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Elizabeth Taylor: Last Star

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I have read several biographies about Elizabeth Taylor and this one is not good at all. I rarely give bad reviews, but this book is just terrible. There isn't a narrative at all. The author simply strings "facts" together in a semi-chronological way. She breezes through the first marriages, and, other than a few quotes (can't find any attribution though) by Elizabeth, she doesn't attempt to validate anything said. Ugh. Just don't buy this book. It is a disappointment.

I have to admit that this is the best book of Kitty Kelley's that I've read. Most of her books she uses a terrible form of shorthand style writing. It isn't journalism and it's not made up but the way she writes I would expect more badly written books but, in this case, she finds a good person to write about and gets the naughtiness dished up in an what strikes me as a fairly discreet way. Her writing style also appears to have had a firm editor that kept their hand on the equivalent of a tiller.

It is definitely less of an attack book than some of her others and it definitely gives Liz her shining star to place next to her two Oscars.

Recommended if you want a decently written long gossip column, so to speak, on the ever intriguing Elizabeth Taylor. I've re-read it several times when I've needed just something to pass the time (I'm a very fast reader) so I give it four stars since the writing still does leave something to be desired, but it came fairly close to getting a fifth star.

Elizabeth T aylor: The Star was a good book. It revealed a lot about celebrity live. Elizabeth Taylor was a very interesting peson. I enjoyed learning more about her life.

After reading Kitty Kelley's Nancy & then her Jackie, I expected more than I got in the story of Liz. I her take on this overblown so-called movie star just goes to show that after the likes of Davis, Hepburn, Loy, Colbert, Hollywood lost the ability to find real talent to create a true star and fell back on just packaging. Taylor truly epitomizes the latter.

after all, this book was written over 30 years ago, still the pages were yellowed, the cover was cracked and the subject matter turned out to be less than interesting. But for 99 cents who cares!