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REVIEW - Wishful Drinking (audiobook)


Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher (audiobook)


OVERVIEW

This memoir was not what I expected at all. The story of her life itself is sad and complicated. Her parents were Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher who divorced due to his affair with Elizabeth Taylor. Both parents married and divorced spouses who had multiple divorces, spouses, and children. 

Carrie's memoir is a lot of fluff with a tell-all aspect about her parents. Some of the information shared was shocking and inappropriate to me. 

NOTE: Trigger warnings for mental illness and drug and alcohol abuse.



OVERALL REVIEW: 3.5 stars


Writing: 4.0 stars

Carrie writes well which would be expected by someone who already wrote four novels. 


Narration: 3.5 stars

As a professional actor, Carrie does a good job. But it was very overwhelming to listen to at times. 


Character Arc: 3.5 stars

The audiobook is told in no semblance of order. It is all over the place and very superficial. 


Memorable:  3.5 stars

Yes, Carrie's life was a mess starting with being born to two famous parents. Unfortunately, she also had bipolar disease and drug/alcohol disease which adversely affected her life. 


Entertaining:   3.5 stars

For most of the memoir, Carrie was over the top. At one point, Carrie said that she had too much personality for one person and not enough for two. She was too much personality for me. 


Book cover: 3.0 stars

Appropriate.      


Book title: 3.0 stars 

Sad, but true. 


RECOMMEND


STATISTICS

Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) borrow (audiobook)

Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

Simon and Schuster Audio

3 hours, 6 minutes

Release date of 12/11/2008


INFORMATIONAL LINKS

Carrie Fisher

My Goodreads review

Simon and Schuster Audio

Los Angeles Public Library


Happy reading, 

Dorothea 💜

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