Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

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

4 reviews

emilyandthewhippet's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Mental illness, Vomit, Body shaming, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Grief, Addiction, Medical trauma, Drug use, Fatphobia, and Infidelity

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

tinkerbell2706's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I found the book really insightful into Marty’s life and the hold that addition had on his life. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug use, Vomit, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Addiction, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

radfordmanor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Body shaming, Medical content, Drug use, Alcohol, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis