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

18 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

mrsmishler's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Murder, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Drug use

rainbowjawn's review against another edition

emotional funny informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Sexual assault

Moderate: Rape and Terminal illness

Minor: Drug use, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, and Miscarriage

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

abbysnofun's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

**Definitely heed the content warnings on this book** This is one of my favorite celebrity memoirs I’ve ever read. Elvira is a life long inspiration of mine and this collection of her life stories has only emphasized that. She has done just about everything in her career and her most known work didn't take off until she was in her 30's which is uncommon for a woman in Hollywood and a perspective I really loved hearing. It's so conversational which only endeared me to her more, it felt like hearing your super cool aunts crazy life stories. Hearing about her partner at the end was just so sweet too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Miscarriage

doomluz's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I loved this! Mostly I checked this out because I had heard how she came out as being married to another woman, but that doesn’t come up until the last few chapters. Peterson recounts her childhood and adolescence, but also a lot of the celebrities she’d met throughout her life. It had humor and some interesting stories, but she also went into some of the hardships she's endured.
The only thing that bugged me was in Chapter 15, when she spoke about sexual assault and rape. She used a hypothetical example for men to understand how rape can be terrifying by describing being overpowered by a man. Then she explained that she used a man in the example because if it was a woman it would actually be more of a fantasy for most men. The hypothetical example felt unnecessary, but the main problem is that this kind of logic makes it harder for male victims to find support, especially if the woman is more conventionally attractive.
Other than this, I loved hearing about how she got the role of Elvira and what that was like.
I also recommend listening to the audiobook. My partner made me realize that memoirs read by the author feel more personal. Peterson has a great voice and I think the humor and emotions come through a lot stronger.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Body shaming

Minor: Cancer, Death, Death of parent, and Drug use

mandkips's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

Minor: Drug use