Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

6 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 😆

---

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

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. 

---

Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Sexual content and Gun violence

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).

---

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

boundbymischief's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring tense fast-paced

5.0

Super funny, and eye opening!

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Addiction, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

brennen_90's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.0

---

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

---

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.