amber_ed's review against another edition
emotional
funny
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
5.0
litletters's review against another edition
5.0
A lot has been said about Carrie Fisher--her talent, her humor, the iconic characters she carried--and I wanted to rediscover her writings. I was not disappointed. How we were ever blessed with a being so luminous and capable as her I'll never know.
shari_billops's review against another edition
Delusions of Grandma by Carrie Fisher (1994)
marthamarthamartha's review against another edition
A beautiful portrait of womanhood and motherhood and death and life.
fantasticmrethan's review against another edition
1.0
You could remove the first 100 pages and it would make no difference. It has it’s moment of wit as most of her work does but it’s also painfully repetitive and often rudderless.
There’s a line in the book about how footnotes don’t have to become life lesson tangents and how annoying it can be when all you’re asking is a question and it is just a question and this is an apt observation for the book itself.
There’s a line in the book about how footnotes don’t have to become life lesson tangents and how annoying it can be when all you’re asking is a question and it is just a question and this is an apt observation for the book itself.
pema66's review against another edition
2.0
Disappointing, just not as zippy and funny as her later books. I'm still glad I read it though.
arrianne's review against another edition
3.0
Yes, that Carrie Fisher. I’d read Postcards From The Edge before, as a teenager, and remember thinking it was hilarious and insightful. I get the impression that these are semi-autobiographical, so the characters might be made up and the events, but that there’s a lot of how Carrie saw herself in there. And she is A LOT, constantly performing and trying to prove her cleverness. Nothing is just as it is, everything has a deeper meaning or some clever wordplay attached. I think the main character would be incredibly pretentious and wearing in real life, and that’s why I struggled on through this book. Maybe this is what Hollywood people are like, but safe to say I’d rather eat myself alive than find out.
The book is about a script editor and her relationships. There is a brave for the time section on a friend who has AIDS. Overall I think this is a sharp, witty book but just not one I loved personally.
The book is about a script editor and her relationships. There is a brave for the time section on a friend who has AIDS. Overall I think this is a sharp, witty book but just not one I loved personally.
libkatem's review against another edition
4.0
I just love Carrie Fisher, alright? I love her way with words, I love how she fictionalizes her experiences and even though her life is so different from mine, they're grounded in some sort of reality. I love reading her writing; it's messy and sad and serious and silly and ultimately, really really lovely and intimate and personal. No one writes like Fisher, and that she shares her words with us is a blessing.
sharonfalduto's review against another edition
A Hollywood script-puncher finds herself pregnant after a failed relationship. The book employs a lot of metaphors, many of which seemed dense and unnecessary--more along the lines of "Hey! Look what I can write! Aren't I clever?"
a_chickletz's review against another edition
2.0
I love Carrie and I think that when she is working on something not nessiccarily hers, and with a strict budget, she can create wonders (her script re-writes and or fixes lead to the movie being better or solid).
But this book was boring. Let's recap one of my notes throughout this read:
"Another scattered female protagonist, who falls in love with a guy who either will leave her or she'll fall out of love with. Add some quirky male friends, a Hollywood job and or job in the business, and bam: a Carrie Fisher novel, inspired by her real life. Also included is meandering and unfocused dialogue that neither adds or helps the plot."
That is it, everyone. That's the book summed up in a short and sweet paragraph.
But this book was boring. Let's recap one of my notes throughout this read:
"Another scattered female protagonist, who falls in love with a guy who either will leave her or she'll fall out of love with. Add some quirky male friends, a Hollywood job and or job in the business, and bam: a Carrie Fisher novel, inspired by her real life. Also included is meandering and unfocused dialogue that neither adds or helps the plot."
That is it, everyone. That's the book summed up in a short and sweet paragraph.