A review by ryliereadss
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

Very well written and well narrated by Perry. It was so insightful to here him talk about what having an addiction feels like, he uses multiple metaphors throughout the book to describe it. He talks about the friends who tried to help him and his time on Friends. He talks about his other acting jobs as well. I liked the way he talked about the women he dated, very respectful and complimentary. Sometimes it was difficult to follow the timeline bc he would jump forward and backward within the chapters but other than that it was good. The book ended on a hopeful note which just makes his passing more sad. Highly recommend especially if you have someone in your life struggling with addiction.
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