The editor who reads too much |
The editor who reads too much |
Who doesn't love it when a celebrity tells all? Carrie does it so well you won't stop laughing. Authors, read this book if you want to see a genuine yet tongue-in-cheek memoir with no filters. Do you want to write honestly about this? Read this. Her frank manner of storytelling must have been painful to those she wrote about, but Carrie also makes a fair point: if they didn't do so many boneheaded things, she wouldn't have had to write about them. At least, that’s the impression I get about everyone Carrie knew growing up. The most surprising thing I learned was that Carrie was a script doctor! I didn’t know such a job even existed. I’ve been to a taping of a TV show, and you can see one of the crew standing with a script and pencil in hand, making notes and then agreeing with the director and actor on changes if something isn’t working in a scene. It’s such an interesting, creative, on-the-spot job! Readers, read this book if you need to laugh but can handle a dose of “life’s rough.” Carrie doesn’t wax poetic about her difficult life. She’s brief—she’s the embodiment of “brevity is the soul of wit.” I’m grateful to her not only for the succinct clarity as she roasts everyone in Tinsel Town, but in a world of perfect Instagram posts, Carrie turns the spotlight onto the unclean corners of life and never says, “I’m sorry.” I wish we were all more like Carrie and showed the world as it really is, before the editing, before the filters, before Photoshop. Life is already tough enough without all that to live up to. What I want to ask people is, "Why can't we all be as honest as Carrie Fisher?" That's all I want to remember about this book. At this point my review is almost longer than the book, so I’ll stop here. If you need to feel better about your life, pick this up. Carrie won’t let you leave without a real drag through the mud. But in a good way. Title: Wishful Drinking
Author: Carrie Fisher Genre: Memoir Publisher: Pocket Books, imprint of Simon & Schuster Comments are closed.
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