Reviews

It Seemed Important at the Time: A Romance Memoir by Gloria Vanderbilt

scunareader's review against another edition

3.0

What an interesting life she led.

murph_the_serf's review against another edition

2.0

The tagline "A Romance Memoir" is a touch deceiving. It's more akin to a list of people Ms. Vanderbilt has slept with throughout her life. I thought this would have been a great tale of a few relationships and how they formed her into the person she has become with some Hollywood flair in for good measure. What it ended up being is an almost bulleted list of people she had sex with at one point in her life or another with little narrative thread other than her getting older.

lunnashh's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

2.0

It was indeed fascinating to have a glimpse of an upper class socialite's early adulthood life, particularly one as high profile as Gloria Vanderbilt. I had expected a recollection of how her relationships shaped or impacted her, but aside from a few exceptions, most of them felt breezy and like mere vignettes.

kricketa's review against another edition

3.0

Short vignettes of Gloria's various love affairs over the years. (Roald Dahl!?!) Very breezy and conversational.

Rest in peace, Gloria. I'm glad you had fun while you were here.

anderson65's review against another edition

2.0

An odd, little book. A "romantic memoir". Reads like listening to someone talking into a recording machine. Very much a romantic view of the lives of the extremely wealthy. Voyeuristic, yet odd somehow in its narrowness, its undeveloped stories. Why did she write this? Then there's a touching section about the deaths of a son, a husband. Almost has depth but not enough. There's a certain thinness in the material.

kerrynicole72's review against another edition

1.0

How this got published is beyond me.

hope2023's review

informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

This is a bittersweet little book from the legendary Gloria Vanderbilt.  It gives a peek into some of her Hollywood romances as well as less healthy ones she entertained, especially after her son died.  I appreciate her love of romance, passion, and love that she explores in this very personal book. 

annika_bel's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

bookcrazylady45's review

3.0

Easy read, interesting and had me Googling a lot of new information.