Elvis and Me by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley Summary and Reviews
|
List Price: Category: Book See more book details and other editions |
|---|
(Click here)
Book Reviews of Elvis and Me
Book Review: Representation of herself
Summary: 2 Stars
I couldn't put the book down because of the way in which it was written. I knew that she cheated on Elvis, the details of which she skipped over. I am new to Elvis material, so I don't know much about him. I thought that her book might be helpful for a start. It was and it wasn't. It seems very dramatic and moving, a woman who desperately loves a man she ultimately cannot win away from his dead mother, fame, and child-like emotional stability. I would give this a five if I had never come across another source, but I have. Elvis is a mass market for biographies and video documentaries. I don't blame this woman. But my overall impression of the book, even after consideration of it, is this: If you like a good, turbulent romantic fantasy with a woman's abiding love winning out over all, read the book. If you want to learn about Elvis, this book may not hold its own.
I know nothing about Priscilla nor her enterprise. Therefore I take no personal stance for or against her. She may claim to love Elvis. That's her business. However, as a representation of Elvis, she should have compared her own memories with those of others. Sometimes people who did know someone will write a book simply to get their emotions out. She has some very conflicting ones represented. So, as a representation of Elvis, it isn't one. It is a representation of herself and her emotional state at the time rather than an accurate picture of Elvis. And when someone is speaking from emotion, then the story is definitely highly biased and distorted. But, if she says she loves Elvis, then how can we counter that?
Book Review: So first of all best book
Summary: 5 Stars
Ok so this is such an interseting book for any true elvis fan.I can not believe how gay some of you people are.I think its cool how this bookgoes into as you people call 'a darker side' even thought its not,because shes letting his fans know another side of him,and you get to know more about elvis.Priscilla loved him with all her heart,anbd she isnot negative at all towards him.Maybe you people are just used to'are ytou lonseome tonight' well as far as im concerned that book is complete and total fiction.She doesnbt sayd anything bad about elvis,because its her fantasyu and she tries to make it like everything went well for them,excpet thqt they coulkdnt be together.First of all EVERY relationship hasd problmes.There is not certain thing as a problem free relationship,that author needs a fducking reality check,.Priscilla knows what really went on seeing as she was his wife,and with him for numeral amounts of yeatrs so stop being homos.Book Review: Elvis gets chewed up and spit out!
Summary: 1 Stars
Was Priscilla Presley mad at Elvis when she wrote this book? I think so. She comes off as an angel and makes him look like the devil himself. How could you be married to Elvis Presley and write a book telling the most private things about your marriage? Did we need to know he took pictures of her naked? That he made her and her girlfriend appear to be lesbian lovers as he watched? Wait a minute - which is it? Does she go both ways? What a dishonor to the King of Rock and Roll! This book cannot possibly be the real truth - if you want to read a good book about Elvis & Priscilla - read Child Bride. The ex-Mrs. Presley is not as perfect as her book would have you believe. Poor Elvis!Book Review: You'll get hooked..
Summary: 2 Stars
I am 16, I love Elvis, and this is a very interesting and great look from Pri's perspective of him. I have not finished the book yet but I will soon because I cannot but it down hardly. One thing I dispize about it is, Elvis held his love making as a very high vurtue, she was always angry with him, but yet she realised how right he was to wait, but didnt give him any credit, I love that about Elvis, that he had high morals and wanted to wait, plus she was young, he wanted the best for her, but she was a young teen wanting to explore and she didnt like to be held back.. To alot of people this book makes them see a "drug addict/dark side" of The King, but to me it just makes me care for him and love him more, and dislike Pri might I add.. Yes she had hard times with him but everyone has problems, even Elvis, and I believe she should have not pressured him so, but thats just my opinion.. Anyways, its a good book, if you love Elvis, and it's written really well... I'll just have to finish it and see how I feel then...If it does nothing else for you, it's sure to give you chills and a throbbing heart each time he touches Pri holds her tight. Heh.. If it doesnt, your nuts heh.. JK
Book Review: A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH
Summary: 1 Stars
Who among us would want to have our image and empire run by our cheating ex spouse? Elvis was no saint, and I don't blame Priscilla for getting out or straying when he wouldn't make love to her. The reasons why he shut her out is what she leaves out of the book. CHILD BRIDE tells a far more accurate version of how Elvis' little experiment with her backfired and he was forced into marriage by Priscilla's step father, who threatened to go public with the nature of their relationship if he didn't seal the deal with the marriage he promised. Elvis was still going to back out until the Colonel put his foot down and made Elvis get on one knee. Some guy that step father is; who would let their 15 year old daughter move in with a movie star? It's like those parents that send their kids to Neverland Ranch hoping for a big pay day. The Bealieu family's exploitation of Elvis has been a sin that continues, and she has seemingly passed her hard feelings along to Lisa Marie.