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A review by hannahgohya
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
emotional
medium-paced
3.0
this was my first time reading a book that was mainly about alcoholism. peaked by my interest due to being a huge Friends fan, with Chandler being one of my favourite characters.
throughout the read, i struggled with the consistent undertone of narcissism and delusion. i kept finding myself going wtf??? as i was reading. knowing that i’m unable to fully grasp just how screwed up this illness can be, i kept giving him the benefit of the doubt that perhaps this was caused by the illness.
by the end of the book, i found myself feeling disgusted by the blatant objectification and overall cockiness of the writer.
the format of the story jumped back and forth between past and present, i found that this didn’t add to the storytelling but in fact made it confusing sometimes. it was intriguing to see how Chandler and Matthew merged in terms of joke inspirations and more. pretty interesting to also be able to identify portions of the show itself that he performed intoxicated. for all the Chandler fans, i’m sure it’ll bring a new understanding to the character 🤓
covering this specific addiction in such detail, it opened up my eyes to the realities of alcoholism as a disease. knowing that it came from a personal place, i felt sad for him. i will be interested to read more about the disease but i’m not sure about another memoir.
throughout the read, i struggled with the consistent undertone of narcissism and delusion. i kept finding myself going wtf??? as i was reading. knowing that i’m unable to fully grasp just how screwed up this illness can be, i kept giving him the benefit of the doubt that perhaps this was caused by the illness.
by the end of the book, i found myself feeling disgusted by the blatant objectification and overall cockiness of the writer.
the format of the story jumped back and forth between past and present, i found that this didn’t add to the storytelling but in fact made it confusing sometimes. it was intriguing to see how Chandler and Matthew merged in terms of joke inspirations and more. pretty interesting to also be able to identify portions of the show itself that he performed intoxicated. for all the Chandler fans, i’m sure it’ll bring a new understanding to the character 🤓
covering this specific addiction in such detail, it opened up my eyes to the realities of alcoholism as a disease. knowing that it came from a personal place, i felt sad for him. i will be interested to read more about the disease but i’m not sure about another memoir.