A review by unicorn_squadron
Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley by Peter Guralnick

5.0

I don’t often write reviews but I’m so impressed by this book (and it’s companion piece, Last Train To Memphis) that I felt it important to note my thoughts briefly. Reading these two books was an experience, I have never read a biography where I felt like I knew the person so intimately as I did with these books. It was like I had spent years with Elvis as part of his entourage, watching this all happen and feeling party to the slow downfall and eventual death of this incredible man. This book is devastating to be sure - in a way that slowly creeps up on you as you get closer and closer to an end that you know is coming. I can’t recommend it highly enough but just make sure you’re prepared for it, I actually feel a little bit lost now that I’ve finished it.