Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

23 reviews

_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!

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

rachdunder's review

emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion and Torture

Moderate: Mental illness, Infidelity, Grief, Child abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Misogyny, and Forced institutionalization

cerysl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Sexual content, Abortion, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Mental illness, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Grief, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Medical trauma, Transphobia, Death, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexism, Abandonment, Addiction, Miscarriage, Pandemic/Epidemic, Biphobia, Drug use, Confinement, Physical abuse, and Torture

aleilvandrea's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Pregnancy, Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Violence, Self harm, Torture, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Miscarriage, Infertility, Suicide, Infidelity, Blood, and Drug abuse

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Vomit, and Cursing

333amreen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

VERY EXPRESSIVE‼️ Resonated with what she had to say, more or less & intersting insights into her life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Sexism, Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Torture, and Toxic relationship

kbairbooks's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

This is the second celebrity memoir that I’ve read in the span of a year and phew they have been emotionally challenging to read. I have so much empathy and sympathy for Britney and everything she’s been through in her life. I truly hope she can put in the work to heal as much as she can from her traumas, even though she shouldn’t have to. To read about the horrors that she has been through makes my heart ache and I hope that whatever she is doing now brings her nothing but joy and healing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Infidelity, Torture, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Confinement, Grief, Sexual violence, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pregnancy, Child abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

binreads's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.5

Wow. It's unbelievable how much this woman has gone through in her life. I will never forgive society for how they treated her/how they still treat her. Let the girl spin around on instagram and post her emojis. 

It's disgusting to know how her family used and controlled her...did not help her during her toughest times, nor did they care about her. I'm so glad she got out. I'm so glad people noticed something was up.  

Was there real complex writing? No, but it was extremely emotional. As I read, I could hear her voice. I can only imagine how much trauma it was to go through these experiences and to revisit some of the worst moments in her life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Suicide, Bullying, Child abuse, Torture, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Abortion, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, and Toxic friendship