A review by ricelatte
Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

funny informative sad fast-paced
a very interesting entry point into Carrie's written works + her autobiographical style. I love that she had the chance to tell and narrate her own story, especially considering the cruel narratives that others had formed around her for so many years.

I enjoyed how frank she was about living her entire life as someone who grew up in the spotlight with a complicated mental illness that was incorrectly diagnosed and often misattributed to other things. Her candor and sense of humor about it was both shocking and refreshing! 

ultimately a few complicated feelings on this book. she and I have different views on a couple things, and ultimately I was left wishing she had more compassion for herself because I think her life was painful enough. addiction is a disease and people that suffer from addiction deserve as much grace and understanding as anyone else, if not more. 

I also kind of struggled with the audiobook because the way my version split up the stories didn't align properly. the book itself isn't one that's worried too much about organization, so to have a technical issue was an added challenge that could have been avoided if I'd read physically. 

Overall a quick listen and I'm glad I picked it up. I'll definitely seek out more of her.
 

happy birthday Carrie Fisher, I love the person you authentically were more than the whole original trilogy combined. 
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