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The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

259 reviews

tamsterdam_reads's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Forced institutionalization, Sexism, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

Moderate: Cursing, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexism

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

gabriellegoldenhour's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

aromarunwayexpress's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Body shaming

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Abortion, Drug use, and Death of parent

katie0528's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

Brittney recounts her life, career, and the control she suffered under her father's control during her conservatorship. While I'm so glad Brittney is able to speak her truth and get her side of the story out there, something just felt lacking to me. It wasn't as introspective as I'm Glad My Mom Died or Spare. Similar to Paris Hilton's memoir, it reads very much like a woman setting the record straight. But unlike Paris, Brittney hasn't had time and distance to really begin the healing process, since this book was written and released within a year of the conservatorship ending. I'd like to see her thoughts on everything in a few years after the dust has settled and the wounds have closed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Sexism, Medical content, Body shaming, and Death

Minor: Drug use, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, and Pandemic/Epidemic

_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

add_a_little_spook's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Torture, Toxic friendship, Forced institutionalization, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body shaming, Abortion, and Miscarriage

sweetmusic22's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

GOOD FOR HER!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Grief, Misogyny, Abortion, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Torture, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, and Pregnancy

If you're not in the right head space, don't read this!

aseel_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

Wow, some people are actual garbage and I can't believe the actual brainwashing power the media and paparazzi had to make us all feel negative thoughts about Brittany during the 00s. Absolutely disgusting and I hope only good things for Brittany in the future (and a lot of bad karma for her family and the media people, and her awful exs) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Bullying, Infidelity, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

Minor: Physical abuse