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challenging
dark
emotional
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hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
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4.5
novelishx's review
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4.0
๐ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐ข๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ช ๐
๐ต๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ข.
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
โHi, my name is Matthew, although you may know me by another name. My friends call me Matty. And I should be dead.โ
So begins the riveting story of acclaimed actor Matthew Perry, taking us along on his journey from childhood ambition to fame, addiction, and recovery.
โจ โจ โจ โจ โจ
Matthew Perry's Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing comes to life in its audiobook format, delivering an intimate and deeply personal listening experience. Narrated by Perry himself, this memoir is an unflinchingly honest account of his battles with addiction, fame, and the search for redemption.
One of the standout features of the audiobook is Perry's narration. His unique voice, familiar to many of us as Chandler Bing from Friends.
Perry's delivery is raw and genuine, capturing the humor, pain, and vulnerability that permeate, not only his memoir but, his existence. Hearing his story in his own words and voice makes the experience so much more emotional and impactful.
Perry's wit and humor shine through, providing moments of levity that balance the heavier themes throughout.
The audiobook's structure, while occasionally disjointed, benefits from Perry's storytelling ability. His transitions between different periods of his life, though sometimes abrupt, are smoothed over by his conversational tone and natural pacing. This helped me maintain interest, even when the timeline shifts unexpectedly - which is ultimately why this is not a five star read for me.
The audiobook is a compelling listen, some listeners - like me - may find the non-linear narrative challenging to follow. The jumps between different time periods can be confusing, especially in audio format where visual cues are absent. However, Perry's engaging narration and the emotional resonance of his story largely compensate for this lapse in structure.
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing is more than just a celebrity memoir; it's a heartfelt exploration of addiction and recovery. Perry's openness about his struggles and his ongoing journey towards healing is both inspiring and relatable. His story serves as a powerful reminder of the importance of mental health and the resilience of the human spirit. His tale made all the more heart-wrenchingly powerful knowing that Matthew Perry is no longer with us.
Four stars for a courageous and impactful memoir that resonates long after the final words are spoken.
โจ โจ โจ โจ โจ
โ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ, ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ. ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ. ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ, ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต. ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ, ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ.โ
๐ต๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ข.
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
โHi, my name is Matthew, although you may know me by another name. My friends call me Matty. And I should be dead.โ
So begins the riveting story of acclaimed actor Matthew Perry, taking us along on his journey from childhood ambition to fame, addiction, and recovery.
โจ โจ โจ โจ โจ
Matthew Perry's Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing comes to life in its audiobook format, delivering an intimate and deeply personal listening experience. Narrated by Perry himself, this memoir is an unflinchingly honest account of his battles with addiction, fame, and the search for redemption.
One of the standout features of the audiobook is Perry's narration. His unique voice, familiar to many of us as Chandler Bing from Friends.
Perry's delivery is raw and genuine, capturing the humor, pain, and vulnerability that permeate, not only his memoir but, his existence. Hearing his story in his own words and voice makes the experience so much more emotional and impactful.
Perry's wit and humor shine through, providing moments of levity that balance the heavier themes throughout.
The audiobook's structure, while occasionally disjointed, benefits from Perry's storytelling ability. His transitions between different periods of his life, though sometimes abrupt, are smoothed over by his conversational tone and natural pacing. This helped me maintain interest, even when the timeline shifts unexpectedly - which is ultimately why this is not a five star read for me.
The audiobook is a compelling listen, some listeners - like me - may find the non-linear narrative challenging to follow. The jumps between different time periods can be confusing, especially in audio format where visual cues are absent. However, Perry's engaging narration and the emotional resonance of his story largely compensate for this lapse in structure.
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing is more than just a celebrity memoir; it's a heartfelt exploration of addiction and recovery. Perry's openness about his struggles and his ongoing journey towards healing is both inspiring and relatable. His story serves as a powerful reminder of the importance of mental health and the resilience of the human spirit. His tale made all the more heart-wrenchingly powerful knowing that Matthew Perry is no longer with us.
Four stars for a courageous and impactful memoir that resonates long after the final words are spoken.
โจ โจ โจ โจ โจ
โ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ, ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ. ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ. ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ, ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต. ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐โ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ, ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ.โ
sabinagruden's review against another edition
It's strange to rate a memoir.
Perry opens up about his deep addiction struggle through his life, his fear of abandonment, fear of not being enough, of being left, of being alone.
His portrayal of addiction and his struggles is heartbreak.
I hope he found peace.
Perry opens up about his deep addiction struggle through his life, his fear of abandonment, fear of not being enough, of being left, of being alone.
His portrayal of addiction and his struggles is heartbreak.
I hope he found peace.
dr_bookdragon's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
emchase13's review against another edition
funny
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
A must read for Friends fans. Perryโs stories about his own struggles mixed with his reflections about Friends are incredibly touching. I listened to this as an audiobook, which he narrated himself, which made the experience even sweeter.