I don’t want to be the bad guy here, considering how much pain and death is involved, but this is a book that doesn’t really have a lot to offer. It’s admittedly been cobbled together from Lisa Marie’s notes, with her daughter Riley Keough plugging in the gaps and even including audio tapes of her mother’s recollections where there were no notes to use. I listened to this on audiobook, with Keough narrating her parts, Lisa Marie occasionally appearing on tape, and Julia Roberts reading the material written by Presley. It creates a lot of confusion. I found myself not always clear who was being referred to, between Riley, Lisa Marie, and Lisa Marie’s mother Priscilla Presley, who obviously features in a lot of the stories.
The audiobook is also under 6 hours long, which suggests a lack of real investigation into its subject. It’s not like there isn’t interesting material. In addition to her famous father, Lisa Marie was married four times, including to both Michael Jackson and Nicolas Cage. Presley is candid about her life, too. She admits to some serious character flaws, terrible treatment of others, and her struggles with addiction. Keough is also honest about her mother’s flaws to a certain extent. But the book too often rushes through some of the unpleasant, aka interesting events.