Wishful Drinking

Quick read and hilarious - kind of wish I'd listened to it instead of read, but Fisher's voice is so strong and distinctive either way.

Let's face it, Carrie is an honest, funny, and usually blunt woman. She curses, and tells it like it is. It was rather short, and while I laughed multiple times, it wasn't my favorite celebrity memoir. I was actually a bit disappointed. Aside from the crass language, and blunt format, the book felt more like a “shocker” novel than a classic biography. It felt like all of her stories were being told in a format to out do one another, and to make you feel some pity for Carrie.

Very easy and quick read (for me). The writing is extremely conversational (which makes for a nice change).

It does occasionally feels a bit here and there, rather than centred, but I kept reminding myself that the book started as a one woman stand up, so it's understandable.

None the less, the book is littered with (genuinely) laugh out loud moments (took me a good few minutes to stop laughing at the hearing-aid anecdote), and beautiful insights as well as kind words for those (of us) with mental illness.