Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Friends, lovers en het grote, verschrikkelijke ding by Matthew Perry

664 reviews

corix's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol

stacy_es's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse

jenheartbooks's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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This was the most heartbreaking, tragic memoir I have read, especially given Perry's recent untimely death. It did make me understand the disease of addiction more than I ever have before. Knowing that Perry didn't want to die (he states this repeatedly), and that he loved and wanted kids makes me just ache for the happy ever after he never had. 

<Spoiler> 
By the end of the book, at age 52, Perry had finally gotten his life together and kicked all his addictions. He had so little time to enjoy it. I really hope that his death was not the result of a final relapse. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Medical content, Abandonment

chasingpages1's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Death, Car accident, Abandonment

cecen's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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This book was so powerful and honest. I found his experience and battle with addiction so profound and so brave how he opened up and made himself vulnerable. Thank you for writing this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness

Moderate: Medical trauma, Abandonment

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Car accident, Pandemic/Epidemic

mahnahmahnah's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Dementia

sophienm's review against another edition

5.0

emotional sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use

ali1004's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny inspiring sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Medical content, Alcohol

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment