Let me just state my takeaways, from someone who grew up with her music and liked it but was never a fan. SPOILERS below
I believe she has a horrible family, I don’t think they care for her at all, I think they stole her money and used her every chance they got. I’m amazed she’s standing at all.
But… based on the book, I get the feeling that Britneys not the most reliable narrator. Not that she’s lying, more like she’s a brilliant artist who lacks other skills. The story about her receipts and that one phone call to her mom, and how her early boyfriend’s used her. It makes me feel like she’s not all there. And we don’t get any information on how her boyfriend’s viewed the conservatorship, which bothers me so much…
What are your thoughts?
I was a fan of her from her 1st single and 1st album. I have bought her cds and gone to her concerts and worn the t shirts. Everyone “turned” on her when she had her mental breakdown but I could have practically been chris crocker screaming “leave Britney alone.”
So. Given my admiration of her, I’ve always known she wasn’t a very intelligent, deep thinking person. That paired with mental illness… she was the perfect victim to be exploited, manipulated, and controlled. For years she’s given interviews saying she just wanted to be a mom and raise her boys. If you’ve followed her public story with the slightest amount of discernment it was so clear she was being abused.
So I don’t think she wrote the book as some literary masterpiece. I think she wanted her story out there, and I think she deserved to have it told. She’s a very unpolished and uneducated person surrounded by people who needed to keep her that way to control her. But she’s very human: flawed, silly, traumatized, and her memories are likely inconsistent. She’s strong but emotionally immature. She’s had to be to survive.