Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

12 reviews

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

This five star rating is a huge surprise to me. I didn’t know anything much about her aside from the tabloid headlines (never listened to her music). Really glad u read this book. She’s overcome a lot. I probably would’ve crumbled. Made me proud of her and also inspired me to be clearer about my priorities and boundaries. I hope the world will leave her alone and let her be, and I hope her parents, sister, and Kevin all experience very painful and elongated suffering.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Dementia, Grief, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Abortion, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Suicide, Torture, Body shaming, Sexism, Slavery, Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, and Bullying

katelynprice's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

4.0

I am still thinking about this book weeks after reading it. I admire her so much for taking back control and telling her story. My biggest takeaway from this book and Prince Harry’s is having so much more empathy for celebrities and the scrutiny they live under. There’s so much to be said about ethics, mental health, misogyny, and trauma in these pages, and I think it would make for interesting book club discussion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Body shaming, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Abortion, Cursing, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Infidelity

Minor: Suicide, Medical trauma, Car accident, Eating disorder, Blood, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug use, Domestic abuse, and Child death

linnylionheart's review against another edition

reflective sad fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Addiction, Abortion, Chronic illness, Sexism, Suicide, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Body shaming, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Cursing, and Blood

Moderate: Rape and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Dementia, Cancer, Child death, Eating disorder, and Domestic abuse

underage drinking ; underage smoking ; underage driving (at 13)

abicaro17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.5

Wow. Damm. Britney has a compelling and heart wrenching story. It's one thing to read about it in the news and its another thing to read and her own family trapping her from her pov. The things she went through sound almost made up they're that insane. Unfortunately this was clearly written by a singer and not an author. It reads like a 13 year olds diary. It has no real structure and lots of stories/chapters have like no value. The story also just ends? Like no moral or overarching conclusion. Just weird. Wish it was ghostwritten almost. Very compelling though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Abortion, Forced institutionalization, Toxic friendship, Confinement, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Classism, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Addiction, Body shaming, Cancer, Medical content, Mental illness, and Death

jessicasonley's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

Minor: Miscarriage, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical trauma, and Cancer

amaranth_wytch's review

emotional informative sad fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, and Confinement

Moderate: Bullying and Body shaming

Minor: Grief, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Stalking, Cancer, Car accident, Drug use, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Death, Cursing, Alcoholism, Sexism, Alcohol, and Suicidal thoughts

fireflyhollow's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Minor: Toxic relationship, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Body shaming, Cancer, Addiction, Miscarriage, Confinement, and Child abuse

vira92's review

dark emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Addiction, Abortion, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Cancer, and Miscarriage

reader98's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Cancer, Body shaming, Abortion, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, and Alcoholism

kylasmv15's review

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Forced institutionalization, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Abortion, and Bullying

Minor: Alcohol, Cancer, Death, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Cursing