Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

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

3 reviews

kck7866's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

A must read for anyone who loves an addict and /or is one themselves. I devoured this book. It is heartbreaking and beautiful and funny and deeply unsettling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, and Alcoholism

rory_john14's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Sexual content, Abandonment, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Infidelity, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Grief, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Drug abuse, Death, Medical trauma, and Self harm

Moderate: Car accident, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gore, Vomit, Pandemic/Epidemic, Toxic friendship, Chronic illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Violence, Cancer, Eating disorder, Suicide, War, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

sten89's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

3.5

I appreciate the struggles Matthew Perry has gone through, and continues to go through. This might be an eye opening experience to someone that hasn’t been touched by addiction by either themselves, family members or close friends. Addiction is truly a disease that is explained well by Matthew. Hearing about his life and getting minor behind the scenes tidbits was interesting. 

The pacing of this book sometimes felt a bit slow. Some scenes felt repetitive, like they were added multiple times in the book (perhaps an echo of how circular his relationship with drugs and alcohol were), which I didn’t enjoy. 

Overall, enjoyed hearing his perspective. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, Classism, and Forced institutionalization