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Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

9 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, 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

soulwinds's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Grief, and Death

Minor: Ableism, Sexism, and Body shaming

bashsbooks's review against another edition

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

Moderate: Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, 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: Mental illness, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

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: Racism, Homophobia, and Ableism

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: Death, Sexual content, Sexism, and Body shaming

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

thoseoldcrows23's review against another edition

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: Death, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Minor: Sexism and Infidelity

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

gwooby's review against another edition

funny inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Vomit, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Sexism, and Misogyny

Carrie also discusses electroshock therapy and her experience with the treatments.