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

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3.0

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3.5

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3.5

A well-written account of a difficult struggle with addiction and with finding your purpose in life. It was very interesting to get a first-hand insight into what it is like living with this disease. The book definitely goes a long way to dispel the false narrative that it is simply a choice. Although I felt the narrative jumped around a little confusingly time wise, and some passages felt somewhat repetitive, overall this is a book with real purpose that I definitely enjoyed listening to.

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4.5

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5.0

Listening to the audiobook and actually hearing Matthew Perry talk about his life and struggles was truly heartbreaking. Listening to him talk about his hopes for the future was especially hard considering he passed away just about a year after this memoir was published. This was an emotional one but definitely worth a listen. An easy 5⭐️ read for me.

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3.0

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4.0

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5.0

Is it the best book ever written? No, definitely not. There is a lot of repeating sections. But I don’t think memoirs need to be great works of literature! It’s an insight into the mind of a real person. It’s messy, unorganized and long winded.

This book is absolutely heart breaking.. I watched the documentary about Avicii after he had passed away and this book gives me a similar feeling. Of hopelessness. Wishing there was something I could have done as a complete stranger, to keep this person here for a little while longer.

No matter what your opinion is about Matthew Perry or Frends, I highly recommend you pick up this book. The audiobook is narrated by the author, and that ALWAYS gives autobiographies a vibe that cannot be reached by reading it yourself.

It’s a story about a bent (not broken) human being coming to terms with the reality of their life on earth. It’s sad, it’s inspiring, it’s warm, it’s funny. Especially the way Matthew talks about all the different people in his life: his family, his frends, his costars, his ex-girlfriends. It’s so heart warming to listen to. He was a beautiful, deep soul, that was dealt an unfortunate hand in life.

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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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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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