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The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

44 reviews

sadiebugreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

4.0

i didn’t know much about Britney Spears before the book, never really listened to her music etc. But now i have so much sympathy for her and what she’s been through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Abortion, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Body shaming, Mental illness, and Fatphobia

Minor: Miscarriage, Infidelity, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

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

teganbeesebooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This poor woman. If you are in any way a Britney Spears fan, and even if you're not, this is important to read. She is literally treated like the protagonist of THE YELLOW WALLPAPER. If we lock her up, we can do whatever we want. Heartbreaking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexism, Abortion, Abandonment, Bullying, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Medical content, Drug use, Miscarriage, Addiction, Infertility, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual content, Alcohol, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

chris_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Stalking

Moderate: Mental illness, Car accident, Alcohol, Body shaming, Drug use, Infidelity, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage, Addiction, and Death

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

ashleyj_reads's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Cursing, Bullying, Addiction, Gaslighting, Abortion, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Body shaming, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma

Minor: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Car accident

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

gussurireads's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad fast-paced

4.0

An incredibly sad story and I could feel her need to have her story heard for the first time ever. There were so many injustices done to this woman and I'm so sad that as a young teen I was one of those that felt "too embarrassed" to like Britney Spears. I'm still appalled that this can be done to anyone at all but even more to someone as successful and famous as Britney. 

As for the writing, I'm not too familiar with the memoir genre so I can't necessarily compare this to other books of the same genre but the writing does feel fragmented and a bit too basic, especially knowing a ghostwriter was used for this. Her story definitely deserved a bit more attention paid to the writing.

Excellent audiobook though, with Michelle Williams' narration shining through all the funny and emotional bits.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Abortion, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Infidelity, Car accident, Miscarriage, and Suicidal thoughts

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)