Taylor Swift - Everything Has Changed

by Sarah Oliver

If you've ever dreamt of meeting Taylor Swift then this is the book for you! Author Sarah Oliver has the inside scoop from Taylor's biggest Swifties from around the world, including all the gossip about what happened when they met Taylor, her mom Andrea and her publicist Tree...and tour secrets from Loft '89, Club Red and T-Party you won't hear anywhere else. Chloe from Southampton was invited to listen to 1989 months before its release at a top-secret session event for Taylor's biggest fans. She also found out that Taylor loves stalking fans on Twitter. Marley from Piedmont, Alabama spent hours hanging out with Taylor, enjoying a pizza party in her penthouse apartment. She met her cat Olivia and found out what the real Taylor is like - away from the spotlight. Kristen from Bloomfield, New Jersey became infamous after a photo of her shaking with excitement at a Red concert went viral in the Swiftie community. Initially mortified, it did mean that she got to meet Taylor two years later.Sarah Oliver reveals all this and much more about the life of one of the most exciting pop stars today including: which countries are Taylor's favourites and why; what she likes to do on her days off; and some of the incredible things she's done when not performing. Sit back, relax and follow in the footsteps of Taylor as she goes around the world!

Genres: Biography

290 pages, Paperback

Published April 7, 2016

About the author

I am a celebrity journalist and biographer. I have met Robert Pattinson and most of the Twilight cast - so if you have teenagers that love Twilight, I'm the author you need!

I'm proof that you don't have to be old and boring to be an author.

My first book was Be the Best - an inspirational book for young rugby players. I started coaching a boys' rugby team when I was sixteen, and we became one of the most successful in the country in our age group. Six years later, I decided to write the first book that looks at every stage - from being in a mini team, to trials, and to county level. My book teaches self-confidence and will inspire any child to become a better rugby player.

After dabbling in scriptwriting, I became an editorial assistant and then the editor of an online entertainment magazine. I started writing articles about Robert Pattinson and to date I have written over 700. In May 2010, Robert Pattinson A-Z came out, closely followed by Glee A-Z. In October, I had two books published: Taylor Lautner A-Z and The Wanted A-Z. My fifth celebrity biography, Miley Cyrus A-Z, came out in May 2011.

Reviews

[Josefina · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have to give it two stars at least because I want to encourage authors to write about Taylor Swift. But this book is totally disorganized, the timeline is totally flipped up and it's just not coherent. Plus the chapters on fans from all over the world answering the same questions over and over again (yes, it's actually obvious that they were interviewed with the SAME QUESTIONS and probably via email/social media, and that's flimsy reporting) were sometimes unnecessary, as they didn't add any new information, especially in those countries where she's never toured but they're still from Europe. The author could've categorized by continent and then choose the biggest fanbase countries or something like that, but it just seemed picked at random and it was just bizarre. The story about Taylor Swift is only comprehensible because I'm a fan and I know everything about her, but if someone who doesn't know her read this book, they'd totally be left feeling confused.
I would give it 1 star but as I said before, the author at least had the interest on doing a book about her, so I'm just going to see over this. But there were so many important things missing - like Taylor's fight for smaller artists and other causes that make her who she is - and so many unnecessary things added that this book makes absolutely no sense. Plus, there is no interview or anything. It just reports on what she said to other journalists (and some blocks appear out of nowhere, with seemingly no context on the matter whatsoever).
As a Taylor fan, I'm disappointed.

[Evi]

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[Yaroslava Yakovenko · Rating 3 out of 5]

Хоча у мене був період «охолодження» до творчості Свіфт, коли вона вирішила поекспериментувати у напрямку поп-музики, її талант сонграйтера і світогляд захоплюють, а постать – надихає.

Нещодавно вона написала для ELLE ще одне есе – цього разу 30 Things She Learned Before Her 30th Birthday, і це такий класний текст. Там немає категоричності або вказівок з розряду «дотримуйся цього правила і будеш щасливим». Есе схоже на ті слова, які тобі можуть ніколи не сказати, але які ти усе життя будеш чекати.

У світлі останніх подій книзі Сари Олівер не вистачає голосу самої Тей, хоч тут і багато цитувань слів її друзів, фанатів, уривків інтерв’ю, ліричних текстів. Вийшла непогана збірка відомих фактів, епізодів життя Тей до ери 1989 включно.

Однозначні плюси цієї книги в доступності та лаконічності подачі біографії. Незважаючи на легкість стилю, подужати, прочитавши за один раз, неможливо. Та й непотрібно, бо ти читаєш і прослідковуєш як з найскладніших періодів життя Тей народилися її кращі пісні.