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underwaterlauren's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Sexism
danajoy's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Drug use and Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, and Misogyny
sierrajhansen's review against another edition
5.0
btw, this book scratched the psych part of my brain; throughout reading, i continuously wondered, “did elvis have a personality disorder?” much to think about.
this was also really awesome as an audiobook—read by priscilla, i loved hearing her stories in her own voice, and i’m obsessed with the fact that when she would giggle at the end of telling a funny story from her past with elvis, they kept it in the recording :) made it a million times better.
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, and Mental illness
Minor: Rape
julessssss's review against another edition
4.0
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.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Drug use
Minor: Rape
ero628's review against another edition
3.0
I couldn’t put it down though. There’s some fun history in it.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship
kat_reads_'s review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
broncoannee's review against another edition
1.75
Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Sexism, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Addiction, and Emotional abuse
mari1532's review against another edition
2.5
Now before reading this book, I knew that Priscilla was significantly younger than Elvis, but I did not know that he had essentially groomed her from her early teens. I find the rating and review of this book to be incredibly hard. It was well written in terms of a memoir and I appreciated how open Priscilla was about her story. However, reading it I was a little concerned that she didn't have any understanding that some of the things she was describing were abusive. I am trying not to project my opinions about the events she describes onto her story, but this book feels like it was written to absolve Elvis of sins rather than a reflection of her lived experiences.
For instance, she seems to take no issue with the fact that there was a massive age difference. Or that he sexualized her as a teenager while also making her guilty and threatening her should she be sexual with anyone else. There is also a moment in the book in a later chapter where it felt like she was describing marital rape.
I did listen to the entirety of this book, but I honestly wish I hadn't. I kept waiting for some self-reflective moments where she mentioned therapy or any indication that Elvis might not have been that great, but it never came. Unfortunately, I would not recommend this book.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Dysphoria, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Eating disorder
sourcherryyy's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Drug abuse
Minor: Domestic abuse
melishajo's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Drug use, and Pedophilia