Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

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

7 reviews

actuallythemillennialdiaries's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I don’t think I’ve ever read a sadder, more inspiring book. Equal parts funny and utterly heartbreaking, I highly recommend it if you’re at all interested in Elvis and his legacy, Lisa’s own legacy, music, addiction, mental health, or, surprisingly (to me, I had no idea she was a member) Scientology. Riley Keough, Lisa Marie’s eldest child, is the co-author, as it was published after Lisa Marie Presley passed in 2023. Lisa's writing is brutally honest, funny, poignant, and at times, absolutely devastating. Riley's writing is so full of love for her mother that even when she's talking about heart wrenching moments of deep pain in her own life, you would never doubt for a second that Riley and her mother shared a deep and profound bond. The way Riley writes about her mother, you can tell that they love they shared as mother and daughter was, and is, absolutely unconditional. I give From Here to the Great Unknown 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Gun violence, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

amylynn's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

Moderate: Drug abuse and Medical trauma

what_the_bec's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

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

issyd23's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Unofficial sequel to Pricilla’s Elvis and Me (though I preferred this). Parts written by Riley were heartbreaking. An incredible read, wish LM were still alive and the book was longer 4🎵

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

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

music_girl93's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Abortion