Reviews tagging 'Death'

Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

32 reviews

issyd23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Carrie Fisher is a riot! Reads like stand up comedy/1 woman show - wish I saw this performed live & wish Paul Simon would write a song about me 5🥃

“But the main thing I’ve learned, I learned all by myself, no help needed. I learned not to get my tongue pierced. Because if you’re getting it pierced for the reason why I think you’re getting it pierced and you’re not good at that thing to begin with, no little piece of jewelry is going to save the day.”

God she’s brilliant - there’s way too many funny lines to include! Can’t wait to read her other books 😆

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and War

usuallyaudio's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

2.75

This is a short collective of stories of Carrie Fisher's life, as written (and read) by the author. It's based on her travelling show, so it makes sense that it is somewhat all over the place, rather than a biography. The main themes are her mental illnesses and struggles she faced throughout her life and career. She has a comical and lighthearted way of reflecting on her life, but it could be because she went through electroconvulsive therapy to treat her depression. I was hoping for more thorough biography, but that is not what this book is. It is funny reading this today as it was published in 2009 and it almost felt like she predicted or spoke into existence some things that happened since. 

While I love listening to autobiographies read by the author, she did read this as though it was one of her travelling performances. ie lots of yelling at the end of a sentence for emphasis.

RIP Carrie <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

amris's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

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

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Gun violence and Sexual content

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: Death and Mental illness

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

Minor: Sexual content and Forced institutionalization

soulwinds's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, and Grief

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, and Sexism

emilymhb's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Drug abuse

bashsbooks's review

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

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, and Stalking

Minor: Fatphobia and Pregnancy

hannibanani29's review

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

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

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