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The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

21 reviews

chrisljm's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad fast-paced

4.0

Reading the experiences that Britney Spears went through left me with so much anger, sadness, and frustration for her. It is disgusting how the institutions we have in place, that are supposed to help and keep us safe, are constantly and consistently failing us. There are many heartless people in this world who should die, but death is a kind mercy they do not deserve. 

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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Death, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Cannibalism, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Sexual content

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Sexism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Grief, Mental illness, Abortion, Body shaming, Addiction, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, Miscarriage, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

zydecovivo's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Brittney Spears’s The Woman in Me is her chance to tell her story. As a very young fan when her star was rising, I didn't understand what she was going through in the early 2000s or what her conservatorship meant. Listening to her story, in her own words, brings a perspective to both her experiences and women's treatment within the music industry that we've all been missing for a long time. It is not a perfect book. Some memories don’t seem fully relevant to her reflections and some especially emotional situations seem to literally be indescribable by the author. I think there are also some instances glanced over that may reveal more trauma than the author wants to focus on in this text. But I can tell Spears wrote from the heart and her ability to discuss the horrors she was subjected to should be commended. This is a must-read for anyone thinking of entering the entertainment industry and will probably be a gateway used to move the industry forward to avoid such blatant abuse again in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Pregnancy, Grief, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Panic attacks/disorders

signeskov's review against another edition

dark informative sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Body shaming, and Abortion

hanhantap's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Confinement, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Child abuse, Stalking, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexism, Abandonment, Abortion, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Miscarriage, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Adult/minor relationship

tina_lou_'s review

emotional informative sad fast-paced

4.5

Wow, this book was honestly so go and so sad. It made me appreciate Britney and everything she went through and still continues to struggle with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Alcoholism, Suicide, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Abortion, and Drug use

hannahpings's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

i wish nothing but the world for britney spears. wow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcohol, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Miscarriage and Pandemic/Epidemic

homebodynate's review

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

Moderate: Mental illness and Ableism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Domestic abuse

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

julsosophy's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Fatphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Death, Adult/minor relationship, and Car accident