Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

5 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

hannibanani29's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

morrisimo's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

An entertaining and extremely likeable memoir. Carrie is very funny and I enjoy her writing style. A lot of hard stuff in here but she handles it with humor and grace. A good time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Grief, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Drug use

Minor: Death, Body shaming, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

kshertz's review against another edition

funny reflective fast-paced

4.0

I love her sense of humor and I’m very drawn to people that are real and own their shit. That makes her a hero to me.  I loved the book. Some doesn’t age well, but like Carrie would care about that. I just wish it was longer. Also did the audiobook and highly recommend because her reading her life and her accents as well as her impression of her mom is well worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Mental illness, Abandonment, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Drug use

cm915's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Abandonment