A review by bashsbooks
Things I Should Have Said by Jamie Lynn Spears

reflective fast-paced

2.0

I only had a middling opinion of Britney Spears' memoir, and I came into the material with a more sympathetic opinion of her than Jamie Lynn. While I believe that Jamie Lynn Spears had struggles unique to being a child actress and the lack of privacy that comes with fame, I don't think she has much to say about this topic that isn't shallow and empty due to her lack of desire to beef with anyone about the truth. And in that vein, she's really catty and vague about things that others (especially her sister and her oldest child's father) have said about her. She undermines her repeated assertions that she doesn't want to get involved in these rumors by being passive aggressive around them. Also, her writing isn't that great; she repeats the same concept with different wording about three times per paragraph on average, meaning this book is actually only a third of its purported length by content.  

I did feel bad about her daughter's accident, though. I'm glad that little girl ended up being okay.

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