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The Woman in Me
- De: Britney Spears
- Narrado por: Michelle Williams, Britney Spears - introduction
- Duración: 5 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 30,323
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 28,658
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 28,645
In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice—her truth—was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the lives of countless others. The Woman in Me reveals for the first time her incredible journey—and the strength at the core of one of the greatest performers in pop music history. Written with remarkable candor and humor, Spears’s groundbreaking book illuminates the enduring power of music and love—and the importance of a woman telling her own story, on her own terms, at last.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Lack of transparency
- De Lori K en 10-31-23
- The Woman in Me
- De: Britney Spears
- Narrado por: Michelle Williams, Britney Spears - introduction
Straight to the point
Revisado: 01-04-24
I loved that Britney kept it real in her memoir, with well-aimed diatribes against those who wronged her. A really fun listen with a great rendering by the flawless Michelle Williams.
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The Man in the Monster
- An Intimate Portrait of a Serial Killer
- De: Martha Elliott
- Narrado por: Kyra Miller
- Duración: 10 h y 12 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 52
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 50
Michael Ross was a serial killer who raped and murdered eight young women between 1981 and 1984, and several years ago the state of Connecticut put him to death. His crimes were horrific, and he paid the ultimate price for them. When journalist Martha Elliott first heard of Ross, she learned what the world knew of him - that he had been a master at hiding in plain sight.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Perfectly told...
- De shipyardjay en 08-12-15
- The Man in the Monster
- An Intimate Portrait of a Serial Killer
- De: Martha Elliott
- Narrado por: Kyra Miller
Give me a break
Revisado: 11-28-21
As someone who grew up in Brooklyn at the time of Michael Ross’s killing spree, I found this “poor Michael” tome to be insulting to those who were his victims, not to mention the abject fear his killings put in a generation of kids who lived in that area in the ‘80s. The religiosity of this book made me relieved to not be blinded by faith, as this woman’s “faith” allowed her to pity a man who was pitiless and to look for reasons for his madness since, underneath, the “other” Michael—the one who wasn’t a monster—was just a swell guy. We used to buy our eggs from the Ross’s farm, and the simplistic argument that this is all to blame on the “mother” had me gasping. Honestly, this book felt deeply misogynistic. I can appreciate that Michael was mentally ill and early treatment may have helped him, but I truly felt sick listening to page after page of this woman searching to “explain” his vicious rapes and murders and to lament his execution. When I think back to that time, I recall taking piano lessons with the same woman Ross’s sisters took lessons from…the idea that the family was just wholesale “brutal” feels false, not to mention the fact that poor Michael went to CORNELL—an impossibility for most who grew up in Brooklyn. I also recall being on a school bus in Brooklyn, being escorted by a police car and seeing the authorities digging along the road in search of bodies. Or working at a magazine, later, and discovering Michael Ross was advocating against the death penalty with a fellow intern. Ross would have befriended a rock if it would have spoken to him. His decision to drop his appeals seemed to have more to do with rage against the prosecutor than any true remorse for what he’d done, or the writer’s simplistic guess that it was a suicide wish on Ross’s part. He was a narcissist! Oh but wait, he became a “devout Catholic” so therefore we should forgive him for his trespasses. Give. Me. A. Break. This writer got played. Played by a rapist and murderer of women and CHILDREN, because last time I checked, 14-year-olds are MINORS, yet this book always refers to them as women—one of many sticking points that left me furious. I hope the victims’ families steered clear of this book. It will take me some time to get over this one. Blah.
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