The Princess Diarist in Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge

Jun 08, 2017 Talia rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audio-books, memoirs

I listened to this on audio, to listen to Carrie Fisher's voice, and let me say, it made me sad, especially when she'd talk about "when I die...", or her mother...sigh. Anyway, this book was ok; I enjoyed Fisher's humor injected into her stories, and of course, the scoop with Harrison Ford, but other than that and the Star Wars hairstyles, there wasn't really anything super new to share. I enjoyed the poetry/journal entries written by a young Fisher, read by her daughter, Billie Lourd. I do also ...more

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Jul 07, 2017 Ryan rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: borrowed, audiobooks, 2017

I wish I could listen to Carrie Fisher tell stories all day every day.

I wish I could write one-eighth as well as Carrie Fisher.

I wish Carrie Fisher was still here.

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Feb 06, 2017 Shelley rated it really liked it

Shelves: media, 2017

Carrie Fisher's diary and memories from filming the first Star Wars movie. Engaging and fascinating, and really sad, honestly. Her diaries then were a little poetic, a little pretentious, very 19 year old. She seemed very lonely, and you can't help feeling like Harrison preyed a little bit on that. He was 35, she was 19, there was a definite power imbalance because of how she viewed him. But the details of the shooting, and her teen years in Hollywood were thought provoking, and her recent senio ...more

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Jul 16, 2017 Linda Parker rated it it was ok

Very short book (about 4 hours Audio). First there is not much to it. The first chapter delves into her tryout for Star Wars. The 2nd chapter goes on for too long about her affair with Harrison Ford. Even now in her 60's she sounds insecure about the whole thing and I'm not sure why she felt the need now to share it. The later part of the book she reflects on her legacy and the legacy of the movie and goes into extensive detail what it's like to do conventions. I was most disappointed about the ...more

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Apr 30, 2019 Rachel rated it it was amazing

Shelves: popsugar-2019, aroundtheyear2019, best-sellers, memoir

This is great! Carrie Fisher found the old diary she kept while filming Star Wars and decided to write this book. Alot of this book goes through Carrie's 3-month affair with Harrison Ford. You get the aspect of 19-year-old Carrie's thoughts and also adult Carrie's look back with insight. She is so funny as she looks back! Young Carrie wrote alot of poems. I listened to the audiobook which Carrie narrates along with her daughter Billie Lourd reading the journal entries. Definitely recommend this ...more

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Jan 25, 2017 Renata rated it really liked it

Shelves: nonfiction, memoir, grownup

Wahhhhhh, come back, Carrieeee

I have to say I preferred the framing from Adult Carrie of her memories & then her experiences at fan conventions etc to the actual diaries of her ~affair with Harrison~...I did admire the vulnerability in them, as well as some very funny asides, but it also almost felt...too private and made me weirdly uncomfortable?? Poor lil baby Carrie :(

Still, if you're a fan of Carrie Fisher/Star Wars there's a lot to love here. ...more

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May 16, 2018 Journeywoman rated it really liked it

Shelves: listened-to-books, x-2018-books

I listened to this around eighteen months after Carrie Fisher passed away. She talks often about how she will be remembered and it made me feel so sad that she is no longer here.

That being said, this is wonderful. It is the closest I will ever get to sleeping with Harrison Ford.

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Oct 12, 2019 Ruth rated it liked it

Shelves: bookclub

Funny and endearing, but not as deep as "Postcards on the Edge." Also, it was a little chilling to think about the central event of this book from a #metoo perspective. ...more

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