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Pandemic/Epidemic
laurakfinnegan's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, and Car accident
jourdanicus's review against another edition
4.5
Britney was a central figure of girlhood for me, like most kids growing up in the 90s and aughts. I'm fascinated (and saddened) by her story. I really appreciate that she could tell it for herself finally (though, I'm assuming, with a ghost writer).
There was a lot I found relatable in this book, as someone who also grew up affected by generational trauma. I can only begin to imagine the mental toll that being a global celebrity at a time when the media was so incredibly hard on celebrities (especially girls and women) has taken on Britney. She might not even understand the full gravity of it yet...
Not to say the book lacked depth; there was definitely vulnerability there. But I think it could have been longer, maybe a little more detailed. I'd love to read more by her someday, if she has more to tell!
Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, and Alcohol
Minor: Cursing, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Car accident
rachelhilary's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Addiction, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Car accident, and Pandemic/Epidemic
sadiebugreads's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Abortion
Minor: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
chrisljm's review against another edition
4.0
There are many complaints on the writing in this memoir, which is just focusing on the wrong thing imo, but the narrative tone of voice just sounded very young to me. I found this to be very fitting given the trauma she experienced, specifically in the sense of how trauma effects you neurologically, and it helps you understand just how young she was going through all this.
Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Car accident, and Pandemic/Epidemic