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Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark by Cassandra Peterson

13 reviews

throwback682's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Cancer and Suicidal thoughts

While Peterson calls out the misdeeds of some famous folks, she recounts her friendship with other problematic people.

lizacorn's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Murder, Sexual violence, Animal death, Misogyny, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Drug use, and Sexism

Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, Cancer, Homophobia, Infidelity, War, Animal cruelty, Abortion, and Trafficking

leahkarge's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Sexual content, Body shaming, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

marigoldgem's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

*PLEASE check the trigger warnings before hand* 
I grew up loving Elvira and all things strange and unusual. Now I just love her more and admire Cassandra so much for being so bad ass. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Addiction, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Grief, Murder, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

zeppelinjimi's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

Love all the stories, Cassandra is a great narrator on the audiobook. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Bullying, Drug use, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Rape, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Domestic abuse

ponydanza's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Animal death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual content, Stalking, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

littleredhat's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Have you ever seen that viral tweet about someone hearing the expression "Dress for the job you want", and winding up sat in a disciplinary meeting dressed as the Goblin King? Well, if that was me, I'd be there as Elvira. The Queen of Halloween with a deep love of the dark. Incredibly funny and witty, and fully aware of her sexiness, whilst never solely being a sex object. I was a fan from the second I saw clips of "Movie Macabre", and when this popped up on my audiobook service recently, I knew I had to snap it up. 

Written around her 70th birthday (I can't believe it either), Cassandra Peterson - Elvira's actress and creator - takes us right through her life - from her troubled childhood where an accident left her badly scarred, to her days as a go-go dancer and Vegas showgirl, up to her metamorphosis into the Mistress of the Dark and the years beyond. 

Whilst being packed to the hilt with funny and even spooky stories, Peterson's memoir also covers her many experienced hardships. In terms of content warnings, I will say that almost any sort of abuse or assault you can think sadly of features here, as well as addictions, miscarriages, and even murders. As such, the book is troubling and unnerving in places, but very moving: something about Peterson's warm, soothing narration made me able to stomach it. In fact, you admire her all the more for getting through everything she has faced. 

A must-read, or must-listen, for all Elvira fans.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Addiction, Rape, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Murder

lunarxcross's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Murder, Sexual content, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infertility, Rape, Terminal illness, Miscarriage, Death, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

ryoflame's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

Cassandra tells a wonderful story from her childhood to where she is today, not only covering her time as Elvira but also what it was like to grow up as a teen in th  60s, the wild things she got up to chasing musicians, the endless people she met who would go on to become stars in their own right. Her story is so outlandish that you might stop to think 'there's no way all of this is true!' but really, we should all feel blessed to be able to look into this amazing woman's colourful life.

Highly recommended if you love to peek into the lives of fascinating people, and told in a light-hearted fashion so that even when the book touches on grave subjects such as sexual assault it feels like she's guiding you carefully through it without downplaying the gravity of the issues. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Sexism

ninag98's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault