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allisgaze's review against another edition
4.0
Really well-written biography of Elizabeth and Richard's relationship, just every page high drama of their affairs and marriages. The excess and public spectable is like nothing that ever was or will be - with the money and fame and sex and fighting. Probably horrific for everyone involved but entertaining now.
doritobabe's review against another edition
4.0
I bought this book when it first came out in 2010. I remember loving the cover, loving the idea of reading about a torrid romance. That is what swept me in and kept me reading.
While this book is a heavily biased (likely romanticized) biography, it was interesting to learn a perspective about the relationship. I especially enjoyed reading the excerpts of letters from RB to ETB.
Nice light(ish) tabloid read that gave a lot of perspective of the time that RB and ETB were stars in Hollywood.
While this book is a heavily biased (likely romanticized) biography, it was interesting to learn a perspective about the relationship. I especially enjoyed reading the excerpts of letters from RB to ETB.
Nice light(ish) tabloid read that gave a lot of perspective of the time that RB and ETB were stars in Hollywood.
usernamemustbeunique's review against another edition
5.0
This was very well written. I would recommend it to anyone into memoirs, celebrity biographies, and romance novels. I usually donate what I have read and only keep what I want to reread. I have moved twice since reading this book for the first time and still have it.
albon's review against another edition
4.0
2018 review:
I have no idea why past me bought this book. Maybe it was cheap? I don't watch old movies, I didn't know anything about Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (their names sounded familiar, but that was the extent of my knowledge) and I don't read a lot of non-fiction. All in all there is nothing to suggest this would appeal to me.
But it turns out Taylor and Burton are actually fascinating people, with an interesting and at times heart-breaking history. The pressure of being "Liz and Dick" ruined their marriage just as much as they themselves did. But despite it all they clearly loved each other to the end.
I have no idea why past me bought this book. Maybe it was cheap? I don't watch old movies, I didn't know anything about Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (their names sounded familiar, but that was the extent of my knowledge) and I don't read a lot of non-fiction. All in all there is nothing to suggest this would appeal to me.
But it turns out Taylor and Burton are actually fascinating people, with an interesting and at times heart-breaking history. The pressure of being "Liz and Dick" ruined their marriage just as much as they themselves did. But despite it all they clearly loved each other to the end.
katienunnery's review against another edition
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
jhermaine's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
ifyouhappentoremember's review against another edition
2.0
How is it possible to take some of the highest-quality celebrity drama the world has ever known and turn it into a tedious slog?
cpardonme's review against another edition
I love nothing more than a thick book about a doomed, yet fated love (except for a thick book about serial killers or fascist regimes)
megancm's review against another edition
1.0
Wow, this book is excruciatingly long and poorly written. It read like fiction, not biography! How did the author know how they felt and thought all the time? I "finished" it by skimming and skipping through most of it to try to get to the highlights. Wish I had just read their Wikipedia pages instead.
ewg109's review against another edition
I actually stopped reading this one half through. After the pair's triumphant turn in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. I knew where it was heading and really didn't need to go there.