I quite liked Meghan. Until I started reading this saccharine gloss excuse of a 'tell-all'. Not my usual genre I must admit, but my expectations were set quite a bit higher than the reality of what this book offers. Which is: basically a list of the PR movers and shakers, well-connected media personnel, and celebrities whom Meghan seems to have stealthily set her sights upon for assistance in her own mission to climb 'to the top' and 'prove herself' to the world. Awful book.

Nothing really earth shattering or exclusive in here, if you knew much about their story in the first place.

An interesting and gratifying read, with the drawback that this was clearly hugely influenced by the couple and is as far from unbiased as could be. Can't blame them, however, as they deserve to make their side known, and are limited in how to do so.

I can understand just from watching and reading the news between 2016 & 2020 why Harry felt he had to leave the Royal Family. It was obvious from the beginning of his relationship with Meghan that it didn't have the full support of "The Firm."

I've become very disappointed with our Royal Family. After witnessing the beginning of Diana's relationship with Charles and the lack of support she received joining the family I could not believe that they did not and have not learned from the past; their mistakes which ultimately led to the death of Princess Diane.

This book is not the greatest ever written and every event has been covered before, by the gutter press, accompanied of course by the photographs taken by the paparazzi. As an attempt to set the record straight this doesn't go far enough, but then again I think the authors would have had to be careful in how far they could go.

This book is a piece of social history but not a great one despite it's bestseller status but it has its place.

I was a fan of M when she first joined the Royal Family. I had high hopes that she'd slot in well and make H happy.

But between this book and the one by Lady Colin Campbell, I actually honestly think H has PTSD and needs serious therapy and treatment.

Full of cringy eye-rolls, I'm not even sure the authors of this book, who were trying to make the case that H&M (and M in particular) were perfect but unsupported, even LIKED their subjects. LCC seemed to actually wish them better in the things she wrote and way she wrote.

Also, for journalists, there are just too many moments where sentences don't make sense - is this actually that the named authors are ghost writers?

Anytime you search any book that centres around important and good people, you will see an army of haters reviewing the book before even reading it.

I picked up this book after watching the infamous Oprah interview. I really have no knowledge of the Royal family or Meghan. I just assumed they were apart of the famous people in the world, like any Hollywood celeb. Through this book I was able to get a clear picture of the royal family works and how Meghan had to face unfair criticism from both the tabloids and the firm. She was never going be accepted as a half black, commoner stealing the heart of Royal Harry. It was a great insider review of the workings of what happened, from the time they met to the time they stepped out. Highly recommend if you care to learn a little glimpse into what happened. It was written. really well and easy to read along!

2.5 stars

Not really sure what to make of this one. It came off as very one-sided and fawning of Meghan and Harry to the point where I was rolling my eyes a bit. There is virtually no criticism of them whatsoever, with the only exception being their choice to release the Megxit statement on their website without consulting the rest of the family (but even that is couched as something they were "forced" to do by the Palace's stonewalling them). But beyond that, you'd think they'd never done anything wrong. It seems pretty clear this was all extremely sanctioned by the Sussexes, even if they didn't work directly with the author.

As someone generally sympathetic to their side of the story and grossed out by the racist and sexist coverage of Meghan and the general ickiness of British tabloids, I found it an easy, enjoyable read. I really wish it had been presented it a more balanced way or at least been more subtle in its hero worship. Written as it is, it will only be well-received by people who already agree with the author (as demonstrated by the truckload of one-star reviews here). A less hagiographic telling could've been more effective at getting non-hardcore H+M fans to understand their perspective.

It's a little sloppily written, with some confusing dangling modifiers and noticeable typos in the last 10%, and I think you could gain all the key points from the articles written about the book's release.

3.5/5, rounded to 4.

For regular Harry and Meghan watchers, there’s not a lot of big new stuff in the book. But it is very much their side of the story. As someone sympathetic to their battering in the press and disgusted by the vile racism spewed in Meghan’s direction, it was nice to hear events linked together from their view. Not a book to win any awards but definitely satisfied my curiosity.

Did not finish.

I could not wait to read this. I love learning about all things Royal. The book was extremely sympathetic to Meghan & Harry, which made it hard to believe this book to be a “reporting.” It’s one sided, which is okay but there was no new information. If you have read the top 5 stories of Meghan & Harry, you’ve read this book in it’s entirety. There was not one thing I read in this book I was excited to pass on to someone else- it’s all old news.