Reviews with content warning for Infidelity - The Princess Diarist

I'm very torn on this book because
1) it is diaries of carrie fisher but
2) its just poems from carrie fisher albeit written when she was younger
its definitely a misleading book, its not about when she was making star wars but more about the affair she and Harrison ford had during making star wars.
It is a good read, but I feel the book could have been longer, the poems could have been shorter. If you need a good description of how little star wars is really discussed, mark hamill was mentioned maybe 3 times in the book. This should have been really marketed as a book about their love affair.

Another reason I have reviewed it so low is he depiction of fans which is brutal in parts and is highly descriptive in others.

“When I was initially approached about going to Comic-Con, the giant comic book convention, I said, 'I wouldn't be caught dead at one of those has-been roundups." But, as it turns out, I've been caught alive at those roundups often enough to wish I was dead.”

While I appreciate not all fans are nice, the discussions around even what seem like nice or mildly nice fans is hard to stomach.

Overall 3.25* for the nostalgia and the insight into carrie fishers mind during her younger years but a disappointing read.

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emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

i always knew i loved carrie fisher, but this book made me love her more than i thought possible. a totally raw and real examination of her experience as princess leia and a very intimate look into her affair with harrison ford. her diary entries moved me, her poetry hit home, and every once in a while she’d make me cry with her oddly prophetic insights. i will definitely be reading more of her work.

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reflective medium-paced

3.0

Some may call it the ramblings of a woman who experienced and survived severe traumas, addictions, and toxic relationships. I would call the Princess Diarist realistic. Unlike some celebrity memoirs, Carrie Fishers feels raw and uncensored. It definitely carried on with far more detail than was perhaps necessary, but when you’re not necessarily in control of your own thoughts and actions, I suppose it can be hard to limit what is shared and what is not.

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emotional funny fast-paced

4.0

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