Reviews tagging 'Rape'

From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir by Lisa Marie Presley, Riley Keough

5 reviews

kris_hayward's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

the writing itself was ok. But it was a really interesting look at generational trauma (across 4 generations) & having both Lisa & Riley's voices throughout I think was impactful albeit quite sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Death of parent

_rileyroo_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

rroseking's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

I would highly suggest listening to this book. The audio book includes the tapes of Lisa Marie while she started brainstorming this book. This was a book written by her daughter using the tapes and Riley filling in where she felt she should. Lisa Marie Presley was a force of nature from the way she and her daughter describe her. There is some real discussion of generational trauma that I don't know if Lisa Marie ever figured out but she acknowledged. Yes there's tons about Elvis and her famous relationships but what I found the most interesting was hearing about Lisa Marie and how Riley saw her mother. I think she was someone who felt everything all at once and it eventually ate her up. I won't call her tragic because I think that's too simple. I think she was a highly complicated and empathetic person that no matter who her parents were would have found the world hard to handle. Or maybe we couldn't handle her. Either way I loved hearing her stories and Rileys memories of her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Medical trauma

kierstratton's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

Memoirs are typically 5 star reads for me, but I loved how this was done. The audiobook featured clips from Lisa Marie's tapes, which was really cool. The whole thing just confirms the horrors that come with fame for some people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

mikaylawood's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Sexual assault