PositiveThe New York Times Book ReviewWith grandiosity and rue ... In its most engaging moments, a bedazzled biography of Spears herself, as glimpsed across the dance floor, or through a long lens ... These strokes are indifferently compelling. Weiss falters in building stakes or sympathy for the self he describes ... Reading the book can feel — this is a good thing — like mainlining the sugar at the bottom of a Sour Patch Kids box.
