Wishful Drinking

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.