Reviews tagging 'Death'

Elvis and Me by Priscilla Presley

19 reviews

rosamaria's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, Death of parent, and Alcohol

ellie_rowo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Violence, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

alyssamakesart's review

dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Addiction

Moderate: Death, Sexism, Body shaming, and Pedophilia

Minor: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

danajoy's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, and Misogyny

julessssss's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

I would recommend the audiobook narrated by Presley herself, as I believe she conveys important emotions in her voice that probably are not in the text. 

I randomly came upon this while looking for an audiobook to listen to while I played video games lol. 

I cannot say that this is a good memoir (in terms of the genre), as Presley (as she even says) is painting a specific picture, and one that is complimentary to Elvis on purpose. With this in mind, I enjoyed it a lot. And at the very least, I feel like I have some insight into her thought processes after going through what she did, which is interesting on its own. 

Overall, I would recommend - just keep in mind Presley's purpose in writing this, etc. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Drug use

Minor: Rape

sillybillybooklover's review against another edition

4.5

A heavy read. Although Priscilla doesn't label it as such, this autobiography details the grooming and emotional abuse of a child by a 24-28 year old man. It changed my view of Elvis and left me feeling sick. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Death

Includes references to grooming of a minor

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Grief, Classism, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Death of parent, Drug use, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Death

Minor: Abortion

elishasbookreview's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use and Drug abuse

Minor: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

issyd23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Dying to see the Coppola biopic! The story of her relationship with Elvis is that of a dark fairytale. I am now repulsed by him. Also Elvis high key stole music from black artists 4👧🏻

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

hushedreads's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Drug abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Toxic relationship, and Drug use

Minor: Sexual content, Death, Pregnancy, and Infidelity