i went into this book not knowing much and thinking it was a book about carrie fishers time as leia, only to be disappointed when most of it revolved around her affair with harrison ford. i honestly just didn’t care about the content, and found her writing to be annoying and not something i really enjoyed as much as i hoped i would.

I liked this book very much, some parts were really sad especially if you read between the lines. 

First off, I love Carrie Fisher’s way of telling things like it is, without apology or embarrassment. I’ve always loved that about her, and hearing her read the audiobook in her own voice was fantastic. As a Star Wars fan from a young age, I loved the insights into the making of the film, and into her life as a young actress.

However, this book doesn’t actually have much to it - unless you love hearing about her affair with Harrison Ford, which feels as though it comprises 70% of the book (and makes me see the man even less positively than before). And that isn’t a bad thing either. I just had different expectations of the book. It was an entertaining read, but I just was hoping for more.

And to be honest, the diary entries from her 19-year-old self were so hard to get through that I skipped half of them. The majority were about the older, married man who was using her while she was in a vulnerable stage of her life. Yuck.

Definitely going to try her other book Wishful Drinking, as I feel that will have more to offer. Still, I had an enjoyable time and it was a very nostalgic read.

The audiobook being read by Carrie Fisher and her daughter, Billie, is what pushed this to 4 stars for me. The writing was a bit chaotic and disjointed, with parts somewhat repeating at times. Listening to the author read with her own inflection and emphasis (and accents!) made this a much more enjoyable book. A touching insight into Carrie Fisher, and a personal look into some of her feelings of being and not-being Leia.