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lewis_the_librarian's review against another edition
4.0
It's interesting to read a famous person's journal, and realize how much you have in common. Except, you know, that I'm not famous. *shrugs* Whatever.
This book/journal made Carrie Fisher so much more real to me, showing me her hopes and dreams, alongside all her doubts and fears. I really related to her little crush on Harrison Ford (come on, who HASN'T crushed on him?!), and how easy it can be to create feelings simply because of proximity. But her depression, and how she journeyed through that, was what I truly related to. Our society doesn't really talk about depression, except maybe to try to glorify it, so reading someone's journal and knowing I wasn't alone in that, it meant a lot. Even as she had already passed, I felt I had a soul sister, a bosom friend in Carrie.
This book/journal made Carrie Fisher so much more real to me, showing me her hopes and dreams, alongside all her doubts and fears. I really related to her little crush on Harrison Ford (come on, who HASN'T crushed on him?!), and how easy it can be to create feelings simply because of proximity. But her depression, and how she journeyed through that, was what I truly related to. Our society doesn't really talk about depression, except maybe to try to glorify it, so reading someone's journal and knowing I wasn't alone in that, it meant a lot. Even as she had already passed, I felt I had a soul sister, a bosom friend in Carrie.
jjjohnson1622's review against another edition
4.0
Loved hearing Carrie's voice telling this part of her story.
buckeyebreezey's review against another edition
3.0
A nostalgic read given the author.
A quick read that ultimately left me unchanged. The poetry and diaries in the middle were good but ultimately failed to tell a story. It made me wonder if there were parts omitted. Or possibly if they had been dated, it would have been more useful.
A lovely but uninteresting read for any other than a die-hard Star Wars fan.
A quick read that ultimately left me unchanged. The poetry and diaries in the middle were good but ultimately failed to tell a story. It made me wonder if there were parts omitted. Or possibly if they had been dated, it would have been more useful.
A lovely but uninteresting read for any other than a die-hard Star Wars fan.
blurry_reads's review against another edition
4.0
Growing up, I was a huge Star Wars fan and I still am. When Carrie Fisher passed away in 2016, I was distraught and so when I finally got the opportunity to borrow this from my library I just knew I had to get it.
Carrie Fisher details how she got cast in Star Wars and what she did prior to Star wars. We also got to hear some details about Carrie’s affair with Harrison which gave me some insight on their relationship. I love how open Carrie Fisher is about mental health and her attitude in general inspires me to become more like her. It was just a nice quick read that gave some insight into the behind the scenes in Star Wars.
Carrie Fisher details how she got cast in Star Wars and what she did prior to Star wars. We also got to hear some details about Carrie’s affair with Harrison which gave me some insight on their relationship. I love how open Carrie Fisher is about mental health and her attitude in general inspires me to become more like her. It was just a nice quick read that gave some insight into the behind the scenes in Star Wars.
kaydio's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 stars, rounded up. I really enjoyed Carrie Fisher's creative use of language. She frequently takes well known phrases and figures of speech and takes them somewhere new, turns them into something unexpected and more.
mak506's review against another edition
4.0
Bits of this made for eerie reading after her death. See the quotes on the book page for some examples. This was both less and more than what I expected. Less dewy-eyed starlet, more already hyper self aware young woman in her diary entries. Plus a lot more retrospective reflection than I expected about her feelings about being Princess Leia, which was fun and interesting.
Got to say, Harrison Ford does not come off well, and I now feel like my impression of him when he was in the tabloids with Calista Flockhart is more accurate than I'd have liked to believe at the time. Though Carrie is careful to not blame him, he was still an older, more experienced man taking situational advantage of a much younger woman while keeping himself emotionally unavailable to her. That's some real Prince Charles-Lady Di level baloney.
I'm really sorry we won't hear more from Carrie and will miss her voice as well as her ability to be in Star Wars IX. Time to go back and read her novels.
Got to say, Harrison Ford does not come off well, and I now feel like my impression of him when he was in the tabloids with Calista Flockhart is more accurate than I'd have liked to believe at the time. Though Carrie is careful to not blame him, he was still an older, more experienced man taking situational advantage of a much younger woman while keeping himself emotionally unavailable to her. That's some real Prince Charles-Lady Di level baloney.
I'm really sorry we won't hear more from Carrie and will miss her voice as well as her ability to be in Star Wars IX. Time to go back and read her novels.
profbanks's review against another edition
5.0
Oh gods. This was never meant to be the last thing she wrote. Parts of it would've been poignant no matter what, especially the ending, but I straight-up sobbed through the last few pages. There's so much intimacy and hilarity in the rest of it, though, it's well worth the read.
threadofgrace's review against another edition
3.0
Carrie Fisher will always be a hero to me and therefore automatically worthy of at least a few stars.That said, the descriptions of her affair with Harrison really bummed me out. Its not that he looks do awful, but the whole thing sounded cold and awkward in a way thats just depressing to read about.
sstalmah's review against another edition
3.0
I feel like her response to this response would be, what did you honestly expect this book to be. Which is in itself a good lesson. I listened to the audiobook, and it was fun to hear Carrie Fisher's voice reading. And I appreciated the wit with which she told her story. I learned some things I probably would rather not have known. I am glad I listened to this book.