Reviews

Surrender the Pink by Carrie Fisher

adeleighpenguin's review against another edition

4.0

Her wordplay simply goes crazy

clementinemac's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I ♥️ Carrie Fisher

merlin_reads's review against another edition

1.0

 While I love Carrie Fisher, I did not love this book. Like not at all. I had to force myself to finish it.

Dinah Kaufman is a mess - at least in the romance department. She has a great job, has friends, but always falls for the wrong man. In Surrender the Pink, Dinah is super focused on one man - the man she thinks got away. This relationship was extremely toxic to the point that Dinah followed him to the Hamptons to spy on him with his new girlfriend. Talk about cringe. Needless to say, I did not like Dinah.

I also wasn't a fan of the writing style. To me, it seemed all over and jumbled. There were long periods of time where nothing happened then everything would be piled into one chapter only to go back to nothing. There was slut shamming, cheating, humor that really missed it's mark. Maybe it's because I read this book way past it's release date, but I really could not get into it.

I still want to read her autobiography, but I think I will steer clear of her fiction for now. 

shari_billops's review against another edition

Surrender the Pink by Carrie Fisher (1990)

fantasticmrethan's review against another edition

2.0

Says some important things at times and can be funny but is also somewhat painful to read and feels far too much like the soap operas that it readily criticises. But maybe that’s the point.

mommytaco's review against another edition

funny sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

ivy_stj's review against another edition

4.0

Carrie Fisher had a sharp wit and an impeccable eye for the absurd.
She will be missed.

tab_reads's review against another edition

3.0

When this book came out in the early 90s, I was not the target audience - cause I was a kid. Now in 2018, I'm still not the target audience cause I'm in my early 30s and married. This is the first Carrie Fisher fiction I have read - the last book of hers that I read was Wishful Drinking while standing in line an NYCC 2016, waiting to take a photograph with Carrie Fisher. Having read her autobiographical work first, I found this book to be very much based on Carrie's experiences and there are moments of meta like when Carrie is writing about Dinah who is writing the script for Rose. I enjoyed it for what it was but this is definitely not my favorite genre or her best story; then again, at this point, I'll probably read anything that Carrie wrote so I'm a little biased.

cpickard's review against another edition

2.0

I don't think this book is necessarily bad, but it isn't for everyone (as the mixed reviews will tell you). If you like realistically (albeit exaggerated for entertainment value) flawed characters who are painfully self sabotaging (and occasionally just bad people), this book is for you. The writing style is pretty typical Carrie, with a slightly manic and occasionally melancholy bent.
Personally, I wouldn't have finished it if I wasn't listening to the audiobook and enjoying the delightful sound of Ms Fisher's voice.

bookwards's review against another edition

funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book feels dated which is great as relationships between men and women and women and work have actually moved on a bit since the 1990's, phew. The relief. It's so smart and funny and insightful and well written that it's still worth a read. It makes me want to use the word sassy. It has a lot of sass. And sex. And opinions. And screenwriters. It has some glitz too, just a bit. Yay.