Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I am an educated, professional American woman raising bi-racial children (who happens to also be in the same sorority that produced the Duchess). In other words, I went into this book with an open mind and had every reason to try to like this book. Unfortunately, I walked away from the book disgusted by the ridiculous (and whiny) hypocritical sense of entitlement flowing from its pages. This book represents everything most people hate about entitled millennials. This book might as well be titled the “Meghan is Awesome and Here’s Why” book. If I came into the book with any sense of sympathy about the bad media coverage because I am raising biracial children and have a lot in common with Meghan in terms of background, I walked away from the book nauseated from the complete lack of self-awareness and the couple coming across basically like spoiled brats that have no sense of duty or the common good. So WHAT if the monarchy focused more on the direct line of succession (they are supposed to!). So WHAT if your older brother told you to take things slowly (after all, the last time a divorced American entered the British monarchy, some not-so-great things happened)?! And it is usually just sound advice to take things slow. You basically get this sense that the couple though that they had “so much” to ”uniquely” offer this world in terms of their vision for charity/service and they were just sabotaged at every turn by the establishment (aka the monarchy). They make it abundantly clear that the problem was that the British media/public didn’t fully applaud or appreciate the "wonderful" things the couple brought to the table. Shall we slice you some cheese with that whine? Are your diamond shoes too tight? Do you truly wonder why nobody wants to hear your hypocritical self-righteous preaching on the environment when most of us don't have Elton John to offset our massive carbon footprint arising from our private jet usage? At least Princess Di was real (and self-deprecating) and suffering from some legitimate wrongs (although the way she went about defending herself from the monarchy wasn’t exactly laudable either). We actually all felt bad for Princess Di. If you intended to set the record straight, you did — it just made anyone who is also not an entitled millennial want to basically vomit in their mouth. You are not the Obamas. You are not Oprah. You are not Angelina Jolie. You are not Mother Theresa. Many of us never even heard of you before you married into the royal family. If you are constantly the victim and martyr of every relationship and story, you should ask yourself why. First your ex husband (he supposedly felt threatened by your career advancement and rising popularity). GOODBYE! Then your family (you were never close anyway). GOODBYE! Then Harry's family (they didn't appreciate all the "good" you were capable of putting out there in the world even though your relationship to his family was what actually gave you the ability to even be known by anyone at all and even have a platform to do the "good" to begin with). GOODBYE! Then your former best friend who stuck by you through most of your nonsense (she made a mistake, God forbid, that would hinder your platform of doing good). GOODBYE! Hmm, is there a common thread here? Better not cross you, is what i’m seeing. If the quiet life is what you supposedly crave and you just want to do charity and be on your way, then stop trying to get attention at every turn. It is clear this is basically an autobiography ghostwritten by someone else. I am now an even bigger fan of “Never Complain, Never Explain.” I feel bad for Her Majesty the Queen and I am an American, not British! I was really hopeful for this couple when they got married, but now I am completely Team Cambridge. Sorry guys, it’s not all about you. Get over yourselves.