Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

50 reviews

sophia_e8's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Mental illness

Moderate: Death

sighclopss's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, and Death

adastra14's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.5

Candid, clever, and unafraid to air her own worst traits—Carrie Fisher was a very talented writer and comedian, who will unfortunately never be primarily remembered for those skills. This book is everything I was hoping for after leaving Shockaholic a touch disappointed. Well worth the read if you’re a fan of hers or if you just like a quick celebrity memoir. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Mental illness

bmpicc's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.0

Oh Carrie. I wanted to sit in a rocking chair, pull her into my lap and tell her it would all be okay. This was equal parts humor and cringe. I'm glad I finally got to this one. I was never a Star Wars fanatic, but I was always a Carrie fan. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Drug abuse, and Addiction

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

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

Moderate: Infidelity

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

emparr02's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

fartboy69's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction

katieb94's review against another edition

emotional funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

Carrie Fisher is much missed and although this autobiography is very short (and one of many) her personality is on every single page. 

The subject matter is quite deep, with Carrie going into detail about her struggles with drugs, alcohol and her mental health- but she adds a comedic spin to it which makes this book hilarious in places. 

It’s not just about Star Wars, although she does talk about it fondly, and also not so fondly, being a young 19 year old woman in the first film there were going to be some points when she felt uncomfortable. Like George Lucas telling her she couldn’t wear a bra as there’s no underwear in space! 

Despite the fact it flip flops back and forth between elements of her life she feels are important to share, it’s a really easy read. It’s not difficult to read because of the length, the way it’s written, and Carrie’s infectious humour. 

I really enjoyed this book and I would definitely recommend it if you want to find out more about everyone’s beloved space princess that wasn’t shown in her films. 

5/5 stars! 

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Content Warnings

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

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