Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

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

65 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

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

lay_kone's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

gkaltam's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Cursing

abbyscarde's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts

beklovesbooks's review against another edition

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

billievee's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

 As you can imagine, this is a bit heartbreaking to get through now. So much of this book feels like grim foreshadowing for what was to come.

Chandler was always my favorite Friends character, but it's a little harder to like Matthew in this. I've heard him called the real-life Bojack Horseman and it's easy to see why: they're both former TV stars with crippling addictions who can't help but constantly get in their own way. His childhood trauma and ongoing struggles with drugs and alcohol are sad to read about, but I mostly felt for all the people who ended up as collateral damage in his life. At least he openly acknowledges his mistakes. If nothing else, I see this as a cautionary tale for how terribly out of control opiate and alcohol addictions can become, demons that all the money in the world may not be able to save you from.

RIP Matthew. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Addiction, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Cursing, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, and Chronic illness

lovelybubbles's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Cursing, Addiction, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Car accident, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Mental illness