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The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
2.0

2.5 stars.

While I appreciate Carrie Fisher's voice and it was mildly entertaining just to listen to her sardonic wit, this isn't the memoir I was hoping for. I think I need to seek out her Wishful Drinking to get the content I was searching for.

This short memoir is primarily dedicated to the story of her early days working on Star Wars, primarily the beginnings of her relationship with Harrison Ford. There are some short excerpts from diaries she wrote at the time where she clearly comes across as eloquent and thoughtful about her experience. A third portion of the book discusses her experiences with fans at ComicCon prior to her death.

All in all, the scope of the book is very narrow. I enjoyed hearing her voice and her experience, it just wasn't the content I was hoping for...so...this rating is more of a failure on my part to look into the contents of the memoir prior to reading than it is an issue with the writing.