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The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

133 reviews

laurinbren's review

reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse

kimberlina82's review

inspiring sad fast-paced

3.0

I really liked the idea of this book, and have been a big Britney fan since high school. However, this was a tough read for me as it seemed like something someone in middle school wrote. There were some inconsistencies in her stories as well.  All that said, I truly believe it is caused by years of confinement and probably being medicated when she didn’t need it.  I’m so glad she was finally able to get out from under the thumb of her family.  I hope she truly loves how she wants to now, and is happy for the rest of her days. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug abuse, Cursing, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Miscarriage, Pandemic/Epidemic, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Abandonment, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

marysunburn's review

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

4.75

A harrowing, painful, yet sweet and chipper dive into the mind of one of this generation's great pop queens. The story we needed to have told all these years of controversy and gossip, an inside glance at her career and adventures – and yes, Blackout IS her greatest album, I'm glad I agree with the author – which determines a definite skip forward in the cultural moment and the way we look at celebrities. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Addiction, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Ableism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Drug use, Eating disorder, Medical content, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Abortion, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

The book is a first-person account of Britney Spears' real-life journey through her conservatorship, which granted her father complete and total control on everything she did: what she ate, what she wore, how she did her job and how, or if, she was allowed to see her family. The singer is institutionalized and forced to take prescription drugs.

_ren's review

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.5

I have read some of the reviews, and understand that people who usually read memoirs have their educated opinions about Britney's memoir feeling like a girl's dairy or just generally unpolished. I, as someone who does not often read memoirs, thought that the writing style had some pros and some cons. The pros being the casual conversation feel of the whole book that made me feel that this was truly Britney speaking to us (some say her social medias are still highly controlled, I personally do not believe that), and the cons being the numerous jumps and time skips that were not warned about or acknowledged while I was reading. The time-skips were quite an annoyance at times because as someone who has kept up with the Free Britney Movement since summer of 2022, I felt that some details we uncovered that were crucial to the movement were not mentioned from Britney's perspective. I would have loved to seen more of Britney's version/feelings toward specific things we had uncovered about her case. In the end, this is definitely her way of saying FU to everyone who had wronged her through books, interviews, and documentaries. I am proud of her for just that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Torture, Abandonment, Cursing, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Eating disorder, Medical content, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, Confinement, Violence, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Drug abuse, Vomit, Sexism, Abortion, Addiction, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy and Fatphobia

Minor: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

hayleyvem's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infidelity, Confinement, Abandonment, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Pregnancy and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Addiction, and Death of parent

ivi_reads_books's review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.5

Fue interesante leer como Britney fue tratado de manera hororosa en el público e incluso de algunos miembros de su familia y como sobrevivió esta tratamiento.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Drug abuse, Addiction, Abortion, Stalking, Sexism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, and Drug use

harmonygracie's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Bullying, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Fatphobia, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Eating disorder

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

mermaidread's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Confinement, Abortion, Abandonment, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, and Miscarriage

amandinesophie's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Unexpectedly, a very powerful read.
I very rarely read celebrity memoirs but I've always had a certain affection for Britney Spears. This was really hard to read at times but also felt empowering because I deeply resonated with some of her unfortunate experiences. For the first time, maybe ever, I truly felt like I was not the only woman in pain and terribly traumatized who had to learn how to survive and build herself a place in this world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Bullying, Medical content, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Sexism, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, and Panic attacks/disorders