Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing | 
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Sad to read this after his passing. It was a good read with a lot of insights into the struggles of addiction. I wasn‘t a big Friends fan either, but I found this to be enjoyable and interesting regardless. I liked how he didn‘t spend chapters and chapters on his childhood, but stuck to the core points of his life.
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This book was weird listening to knowing he was gone (to a better place). All in all a very good listen, burst out laughing moments for me.
panI loved Chandler and Friends, so I am disappointed to say that I really didn‘t enjoy this audiobook. Never meet your heroes, I guess. He had a bit of an ego; at least he acknowledged that he was selfish and narcissistic. Came off as very whiny. Used women. I wanted to hear more about his career versus his addiction, but it seems his addictions consumed him. The ending was overly sentimental and has a different flavor knowing that ketamine got him
"Don't Give Up" by Peter Gabriel featuring Kate Bush was one of Matthew Perry's favorite songs. The video for the song is beautiful. I also love the live version with Paula Cole.
Kate Bush version: https://youtu.be/VjEq-r2agqc?si=rocN1MAflnXSqY00
Paula Cole live version: https://youtu.be/98lNKjwYtaU?si=QY0qUV2KCLcb13VE
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I'm only two chapters into Matthew Perry's memoir and my heart is already breaking for him. I had no idea his childhood was so rough. It's hard to be a child who feels responsible for making adults happy.
A criticism I've read is that the book jumps back & forth between time periods. This doesn't bother me because that's how my ADHD brain works. It's always jumping back & forth between thoughts. I like books written this way.
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. His story is incredibly sad. But I loved listening to him tell it.
pickThis was a tough one. Definitely a story that will stick with you long after reading. Perry‘s life seemed so perfect on the outside but he was never able to find the things to fill the voids in his life except drugs and alcohol. So tragic to read his struggles, to know he feared death, to read of his suffering with no relief besides the vicious cycle of using drugs. The book ends with hope but sadly his real life has a different ending. RIP Matty
pickStarted reading this the day before the Ketamine arrests came down. Perry is candid about all the demons that fuel his addictions, & tells the story of how his whole career happened. I was just so painfully aware how recovery never ends , so many of us have had friends & family that struggle with addiction as well, how heartbreaking it can be for everyone involved. It‘s sad we lost this talented actor, I think he had more things to do,all gone now
pickListening to this audiobook after his passing made it even more heartbreaking. Here‘s to hoping that he has finally found peace ❤️
pickI don‘t feel comfortable reviewing this.
pickMatthew Perry‘s memoir accounts his life in somewhat of an anachronistic order from his life with his mom in Canada and father in LA, to lifelong struggles with addiction. At the end of his memoir, Perry seems to have overcome his biggest battles, but sadly we know where his story ultimately ends.
pickDefinitely tough to hear about all of Matthew Perry‘s struggles with addiction and his health, especially after his passing. This was really interesting book to hear about his life and what he went through and some backstory about his career. I really enjoyed this one, even though it was tough to know that he passed away shortly after he wrote it.
Wasn‘t sure I wanted to read this one, but I needed an audiobook today and it was available. Chandler was absolutely my fave character on Friends. It is really hard listening to this book and even though I knew what it would be about… Addiction and abandonment issues 😢
pickOoof, Matthew Perry‘s story was a lot rougher than I realized. Very glad I read it though, definitely a page turner. RIP.
panI thought Perry came across really shallow, self centered, and vain in this book. He writes about all the great things he did and women he slept with and drugs he did. But he never knew any sort of peace or satisfaction. Sad story in my opinion.
Listening to his self-narrative memoir. Enjoying it so far!
so-soAs much as I loved Matthew Perry and Friends, I didn‘t have a big desire to read his memoir. Until he died. His death BROKE me. And so I felt I had to read about this troubled soul. However, this is not the most well-written memoir. Lots of repetition & timelines jumping back & forth which just made it confusing. But overall, I‘m mostly just sad. R.I.P. Matty. 😢
so-soIt pains me to give this a so-so rating because it seems mean-spirited to speak ill of the dead. However, this memoir by Matthew Perry, which describes his lifelong battle with addiction in exhaustive and harsh detail, is fairly repetitive with a rambling timeline. It may have been cathartic for him to write; it‘s a bit of a struggle to read. Especially now. What a sad, tragic story. Would that it could have ended differently.
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This audiobook was on my library holds list since it's release. When it became available to me a few weeks ago, so soon after his death, I jumped at the chance to borrow it. I don't know what else to say, other than to say that this memoir was very insightful and entertaining, and I would recommend it to any Chandler fan. ;)
pickListened to the audiobook which is narrated by Matthew Perry. He was a favorite actor of mine and Chandler was my favorite character on Friends. He didn‘t hold much back in this book and really put himself out there.
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pickAn interesting read. When you watch someone in a favourite show you have no inkling of what their real life is like.
Next up . . . A colleague added it to our works library, seems like the right time to start it 😢
pickThis was an interesting read. Brave of himself to put his whole life in a book. Not everyone can air their faults and be comfortable doing so.
With his humor aside, he went through A LOT.
May he rest in comfortable peace.
pickI enjoyed this book. I got to see Matthew Perry‘s cute & charming sense of humor. He reminds me so much of Chandler Bing from Friends. I had no idea he had this disease that brought him close to death so many times. You never know what anyone is going through. But I‘m glad his dream came true and that he was able to write this book & have it published so other people who are going through the same thing can see that they are not alone. Bless him!
pickThis was on my TBR pile and after his death I jumped right on it. What a great book to read via audio! RIP Matthew Perry. Your autobiography is truly your legacy.
pickI picked this up after his tragic death and I regret not reading it sooner. My review is too long and in the comments. Book #68 in 2023
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Oh man…. Friends was and still is my favorite show. Matthew Perry was a fighter and it‘s sad that he‘s left this world. 😢
Having listened to this so recently, I can't say his death came as a shock today... and yet, it did 💔
I‘ve had this memoir on my TBR pile for a little while now. In light of what‘s just happened, I feel compelled to read this right away. ‘Hi my name is Matthew, although you may know me by another name. My friends call me Matty. And I should be dead. If you like, you can consider what you‘re about to read as a message from the beyond, my beyond.‘ … how hauntingly poignant the opening paragraph is. RIP Matthew Perry, you beautiful, fabulous man.
Oh, Mathew 😭💔
I just can't believe he's gone 😭 Friends has been, & always will be one of my favorite shows of all time & it's because of this man. Friends was always there for me when I had a bad day or didn't feel well or just wanted something comforting. I've rewatched it countless times & the characters became my friends too. My husband & I fell in love while watching the show together.
Now I need to go watch the show for the billionth time & cry😭😭😭😭😭
I'm heartbroken to hear of Matthew's death. 😥
This is not the big, terrible thing I wanted to hear about today. I read Matthew‘s book last year and was really rooting for him in recovery. He didn‘t get enough time.
He sure made me laugh as Chandler for a lot of years, though. Thanks, Matty. RIP.
https://www.tmz.com/2023/10/28/friends-star-matthew-perry-dead-dies-drowning/
pickThis was incredibly sad. And hard to read, as a friends fan. A little triggering for someone with an addictive personality
Reading this one at the moment too. I started reading it back in May and I was struggling with it because it‘s Non-Fiction and I don‘t really read Non-Fiction novels. I love the show Friends and I‘m a fan of the actor, that‘s why I borrowed the book and started reading it. It‘s funny so far. I can definitely see that Matthew Perry is a lot like the character he played on Friends. Can he be anymore like him?! 😂😂
pickAn interesting memoir that really dives into the horrors of addiction and how it‘s not a choice, but a disease. Although it touches on Friends and his experiences in film and TV, it‘s more focused on how his addiction impacted those experiences. Always nice to listen to the audiobook with the author‘s own voice.
so-so⭐️⭐️⭐️ I don‘t know… He‘s gone through a lot and I wish him the best. Parts of the book were engaging. I don‘t want to minimize his very real challenges, but also, he‘s so incredibly privileged and pampered that it‘s a little exasperating listening to what seems like the same cycle on repeat for decades. From the book his growth seems sort of surface level and the story is not particularly satisfying.
