Reviews tagging 'Rape'

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

6 reviews

05_haggler_prouder's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

Pricilla's perspective is fundamentally flawed. She was groomed at 14 into a coercive controlling domestically violent relationship. She simultaneously details the various types of horrors she faced and witnessed, while expressing her continued love and admiration towards Elvis whom she describes as a friend, lover, father and god. 

I feel like she's sincere about the praise, but she's also terrified of the retribution she might face from the fans. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Body shaming, Grief, Rape, Addiction, and Infidelity

smileyjayna's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

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

theextensivereader's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

Priscilla was very stuck in the narrative of being a hero in a romantic love story. It reads very differently 40 years on. I can understand what drew Sofia Copolla to make this story into a film.  Looking forward to it 🎬

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Violence, and Adult/minor relationship

frannysal's review against another edition

dark informative sad fast-paced

2.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Drug abuse

Minor: Rape, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

sarahreadsalotofbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.0

I knew Elvis was a mess but I didn’t realize he was an abusive groomer.

He began grooming Priscilla when she was 14 telling her how to behave, what to wear, how to wear her makeup.  By the time she was 16 they were sexually involved and he had convinced her to take sexual photos. He was emotionally and mentally abusive, as well as physically abusive at times.

Throughout all of this he was also grooming her parents, eventually getting them to consent to allow her to leave them to go live with him for the remainder of her high school years. 

Priscilla comes across as someone with Stockholm syndrome finding his behavior humorous as she narrated this at times. She describes the time he raped her as “forcefully made love to her”. 

As despicable a person as he was, this was a well-written, informative book.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Violence, Cursing, Mental illness, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Rape, Infidelity, and Sexual content