2024 the best of you prince review

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Discover the global phenomenon that tells an unforgettable story of love, loss, courage, and healing.

“Compellingly artful . . . [a] blockbuster memoir.”—The New Yorker (Best Books of the Year)

It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother’s coffin as the world watched in sorrow—and horror. As Princess Diana was laid to rest, billions wondered what Prince William and Prince Harry must be thinking and feeling—and how their lives would play out from that point on.

For Harry, this is that story at last.

Before losing his mother, twelve-year-old Prince Harry was known as the carefree one, the happy-go-lucky Spare to the more serious Heir. Grief changed everything. He struggled at school, struggled with anger, with loneliness—and, because he blamed the press for his mother’s death, he struggled to accept life in the spotlight.

At twenty-one, he joined the British Army. The discipline gave him structure, and two combat tours made him a hero at home. But he soon felt more lost than ever, suffering from post-traumatic stress and prone to crippling panic attacks. Above all, he couldn’t find true love.

Then he met Meghan. The world was swept away by the couple’s cinematic romance and rejoiced in their fairy-tale wedding. But from the beginning, Harry and Meghan were preyed upon by the press, subjected to waves of abuse, racism, and lies. Watching his wife suffer, their safety and mental health at risk, Harry saw no other way to prevent the tragedy of history repeating itself but to flee his mother country. Over the centuries, leaving the Royal Family was an act few had dared. The last to try, in fact, had been his mother. . . .

For the first time, Prince Harry tells his own story, chronicling his journey with raw, unflinching honesty. A landmark publication, Spare is full of insight, revelation, self-examination, and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief.

Reviewer: Kailyn
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Sad, Whimsical, Dark, Comedic, Introspective…words cannot describe you just have to read it
Review: I don’t really read these kinds of books. I’m addicted to sci fi and historical romance and intake most my gossip/nonfiction news from social media mediums and independent research (Tik Tok and Twitter). I don’t think I’ve ever read a biography, autobiography, or memoir outside of an educational setting. I picked this up just bc I was interested in all the weird excerpts the media put all over headlines in the days leading up. I’m also a big supporter of evaluating primary sources first-hand as my liberal arts bachelors degree taught me before I form opinions. I expected a celebrity tell-all gossip piece..BUT, this piece took my breath away. I read it in one night and went through so many emotions. I had to put it down multiple times to laugh, cry, and self reflect. Well-done to Harry taking the hard step to be vulnerable to the world in his own way and taking control of his narrative and his writer is absolutely so talented. The writer is so magnificent, I cannot say it enough.This book is going to be analyzed in classrooms, positively, negatively, analytically one day as it touches on coming-of age, literature and motifs, the most recent war, and a love story and a social and political discourse on British press and its relationship with the Palace. People are going to be talking about this book for ages and as Meghan and Harry seem to be really polarizing to some. I recommend anyone supporter or not, British or American, read this book first and form your own opinions. Clear your mind of the bias from what you know of Harry from the press and media and read it about a story of a boy growing into a man. It’s really quite good when you look past you’re own biases.Harry’s really grown when it comes to his own biases and privilege and this book really explores that growth in a first person POV that also causes to reader to take a step back and evaluate themselves but I do think he needs to sit on his support of a Monarchy a bit more lol…it was nice as an American to understand British culture a bit more though and I feel like I was able to put myself in the other Royals shoes and humanize them as well! Since Meghan and Harry are the only ones who we’ve been able to authentically hear from as of late.I know a lot of people will speak on his chapters of his experiences in the war negatively, and to be honest. I wasn’t expecting that kind of candor and rawness and it resonated with me but in a introspectively beneficial way..as someone who is currently in the neo-stage of their military officer career (I only joined because I wanted to be a leader and get college paid but I’ve been more introspective on leadership and military more lately) I had to take military history classes when I was in college, I read many textbooks and memories who recount experiences similar to his from the civil war, Vietnam and WW1/2 perspective and we analyzed them relentlessly…but I haven’t seen a lot of memoirs from veterans from the War on Terror or from non-Americans. With the peacetime the U.S. is in I guess I doubt I’ll be serving long enough to ever experience the trauma he went through and it helps me understand the PTSD of modern soldiers and those veteran NCOs I work with. That section made me really introspective about the military and the way we’re trained and the discourse around the ethics of it even though his military experience is from a different country. (Side note this really helped me realize how important OPSEC is lol I literally screamed OPSEC at the book at one point).I enjoy the way he recounted his childhood and his relationship with his family. It was very tactful and well-written and I think every comment that a tabloid has pulled as “offensive” out of context was balanced out throughout the book as we really delved into the nuances of family and our childhoods. The people he mentions in this book are not just characters and celebrities in a show or tabloid but real people who are multifaceted and there is no antagonist and protagonist in real life.He also kept it spicy with the funny TMI moments about his social life and ~extracurricular~ activities. The random celebrity name drops were hilarious to me with his sarcastic tone and obviously not ill-mannered or narcissistic as I saw some implied. I think that was the perfect amount of comedy and tiny factoids that are ultimately harmless and affect no one except entertain the reader. I’m a very TMI person and the way he exposed embarrassing moments is the way I talk to my inner circle of friends and I felt like I was listening to a friend tell me a story on girls night. I saw on Twitter people were offended by the TMI but let’s be honest, if he hadn’t left in the spicy/funny comments people would have just said his memoir is boring and a waste of money and money-seeking. I’m sure there are plenty of other TMI details of his life that are private and he did not share. Everything he shared that people called “TMI” is inconsequential to the audience and only there to entertain comedic relief amongst the other dark themes in this book. This probably went through hella reviews and many consultations to make sure it wasn’t too out there.I could ramble forever about this book…I wanna join like a book club or reddit to discuss it. This is truly one of my favorite reads in like the last ten years. I may have separate opinions about the Harry v. the Monarchy discourse but I just want to endorse the book is SUCH a good read anyways for those on edge.

Reviewer: Amanda
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Beautifully Written
Review: I'm a 35 year old American and all I knew of the Royal family before Meghan married Harry was that my parents were sad when Diana died and that the grocery store checkout magazines always had headlines about them. I was kind of drawn in and charmed by the idea of them accepting Meghan and how pretty and warm she always looked (I remember sending a picture of her in a pale pink dress with a matching jacket when she was pregnant with her son to my group chat with a note about how oh my God she is the most gorgeous human ever) and it made me sad and angry when like...all of the media over there seemed to hate her all of a sudden. But even though I felt bad for her I never had strong feelings about Harry, he was just kinda there. Now? I freaking love Harry. Harry and Meghan fan for life. LIFE.I am shell-shocked at how freaking real and good this book is. I saw so many headlines leading up to the release that made the book sound like a (super fun tbh) mean and petty silly little airing of grievances. And instead it's this incredibly thoughtful, fair, raw depiction of both his family and his life. It kind of blows my mind the royals were so short sighted they willingly gave up what appears to be the only one among them with an ounce of emotional intelligence. He and Meghan are both so sincerely self-deprecating and open and honest and they contrast so dramatically against his family. The rest of them seem so stilted and fake and political and sneaky in comparison.How honest he is about his insecurities and ambitions and hopes and dreams and embarrassments is kind of stunning. Openly acknowledging what is complicated about England's history. Confessing freely to his own limitations in so many ways like Eminem in the battle scene in 8 Mile is ridiculous but kind of effective?! Like....he isn't pretending not to be upset about being thought stupid, about being a spare, about being single, about so many things. He's human and it hurt and I respect him for not doing the pretending to be unbothered thing.Also, he is insanely fair to his family. Far more than they seem to deserve!. He is so freaking kind to them. Going out of his way to defend Kate and Will from tabloid gossip and repeatedly explain why things that were said about them or done to them were unfair and untrue. He acknowledges being emotionally unavailable, even to his brother who would want to discuss their mother at times. He even defends his dad's reasoning on so many things and makes him seem bumbling and ineffectual rather than like the indifferently cruel and disinterested father he seemed like he must be before.Reading this book is the closest I have ever come to having any sympathy at all for the rest of the Royal family. They just seemed like cold selfish remote awful little rich people before but Harry's book makes them seem more human and likable and normal. Like people who if they hadn't been born to this might have actually stood a chance of being halfway decent but they were born into this and now they've just leaned into being unbearable cartoon villains for forever.The description of the bee, the fly, and the wasp? How he used to grocery shop? Such good writing. And him being painfully honest about him having mom issues and looking for mother figures and wanting to make people laugh and looking for signs in things. I know they're being mean about it in some headlines and I don't believe in signs or astrology or psychics or whatever myself but I know a lot of people who do. I think it's kind of normal and human after a big and unexpected loss. My friend lost her 12 year old son to an asthma attack that stopped his heart and she is constantly on the hunt for "signs". Connections, coincidences, messages.He's even fair about his mom. You can tell he knows he kind of puts her on a pedestal but he acknowledges she was imperfect, especially when he talks about her insecurity over them loving their nanny. I think the main takeaway from the book for me is how sad I feel for him. Because he seems to love everyone in his family for who they are. He sees them clearly, their flaws and weaknesses and strengths, and loves them. And you can just tell it wasn't ever reciprocated. Because none of them seem capable of loving him back."How lost we are, I thought. How far we’ve strayed. How much damage has been done to our love, our bond, and why? All because a dreadful mob of dweebs and crones and cut-rate criminals and clinically diagnosable sadists along Fleet Street feel the need to get their jollies and plump their profits—and work out their personal issues—by tormenting one very large, very ancient, very dysfunctional family."Anyway, it is a really good book. I really enjoyed it, read it super fast, and highly recommend.

Reviewer: Maria Adelaide Ribeiro
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Excelente material de estudo para ghostwriters, além de ser uma leitura fascinante.

Reviewer: Muy resistente, lo utilizo todos los días para mi trabajo es muy bueno conservando lo frío 👍🏻
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Que buen libro con chisme interesante 👌🏻

Reviewer: D. Padmore
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: It took me longer than most to finish this memoir extraordinaire. Partly because I read more slowly than most (even though I also purchased the audio version), but I also wanted to respect Prince Harry’s process, and give it the time to breathe when he breathed, and simmer when he simmered.This was my first memoir reading ever, because I convinced myself that I “don’t have time for such books.” But now, I’m convinced that having grappled with Complex PTSD myself—born of abject childhood trauma—I too will take to narrative therapy and pen my own emotional release through memoir…someday. Soon, I hope.In SPARE, there seemed to be still so many other stories needing to be told, but I’m very happy with this. For now. I’m especially happy for Prince Harry that he FINALLY got to tell his OWN story in his OWN words. In a way that can NEVER be “pulled” by any monarch or future monarch anywhere. This prince clearly knows what it means to be “free.”No one who has never been subjected to the excessive degree of the prince’s gilded-caged life…PLUS the mind-altering trauma of violently losing the most loving parent at such a tender and formative age; PLUS having all this play out not just in the international media glare but ALL of it—Every Single Day of his one precious life—maliciously controlled, contorted and conflated by tabloid terrorists in collusion with the most wretched of relatives; PLUS, PLUS, PLUS…has ANY right to deny this man—who has defied every crucible set up to denigrate, diminish or destroy him—the right and the opportunity for HIS voice, HIS story, HIS words, to be heard. And believed.It’s as if the Royal Family and the British Media have entered into some kind of sadistic pact to destroy ANY member whose global popularity appears to threaten theirs. Don’t they realize that’s up to the people who they adore and elevate, and not the Principals? The media can only prop up the laggards so much…all the rest of them need do is operate with integrity, compassion and generosity and the world might love them too. They taught the people in fairytales for so long that when anything resembles that ideal—inclusive of attractiveness—people naturally gravitate towards them. Even babies do this!Anyways, I digress…I’m VERY proud of Prince Harry for doing whatever he felt he had to do to get his story out from under the tomb of tales spun by the tabloids and palace tattlers. When it comes to Your story, you cannot trust it to anyone else. You had better control your own narrative. Happy Harry has done that. No one should get richer off his story than he.I honor him for speaking with clarity and without fear about the good, the bad and the ugly of his decisions and the ensuing consequences. That could not have been easy, but it was absolutely necessary. For historical accuracy’s sake.I salute His Royal Highness for the hero, the husband and the father he has become. The officer, gentleman, statesman and best royal representative of HMTQE2 that he has always been and continues to be.I am truly grateful that he has found in Her Royal Highness Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex, someone who adores, cherishes, honors, supports, elevates and loves him. Someone who sees the King that he would have been. Just like his mum did.Still…a KING in his own right. Very well done, Sir.“That is a man. My Love…That is not a Spare.”

Reviewer: JL
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: To keep it really short: Read this book!

Reviewer: Terrazza Santa Croce
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: it’s good for the heart to know the prince is not what the press says. it is NEVER what the press says. he couldn’t be that bad, raised by that loving mother in a bitter royal household. He found comfort in war, always hiding. he describes his “top-gun” life in the army and the girlfriends. He explains how hard it is to have a life in the eternal hiding, never protected by the royal system.