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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
reflective
medium-paced
As much as I love Carrie Fisher, this isn't really a book (or in my case, an audiobook). It's a three hour transcript of her recent stand-up show, and as a book it's a bit if a mess. It's all other the place, repeating itself unawares, and filled with a dizzying amount of name-dropping, family trees, and vague references to interviews and scandals you need to Google to understand further.
It also evangelizes constantly about electro-shock therapy. It honestly doesn't stop. I understand it means a lot to her, but I wish it had been advertised as the ECT recovery memoir it is. The book says a lot about how amazing ECT is without addressing that it's a *last resort* when other therapy options have failed.
It also evangelizes constantly about electro-shock therapy. It honestly doesn't stop. I understand it means a lot to her, but I wish it had been advertised as the ECT recovery memoir it is. The book says a lot about how amazing ECT is without addressing that it's a *last resort* when other therapy options have failed.
dark
funny
informative
medium-paced
Given that Fisher just died recently, I decided to pick up this book of hers which was on display at my public library. I have read tidbits about her life and her parents' lives, but here she writes in a stand-up comic manner about her life.
She's had a lot of drama in her life. Her parents divorced when Carrie was young, and they went on to marry several other people. Carrie had bipolar disorder, but she didn't get an accurate diagnosis for years. Substance abuse, compulsive spending and sexual promiscuity are hallmarks of the disease, so she experienced decades of highs and lows.
She gives you the gory details with a tone of detached sarcasm. I guess you laugh or you cry. She is a survivor, and she's done a lot to help destigmatize mental illness.
I hope that she is now enjoying a realm filled with peace and love after all that she's been through.
She's had a lot of drama in her life. Her parents divorced when Carrie was young, and they went on to marry several other people. Carrie had bipolar disorder, but she didn't get an accurate diagnosis for years. Substance abuse, compulsive spending and sexual promiscuity are hallmarks of the disease, so she experienced decades of highs and lows.
She gives you the gory details with a tone of detached sarcasm. I guess you laugh or you cry. She is a survivor, and she's done a lot to help destigmatize mental illness.
I hope that she is now enjoying a realm filled with peace and love after all that she's been through.
adventurous
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
hilarious and relatable. kind of makes me wish i was her friend.
I heard someone say once that many of us only seem able to find heaven by backing away from hell. And while the place that I’ve arrived at in my life may not precisely be everyone’s idea of heavenly, I could swear sometimes—if I’m quiet enough—I can hear the angels sing.
RIP Carrie
RIP Carrie
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lighthearted
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emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
dark
emotional
funny
fast-paced