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168 reviews for:
Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and the Marriage of the Century
Sam Kashner, Nancy Schoenberger
3.76 AVERAGE
168 reviews for:
Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and the Marriage of the Century
Sam Kashner, Nancy Schoenberger
3.76 AVERAGE
emotional
informative
medium-paced
emotional
informative
slow-paced
i literally didn’t know who these people were before reading this so it wasn’t the most interesting read for me ngl 😭😭😭
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Worth reading if only for excerpts of the deliciously passionate letters Richard Burton wrote to Elizabeth Taylor.
adventurous
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
wow! now I want to read the memoirs and biographies of both these stars.....and I'm jealous of liz lol
Loved the Vanity Fair article and accompanying photos--the book was ok, but not great.
If I hadn't been stuck on a plane I would have not finished this book. Four stars for writing (despite major bias on the authors' part), two stars for content. While both charasmatic and loving towards the people that managed to be allowed inside their entourage, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were both exceptionally self-centered, vain, and frivolous. Being romantic, and having a volatile relationship does not make people interesting. What is supposed to seem tragic is in fact exactly as it looks at face value: a crash-and-burn of talent and excess and ego. It is fundamentally hard for me to give a shit about people who buy each other $1.1 million diamonds to make up for a fight and who actively evade paying taxes. And who accept invitations from Papa Doc for a vacation.
Actually, changing this to two stars.
Actually, changing this to two stars.
The tempestuous marriage of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton is chronicled in this book. Know to the world as "The Burtons", they were considered royalty by Hollywood standards. The fights, drinking, break ups, and re-marriages are mentioned. For the most part, it a telling of the story in a way that is akin to people gossiping about one of Hollywood's greatest love stories. The writing could have been better and more objectivity could have been used when discussing the Burtons. As a fan of Richard Burton, I prefer Melvyn Bragg's biography of the actor, so for me this book fell short of my expectations. Even so, I enjoyed reading about a love that lasted until Burton's death in 1984.