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Ok I know I relate based on the title and the description. I had to look her up. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Went to see Matt Haig talk last night and he was very engaging and funny. He talked a lot about his most recent book, his writing process, dogs, recovery and mental health. A really enjoyable night.

I was never really a Britney fan - I was already in my 30s when she burst on to the music scene, and hence not her demographic! But you couldn‘t not notice her and her subsequent troubles, so I was interested in what she had to say. The first half is interesting, at times sad, at times rightly calling out an industry that treats women very differently to how it treats men. The second half is less engaging - because she finds it difficult to talk⬇️

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Memoir from the author about 2 years in a psychiatric hospital in the 1960s. It was a quick read so I finished it but was left feeling a bit nonplussed. I don't feel that I got any insight about the author at all, & I agree with another reviewer who says it all just feels rather empty. Most readers seemed to really like this one but whatever they saw, I just didn't connect with it. 2.5⭐

When I first saw this book, I was expecting a twisted romance, as expected from Colleen Hoover. However, the core theme is family drama, with romance just being a backbencher. The absurd family👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 and depression are taking two front rows. Overall, it's a gripping read.📖