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Summary: BiPolar Manic Attack in the Movie Biz
Review: This book was reccomended to by a person stricken with mental illness, so I was expecting a more realistic portrayal of the manic-depressive cycle. My main criticism is that the line between fact and fiction was blurred. I would have preferred a real live bio from Carrie Fisher than this loosely disguised tale. However, I did enjoy the (almost trashy) sensationalized pace of the novel and plan to read her other works.
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Summary: always witty, that Carrie Fisher
Review: This book was well written. Boy can she turn a phrase, in a way that makes you smile and maybe laugh, even as she's using her gift for language to describe coming apart at the seems, getting herself in real trouble in Mexico, or being committed to a psych ward. I wasn't always all that interested in the plot, but I was always interested in the words she chose to describe things and her (remember that Suzanne is her ficitonalized alter ego) reactions to them.I beg to differ with at least one of the other reviews. THis is not a polemic against pharmachological treatments for mental illness. She's not the one that got away from the psychiatrists. In fact, it's going off her treatment that sends her spiraling out of control. She's pretty upfront about that. This is one of those times when the reviews say more to me about the reviewers than the reviewed. At least I'm upfront about my bias in favor of pithy writing.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: This is an excellent memoir style of book. Courageous and healing like that of "Nightmares Echo" with pieces of "My Fractured Life" thrown in for good measure. At times it is humorous like that of "Running With Scissors". Above all-This is a remarkable book and Carrie Fisher has done it well, very well. I hope to see more works by this author. She has me hooked.
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