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hannahkirkby's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
First off, I love Carrie Fisher’s way of telling things like it is, without apology or embarrassment. I’ve always loved that about her, and hearing her read the audiobook in her own voice was fantastic. As a Star Wars fan from a young age, I loved the insights into the making of the film, and into her life as a young actress.
However, this book doesn’t actually have much to it - unless you love hearing about her affair with Harrison Ford, which feels as though it comprises 70% of the book (and makes me see the man even less positively than before). And that isn’t a bad thing either. I just had different expectations of the book. It was an entertaining read, but I just was hoping for more.
And to be honest, the diary entries from her 19-year-old self were so hard to get through that I skipped half of them. The majority were about the older, married man who was using her while she was in a vulnerable stage of her life. Yuck.
Definitely going to try her other book Wishful Drinking, as I feel that will have more to offer. Still, I had an enjoyable time and it was a very nostalgic read.
However, this book doesn’t actually have much to it - unless you love hearing about her affair with Harrison Ford, which feels as though it comprises 70% of the book (and makes me see the man even less positively than before). And that isn’t a bad thing either. I just had different expectations of the book. It was an entertaining read, but I just was hoping for more.
And to be honest, the diary entries from her 19-year-old self were so hard to get through that I skipped half of them. The majority were about the older, married man who was using her while she was in a vulnerable stage of her life. Yuck.
Definitely going to try her other book Wishful Drinking, as I feel that will have more to offer. Still, I had an enjoyable time and it was a very nostalgic read.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, and Body shaming
Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, and Infidelity
tmchopra's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism and Fatphobia
Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, Drug abuse, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Racism
green_amaryllis's review against another edition
emotional
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Transphobia
madamenovelist's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity
Moderate: Sexual harassment
Minor: Drug use
gummifrog's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.5
I love Carrie Fisher and Star Wars, and I'm a few years late on this memoir. It made me appreciate Carrie more as a person and celebrity- she clearly had a complex relationship with her fame and the legacy of her role as Leia. Her daughter reading the poetry that Carrie wrote during the filming of Star Wars felt raw and real, her prose thoughtful and reminiscent of what your young 20's definitely feels like. Carrie herself is uproariously funny, and I found myself laughing out loud many times! She was also shockingly candid about her own death and image, so listening to this after her passing was bittersweet. I'll probably want to read her other memoir soon.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Alcohol, Mental illness, Addiction, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Death, and Death of parent
dillybar20's review against another edition
1.0
(Copy-pasted from my Goodreads review) I'm going to be honest it was boring and there was way too much rhyming. C.F.'s Dad cheated on her Mom and left her so naturally without therapy the first chance C.F. had to do the same to someone else she did. She admitted she didn't even like Harrison Ford she just slept with him just to sleep with a married man. "His marriage ended because of nothing to do with me." You had an affair with him, yes the marriage ended because of you.
It's hard to read about how Carrie was almost raped and she just keeps insisting that those men were "probably just going to take me to another party." No, honey no. That's not why they got a 17yr old drunk and tried to leave with you. Also after rescuing her Harrison Ford forcefully kisses C.F. against her will. She's in the middle of giving the cab driver her address and he kisses her without asking for consent. Not that she can consent anyway she was 17 and he was in his mid- 30's.
It's hard to read about how Carrie was almost raped and she just keeps insisting that those men were "probably just going to take me to another party." No, honey no. That's not why they got a 17yr old drunk and tried to leave with you. Also after rescuing her Harrison Ford forcefully kisses C.F. against her will. She's in the middle of giving the cab driver her address and he kisses her without asking for consent. Not that she can consent anyway she was 17 and he was in his mid- 30's.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment
marlinspirkhall's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
4.75
(Review from 2019)
This was a birthday gift, have read through most of it and will return later. A little depressing because there were apparently no child safety laws in the 80's, especially in Hollywood. Not quite as heartbreaking as Postcards From The Edge. Overall, touching but worrying. 'Men are trash', the novel. Simultaneously calls males out whilst making too many excuses for them, because, hey, these are her friends... But also, huge side-eye to Harrison Forde throughout this book, Jesus Christ.
This was a birthday gift, have read through most of it and will return later. A little depressing because there were apparently no child safety laws in the 80's, especially in Hollywood. Not quite as heartbreaking as Postcards From The Edge. Overall, touching but worrying.
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual harassment
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