About book The Most Beautiful Woman In The World: The Obsessions, Passions, And Courage Of Elizabeth Taylor (2000)
I thought this a very good biography on Elizabeth Taylor, and it really gave me a real view of her life. I knew she had gone through a lot of things, but I was never aware of how serious her problems were and how much she suffered. I pictured her childhood as a perfect fairytale not understanding just how terrible it seemed to be besides those few good moments. Then again she was rich, beautiful, and seemed to always be happy, who wouldn't assume that her life was perfect but that's where we are drastically wrong. It is a common error when it comes to celebrities. I was also surprised at the great detail her marriages were described in. I didn't know her relationship with Montgomery Clift was so deep and yet somewhat confusing. I think that after reading this book I can appreciate her even more, her being my favorite actress. Another highlight of the biography was how the author takes you through her career. I could see how her acting improved, then becoming absolutely marvelous, until it slowly deteriorated after Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. I admire her for her work in AIDs, for I have done a project for school about Aids and can relate to how she felt about the disease. My only complaint about the book was that the ending was quite abrupt and didn't seem complete.
I tried to imagine myself as this little girl - then the captivating creature she became and realized there was no way to understand Elizabeth. Her incredible nned for admiration - her legions of lovers,drugs, alcohol, husbands and expectations. Then her tireless work for AIDS. Seeing her in "Cat on a hot tin Roof" she is undeniably one of the most beautiful women in the world - and in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf" that to me, is Elizabeth Taylor. I would like to have met her and talked to her because in reading this book, there must have been something else that drew people besides the beautiful fascade with which she was born.
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Hmmm...I don't know about the "courage" part.... it doesn't sound very couragous to attemp sucide several times and to leave....uh, I think I am on the 4th husband and I am not even half way through the book.I watched "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "A place in the Sun" almost back to back so I had to read this bio that I have had laying around for ages.I don't realize that Hollywood was so full of drugs, sex (mostly gay it seems) and such in the 40's and 50's. This book just seems like to much drama and to many messed up families. Someone needed to give Taylor a good smack, not another bottle.
—Carolanne
