Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

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

183 reviews

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

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

amandaevans's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.0

This story was heartbreaking. Matthew Perry’s struggle with addiction and alcoholism throughout his entire life is so incredibly challenging and dark. I commend him for sharing his struggles so publicly. I cannot imagine how hard it is to be someone in the public eye, trying to heal and recover from an endlessly daunting disease like he was. 

Throughout his memoir we get bits a pieces of his experience as an actor and writer, with some classic Perry humor, and of course, some insight to our favorite show, Friends. But more importantly we hear about his endless struggle with mental health, addiction, and the fear of abandonment. 

I feel inspired and heartbroken for people that struggle as Matthew Perry did. I was actually brought to tears several times throughout this book. After his passing, it is hard to read this, but important insight if you have anyone in your life that also struggles with addiction.

Only giving it 4/5 stars, because it was very non-linear. The timeline was back and forth throughout the entire book, making it a little hard to follow chronologically. However, I don’t think it bothered me that much, because I was so engrossed with his story and experiences. 

Ending the book, he finds his voice, his truth, and his courage. He never gave up, emboldened to share his story. And that is something. 

I hope he found peace and joy in his life, allowing himself to love and be loved, free from fear.

Rest in peace, Matthew Perry 🫶🏼🕊️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Medical content, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, and Drug use

maukingbird's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Vomit, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Addiction, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

courtney__'s review

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Mental illness, and Medical content

music_girl84's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Alcohol, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Excrement, Grief, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Abandonment, Drug use, and Sexual content

jennameyers's review against another edition

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

4.0

I really enjoyed listening to this book! Matthew Perry narrated it and I always love hearing memoirs from the authors voice. Overall, I thought this book shed so much light on the troubles of addiction and how growth is not always linear. My only reason for giving it 4 stars and not 5 was that some parts felt a little redundant and some of the timelines would get confusing (but that’s more something a good editor could have fixed). 
Overall, this was a great read and I loved to hear the stories of his life!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical trauma, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

jennafur's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Medical content

marleen02's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Alcohol, Addiction, Medical content, Vomit, and Pandemic/Epidemic

butilikeit's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

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