Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

55 reviews

soulwinds's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Grief, and Death

Minor: Ableism, Sexism, and Body shaming

gabi_tron's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, and Eating disorder

bashsbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

3.75

Carrie Fisher is so funny and has so many punchy lines - Wishful Drinking ends with a zinger that I will be laughing about for ages. I appreciate how forthright she is about her struggles with addiction and bipolar disorder. Her choice to use her platform to combat the stigma for this two things is respectable and well-done. The thing that keeps me from rating this higher is that I know Wishful Drinking was originally a show, and it does not fully transition into a book format, even in an audiobook (although that is the format I recommend consuming it in).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Addiction, Drug abuse, Medical content, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, and Stalking

Minor: Fatphobia and Pregnancy

hannibanani29's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Alcoholism, and Drug use

Moderate: Infidelity, Death, Cursing, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Gun violence, Incest, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

paulrichard's review against another edition

dark funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Addiction

bookswithbront's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

I can’t remember the last time I read a book in one sitting like this, but Carrie Fisher’s writing is delightful. If she was less self aware or more self serious this memoir wouldn’t work at all. But she expertly toed the line of being honest about mental health and addiction while still laughing at some of the more ridiculous parts of her story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Alcoholism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

happysami's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

3.5

Very funny, if a little scattered. Also comes across as very honest and frank. Covers a lot of dark topics, but in a light-hearted way. 

I'd recommend the audio book as it's read by Carrie - it feels a bit like meeting her at a party and her telling you a bunch of random life stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, and Drug abuse

Minor: Sexual assault

geno's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

3.0

“Resentment is like drinking a poison and waiting for the other person to die.”

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"Wishful Drinking" es un buen libro. Repasa algunas anécdotas de la vida de Carrie Fisher con humor y honestidad.


Se lee más como una sucesión de historias que como una biografía tradicional, pero funciona. Siento que haber leído "Shockaholic" primero, me jugó en contra. Algunas historias se superponen y en el otro libro son tratadas con más profundidad, haciendo que acá parezca que se contuvo.

Como resumen, es una lectura rápida y entretenida. Carrie no quiere quedar bien con nadie y cuenta detalles de su salud mental y sus adicciones con mucha honestidad. Es muy recomendable.

El audiolibro en inglés está narrado por ella y es increíble.

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This is a good book. It's funny and clever. It reads more like a performance piece than a traditional memoir but the format works with Carrie Fisher.

I think I would have enjoyed it more if I hadn't read "Shockaholic" first. There are several overlapping anecdotes, and they had more depth in the other book.

Overall, it was a quick read. It's amazing how honest she is throughout the entire autobiography. Only for that, the book is worth it.

Also, she narrated the audiobook and it is exquisite.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Drug abuse

morrisimo's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

An entertaining and extremely likeable memoir. Carrie is very funny and I enjoy her writing style. A lot of hard stuff in here but she handles it with humor and grace. A good time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Grief, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Drug use

Minor: Death, Body shaming, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

rtaire's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Death, Drug use, and Sexism