Reviews

Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century by Sam Kashner, Nancy Schoenberger

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.

allibruns's review against another edition

5.0

Loved every word of this.

nouvellevogue's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.25

mtesterman's review against another edition

Gossipy indulgence.

katie_konneker's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

manuelafadel's review against another edition

4.0

"Prometheus was punished by the gods forever and is still suffering in all of us for inventing fire and stealing it from the gods. I am forever punished by the gods for being given the fire and trying to put it out. The fire, of course, is you..." Richard Burton

paige1947_'s review against another edition

1.0

This was trash- over long and justg a repeat of all the gossip I remember from the 1960's

melineegout's review against another edition

4.0

Growing up watching Cleopatra, I have always been fascinated by Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton ‘s epic love story, so when I picked up this book I knew I was going to love it. Furious Love stands as a great biography that does not only focus on the Burtons’ infamous marriage but also highlights the troubled society in which they lived. From the toxic approach of the press, the violent crowds of fans, alcoholism, to the moralistic majority, this book serves as a reminder of the Old Hollywood. We learn that behind the curtains and the jewels, happiness was not as easy as it seemed in the movies and that fame could tore anybody appart even if they shared a bond as strong as Taylor and Burton’s.