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A review by melsage1823
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.5
A stunning, insightful and vulnerable memoir into Carrie's teenage years and how she's dealt with the huge Star Wars fame. Miss Fisher your presents and joy is still forever missed. Rest in paradise.
For my first ever Memoir, I have barley anything bad to say. It was absolutely fantastic! My only major problems was the structure and the fact that the audiobook didn't match with my copy I was reading along with. Which lost it half a star.
The structure as a mildly dyslexic reader didn't work for me. It just isn't accessible, I would have loved Carrison and Leia's lap dance broke into smaller chapters, as well as the diary entries. All the writing was fine I just would have felt more comfortable with the structure broken up better.
Also it might be the fault of the bookseller but with the audiobook and physical copy having whole chunks and paragraphs not matching it felt very messy and tricky to follow along. This is just a minor nit pick though.
Apart from that, chefs kiss. One thing I really appreciate is that the writing style especially with certain sentences in brackets, makes it feel like Carrie is physically having a casual conversation with you and that your not just reading a memoir. Fisher really tries to immerse you into her world, with her witty humour and charm. Spoilers, she succeeds. I couldn't help giggling when it came to the parts of sentences that were in brackets.
Another thing I love is her raw honesty and energy. To many celebrities want to look tough and mask their selves but Carrie isn't. Even when the reader doesn't deserve it, she is raw, honest, witty and not afraid to be vunerable. Her voice ripples threw and she is honest about why just now she wants to share her journal entries and certain other private events just now. I don't think Carrie ever realised this but her willingness to be open about her thoughts about herself has probably helped a lot of people be willing to talk about their mental health as well.
Finally, the journal entries themselves. I saw some reviews complaining that they're nothing to do with Star Wars but she was a teenage girl for goodness sake! Of course she's gonna be talking about boys. That's what most teenage girls were expected to do. Relating back to my previous comments, the journal entries are honest and authentically Carrie. Probably because her journals were intended to be a safe place to vent her secrets but still. I was really worried about them not being true to Carrie but they indeed were. Some of the entries read like beautiful poetry and most importantly told a story. Those diary entries alone, foretold Carries potential as a fabulous writer.
Overall, a memoir completely worth the read, even if your not a Star Wars fan. Its about the story of a teenager dealing with love and fame that after looking at her parents, didn't want to repeat. We will forever miss you, dear princess.
For my first ever Memoir, I have barley anything bad to say. It was absolutely fantastic! My only major problems was the structure and the fact that the audiobook didn't match with my copy I was reading along with. Which lost it half a star.
The structure as a mildly dyslexic reader didn't work for me. It just isn't accessible, I would have loved Carrison and Leia's lap dance broke into smaller chapters, as well as the diary entries. All the writing was fine I just would have felt more comfortable with the structure broken up better.
Also it might be the fault of the bookseller but with the audiobook and physical copy having whole chunks and paragraphs not matching it felt very messy and tricky to follow along. This is just a minor nit pick though.
Apart from that, chefs kiss. One thing I really appreciate is that the writing style especially with certain sentences in brackets, makes it feel like Carrie is physically having a casual conversation with you and that your not just reading a memoir. Fisher really tries to immerse you into her world, with her witty humour and charm. Spoilers, she succeeds. I couldn't help giggling when it came to the parts of sentences that were in brackets.
Another thing I love is her raw honesty and energy. To many celebrities want to look tough and mask their selves but Carrie isn't. Even when the reader doesn't deserve it, she is raw, honest, witty and not afraid to be vunerable. Her voice ripples threw and she is honest about why just now she wants to share her journal entries and certain other private events just now. I don't think Carrie ever realised this but her willingness to be open about her thoughts about herself has probably helped a lot of people be willing to talk about their mental health as well.
Finally, the journal entries themselves. I saw some reviews complaining that they're nothing to do with Star Wars but she was a teenage girl for goodness sake! Of course she's gonna be talking about boys. That's what most teenage girls were expected to do. Relating back to my previous comments, the journal entries are honest and authentically Carrie. Probably because her journals were intended to be a safe place to vent her secrets but still. I was really worried about them not being true to Carrie but they indeed were. Some of the entries read like beautiful poetry and most importantly told a story. Those diary entries alone, foretold Carries potential as a fabulous writer.
Overall, a memoir completely worth the read, even if your not a Star Wars fan. Its about the story of a teenager dealing with love and fame that after looking at her parents, didn't want to repeat. We will forever miss you, dear princess.
Content Warnings
Minor: Body shaming, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol