Matthew Perry (2) (1969–2023)

I really wanted to like this book. Perry was one of my favorite comedy actors early in his career and I was always curious about his story. Unfortunately I feel like he is still struggling with a lot of mental instability here. As I was reading I could help but feel like he was whining a lot, blaming others for a lot of his problems still, and grasping for pity. It’s almost like this was a last ditch effort to keep his name in the spot light, so to speak. It left me feeling sad for him because I don’t think he has really 4th stepped all of his issues (IYKYK). I wish him luck, but I don’t recommend this book.… (mehr)

As others have said, it’s always difficult to rate an autobiography especially when the author is being brutally honest and opening himself up to the world. I hope he can stay on the right path and glad to hear he is surrounded by many people who care. I think listening to the audiobook was a plus, you can hear a lot of emotion throughout and some things may have been lost in the translation to paper.
As for the writing itself, I think a bit of editing would have helped. He does mention some of the same incidents over and hops around a bit in the time line. Overall, a good read.… (mehr)