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A review by zazzyb
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
3.25
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Infidelity