Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

50 reviews

amris's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Addiction, and Mental illness

art_books_chemistry's review against another edition

funny informative lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

If I'm being honest, there were several parts of this memoir that were sad due to the circumstances surrounding Carrie Fisher's passing. This isn't the first time I've listened to a memoir after a celebrities passing however it's definitely one of the sadder ones due to her discussions of her addictions and mental illness. That being said, Carrie is G.Damn hilarious; I love the matter of fact way she tells some of the stories about her younger days and about her mom. One of my reactions to this memoir is that I decided I have to look into Debbie Reynolds' memoir(s) to see how she tells some of the same stories and what other stories she has to tell about her own Hollywood life. Carrie has an interesting way of looking at her Star Wars stardom that also makes me wonder how other actors and actresses famous for specific roles feel about those roles. 

Although Carrie's ultimate outcome was not ideal after her personal battles, I still found her attitude in this memoir inspiring even though I don't struggle with the same problems. She definitely puts a lighthearted spin on her issues that I think could be helpful for others in similar positions. 

If you're at all a Carrie Fisher fan, I definitely recommend this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Cursing

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Sexual content and Gun violence

asourceoffiction's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

5.0

For me, this was all about the audiobook narration. It was utterly brilliant to listen to Carrie's story in Carrie's voice. It's tragic in places but mostly it's just so darkly funny, and completely epitomises her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Drug abuse

jemworster's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

2.75

This book did actually make me laugh out loud on occasion so I want to give it major credit for that. But I found about 25% of the narration to be kind of annoying (humor that missed the mark for me) and it was kind of repetitive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism and Drug abuse

cadybooks's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Cursing, Mental illness, Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Grief

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Sexual content

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

readinglibraesq's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.25

I’m having so much fun listening to Carrie’s autobiographies it’s like a little tea session with my favorite princess 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Drug use

c_aitli_n's review against another edition

funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

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