I read this as an audiobook on Spotify, and Michelle Williams is a phenomenal narrator. Both she and the writer of the book ( I presume a ghostwriter was involved, as is common with celebrity memoirs) do an excellent job capturing Britney’s voice.

Some people have complained that this skips over certain events and time periods in her life. I’d say this is much more of a memoir than an autobiography, most specifically a memoir of her life events that tie to the conservatorship. Britney focuses a lot on how infantilized she was during certain parts of her life, hence the “woman in me” subtitle. 

I didn’t go in expecting her to go into detail about every aspect of her life, nor do I feel like she really owes the public that level of explanation. She’s clearly approaching this as her chance to tell her side of the story regarding the conservatorship and the narrative spun by her father and Tri-Star Entertainment. I was fine with her picking and choosing what to focus on in the book, especially when the details omitted helped the narrative flow better. 

There were a few times were it did sort of feel like I was reading a press release or something, like the reader was being kept at a slight distance, if that makes sense. But at the end of the day, it’s her story to tell, and I’m sure this was a difficult book to write emotionally.

Overall, a really good read. Very thought provoking.