Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll by Priscilla Presley

12 reviews

underwaterlauren's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

mari1532's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

2.5

I was interested in reading this book because of the new Sophia Coppola movie that just came out. So, I took advantage of the audiobook being included in my audible subscription.

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. 

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Content Warnings

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

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

shelbitedeschi's review

emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Grief, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Death, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, and Sexism

roxfoxreads89's review

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

3.5

I knew very little about Elvis as he was considerably “before my time.” 

However, I’m continually shocked at how many famous men are child predators. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Misogyny, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

kelseyr713's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

I read this after watching the excellent Priscilla because I wanted to read the source material. I was surprised that there were many scenes in the movie that were adapted exactly, down to the conversation. This is a poignant memoir that showcases the deep and complicated love that Priscilla had for Elvis. It is difficult to read at points because she is only fourteen when their story starts while he is a grown man, so please keep that in mind before you read. 

Something that's included here but was removed from the film adaptation is the period of time when Priscilla, Elvis, and everyone in their circle gets really obsessed with horses, which I found very funny.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Alcohol

Moderate: Physical abuse and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

skelleybean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Addiction, and Alcohol

Minor: Grief, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Death, Physical abuse, and Body shaming

emmablue's review against another edition

emotional

4.25

poor priscilla

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, and Rape

Moderate: Death of parent, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Body shaming