Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry

51 reviews

readorperish's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.25

First off, I’m not a “Friends” fan. It doesn’t represent my generation and I don’t find it funny or interesting. However, I have seen the author interviewed on Dave Letterman’s show and found him funny and quick witted. Tragically, the book was published right before Perry’s death. Do we blame addicts for their demises? Does the fact that Perry was rich and famous make us less sympathetic to his plight? Is it fair to blame his parents? I’m guessing Perry would have traded his fame and wealth for a wife and children, but ultimately he came to that realization too late.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Cursing, Drug use, Grief, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, and Excrement

julieyael's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

This is a very deep and profound view of what addiction is, and life as an addict, as well as the everyday struggle against this addiction. 
It’s well written in a quite light and funny style, which makes it more bearable for the reader but also doesn’t diminish the hardships the author went through. 
Be prepared for a tough read, but a good one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Cursing, Excrement, and Medical content

Minor: Vomit, Car accident, and Death

aaashtyn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This book hurt my heart in many ways, but reading it in Perry’s voice helps. It’s so unfortunate to read this after his passing, because the entire time I read the book, it felt like he was never truly going to get better. Friends is my absolute favorite show, so reading about his experiences on the show and envisioning him in every season and every scene he talks about just breaks my heart. It feels weird to “rate” someone’s life, but it is really a good read, he’s very raw and honest about his addiction and emotions he dealt with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcoholism, Addiction, Excrement, and Drug abuse

holliesatchell's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Medical content, Cursing, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Vomit, Excrement, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

kvokolek's review

funny sad

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Medical content

Moderate: Excrement

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

beklovesbooks's review

dark emotional sad

2.5

The whole thing is just so sad knowing in the end his addiction won out. It’s also difficult to hear how much he used women. Ultimately, his story makes sense- he had a real set up in life to be a drug addict . He references the Big book and 12-step a lot. There’s a little about his friends co-stars and tons of other name-dropping. Heartbreaking, but Just ok. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Drug use, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Medical content, Sexual content, and Addiction

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Toxic friendship, Cursing, and Sexism

Minor: Ableism, Vomit, Violence, and Abandonment

mandolin77's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Addiction, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual content, Excrement, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abandonment, Cursing, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

hollifr's review

challenging dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Honestly broke my heart listening to how much Matthew didn't want to take drugs and how hard he fought addiction. It's not something I'll ever understand but it is so sad to know he eventually passed away due to drugs and never reached 60 years old. Gone far too soon RIP Matthew Perry. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Excrement, Suicide, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, and Addiction

wander_read_love's review

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Addiction, Drug use, and Alcohol

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Abandonment, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Car accident

laura_grindey's review

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

I've given the review not based on the content or the authors life but based on the writing style and the order of events in the book. The book flips back and forth between a more present day and early career chapters but I do feel this blended a lot and I struggled to identify the timeline of events. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content