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Shockaholic
- Narrated by: Carrie Fisher
- Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins
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Summary
Infused with Carrie Fisher’s trademark incisive wit and perfectly poised on the heels of Wishful Drinking's instant New York Times best-selling success, Shockaholic takes listeners on another rollicking ride into her crazy life.
Told with the same intimate style, brutal honesty, and uproarious wisdom that placed Wishful Drinking on the New York Times best-seller list for months, Shockaholic is the juicy account of Carrie Fisher’s life, focusing more on the Star Wars years and dishing about the various Hollywood relationships she’s formed since she was chosen to play Princess Leia at only 19 years old. Fisher delves into the gritty details that made the movie - and herself - such a phenomenal success, admitting, "It isn’t all sweetness and light sabers."
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- David
- 01-03-14
Disappointing. I feel a little cheated.
I picked this up since it was pitched as being "about the Star Wars years" and talking about her relationships with other celebrities. I was then disappointed that it wasn't really anything to do with Star Wars or really anything that the blurb seemed to promise.
Instead it's the story of characters I'm not particularly interested in (Eddie Fisher, Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor and her stepfather), which is unfortunate of course but not the author's fault. But the style then is the issue. I didn't find the wit and humour as engaging as her fans apparently are.
There's not a clear story that I could identify, which means that the result is a number of stories and character portrayals (and frequently assassinations) which too often start in viciously before I had any idea who the person was and why they deserved her vitriol.
The book is, I think, brutally honest which recommends it. But I think it relies too much on her assessments of people which often comes without enough evidence, and relies heavily on the idea that we should trust her judgment, which the first chapters alone have given us cause to doubt.
I really wanted to like this and while it hasn't harmed my opinion of Carrie Fisher, it has turned me off her writing I'm afraid.
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- Rob S
- 06-02-16
Preferred Wishful Drinking
Carrie delivers with her vocal performance but I feel her previous book was better and at times this repeats from that book too.
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- Danielle
- 17-04-16
Always great to hear from Carrie
What does Carrie Fisher bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
I am quite certain that it is best to hear autobiographies from the actual person, and Carrie has a big personality to share with the listener
Any additional comments?
A few more stories from her life, but not that much different to what you may have already heard (especially repeated jokes..) from Wishful Drinking and Postcards from the Edge.
I preferred Wishful Drinking because it was the first Carrie Fisher book I listened to, ever since I feel I have been hearing the same story in vaguely different ways... but I enjoy it anyway, she feels like a friend and there is something comforting in her strength.
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- Anonymous User
- 31-01-24
What a princess
Charming, funny, honest, deep, beautiful. Carrie is such a great writer. It’s well worth a listen or read.
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- craig anderson
- 15-09-21
Honest and so enjoyable
Having stumbled across her one woman show on one of the streaming channels I really enjoyed her personality that shone through. I then saw a documentary about her and her mother and again Carrie came across as a brilliantly funny warm honest person. Such a shame that she suffered so much with her mental health. Although I am a massive Star Wars fan I wouldn’t say Carrie was a great actress, but as a writer and a story teller I think she is truly amazing, very honest, very funny and very endearing. Such a shame there was not a lot more output from her as I could read/listen to her work all day long
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- Patrick
- 15-06-21
Without the wit of Wishful Drinking
This felt like a sequel suggested by the publisher after the success of the very enjoyable Wishful Drinking. It didn't have the same zing and polish that its predecesor got from being performed as a show before being turned into a book. A much more downbeat book in mood, too.
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- kath
- 18-05-21
hilarious
Carrie tells these stories about her life without making it seem like she is boasting or name dropping. She is funny, honest , gracious and this book although anecdotal, is very heart warming
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- Katie H.
- 03-11-20
brilliant
I was totally engrossed in this story from start to finish, Carrie's narration was just essential to the story telling and wouldn't have been the same from anyone but her. I will be downloading many more of her books and since listening have told everyone one about it. Just excellent 👌
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-08-20
another amazing memoir from an amazing woman
anyone who loves carrie fishers other books will love this
carrie fisher was a big fan of electro convulsive therapy to treat her mental health, the side effect being memory loss, this book is her memory piecing itself back together
carrie fisher was a famous story teller at parties and it shows in how she narrates this book of tales from her amazing life
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- Miss A. C. Thompson
- 23-01-20
Not as good as her other books
I was very uncomfortable and disappointed buy Carrie Fishers misunderstanding of Michael Jackson.
She should have left out any reference to him. It spoild the rest of the book for me.
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