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Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

11 reviews

flowersfordes's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Eating disorder

blizzardinsummer's review

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

unrated ⭐️

still can’t believe she’s gone. we really lost her way too soon. 💔

this short memoir/transcript of her one woman show was hilarious. if you’re looking at reviews wondering if you should read this, my answer is yes but pick up the audiobook. hearing carrie read it herself i feel definitely improved my experience and it was a fun time overall.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexism

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

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

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

rtaire's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Drug use, and Sexism

nannahnannah's review against another edition

1.0

Oh, yikes. I had always heard from people that Carrie Fisher was this amazing feminist icon or something, that she had a great voice for women, etc. I knew she was bipolar -- and that's really why I picked this book up (because I am, too). But wow, I never heard about her racism, or that she's homophobic, etc., and loves to use that as an excuse for humor.

I'm not sure what I could really say this book was about. It sounds more like random stories about Carrie Fisher's childhood and life, as if she was just sitting down and talking with you. I mean, that could be the intention, too.

But her humor ... she almost always fell upon racist and homophobic (and even ableist) stereotypes. It was disappointing to say the least. She really couldn't let go of people she dated and married who """"""turned gay""""" (because of course, them learning they were gay had Everything to do with her, lol). I ended up suffering through this novel and basically wishing for it to end. I'm so glad it was a short read.

My opinion of her really soured. I just ... this whole thing was really awful, and I don't think I'll ever read anything by her again.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Homophobia, and Racism

Minor: Sexism

rbacon's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

You can hear Carrie Fisher's voice coming through the pages. A great example of 'you have to laugh otherwise you'd cry'.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Sexism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Drug use

thoseoldcrows23's review

dark funny fast-paced

3.5

This was fun, though a bit abrasive in places. I think you can really tell that this is an adaptation of a stage show, and that holds it back in some ways, but it was super short and funny and the audio was a nice companion while I made dinner.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, and Drug abuse

Minor: Infidelity and Sexism

There are several jokes in here, specifically regarding sexual orientation and race that may rub you the wrong way. There not hateful, but they do hit a little weird at times.

brennen_90's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Mental illness

Minor: Sexism and Toxic relationship