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I love Friends. I have watched the entire series as it aired, on DVD, and streaming on Netflix when it had the rights. There are so many iconic moments that still make me laugh. So I was excited to see a book about the show and I quickly bought and read it.

Ehhh. There are some insights but nothing that great, given that the show ran for so long. And much of what is there is just retelling. So I would have given it three stars.

Unfortunately, the author felt compelled to examine the show, albeit briefly, through a 2018 lense of political correctness and identity issues. She goes on how the show had many "homophobic" and "transphobic" moments, and was incredibly non-diverse, with 6 white people forming the main cast.

Then at the end, the author devotes substantially more pages to a very tangential harassment suit filed by a writers' assistant on the show alleging lots of dirty locker room talk in the writers' room. These pages weren't about the show, the actors, the plots, etc. It was just a chance for the author to tie into #MeToo. A really unnecessary diversion.

I find it a bit surprising that the theme of Friends being an escapist, feel-good, no-drama show is mentioned repeatedly, and that theoretically the readers were fans of the show. Yet the author didn't have the sense to realize that her diversions into political correctness and identity issues ran exactly counter to that whole vibe and that people might find it really alienating. Thus one star only.


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I'll Be There for You The One about Friends Kelsey Miller Books Reviews

No matter what anyone tells me, there is no greater television show than friends. We grew up with them. They made us laugh, cry, gasp and every other range of emotion there is. This book is an amazing road trip down the intersects and complications of the wonderful show. There really is so muchto our culture and society that this show really captured, this book is an incredible opportunity to learn and dive more. We were literally just watching a show last night where "the rachel" was applied to a meme. It's how many years later and we're still talking about her hair. It's a great reminder of why it's so easy to connect to this show. HIGHLY reocmmend this book.
A funny, interesting look at the history of Friends. If you’re a huge fan, or just generally interested in behind the scenes and history of shows, you’ll probably enjoy this. The authors voice comes through quite nicely, and it’s very well written.
So I was really excited about this book as excerpts had appeared in articles. And now I see why, the whole book reads like a big newspaper article. This author breezes through the Friends history occasionally touching on moments here or there. But never getting into real detail on things. Some things are never mentioned, like Rachel's pregnancy. Instead she devotes time to society issues like the Friends "homophobia", that stupid Coke a Cola ad campaign or the events around 9/11. This is why reporters are not authors. If you want behind the scene facts about the show you'd learn more reading the IMDB page than you will with this. Don't waste your time, I breezed through the book because there was NOTHING in it I didn't already know.
I’ll be there for you is a deep inside look at the start of the show Friends, and it’s true to its word, I thought I knew the story because I’d read the NBC book about their Thursday night (I forget the title, I think it’s must see tv?). But it turns out there were other stories about Kudrow and other cast members that I hadn’t heard or read about from other sources. I got this as a combo birthday gift for a friend who is really into the show and is moving back to the states, but of course I also had to take a peek!!
I, like most people, have wonderful memories of sitting with my family watching Friends. I bought a lot of the dvds, I would watch it on syndication. Then I would stop. Then it came on Netflix and I watched it. Then I stopped. But this book was so well-written it has me watching it all over again! But it's not just a nostalgic book, it's genuinely an interesting history of Friends, and about that era seen through the eyes of that tv show.
You’d be better off purchasing the “Friends... til the End” authorized coffee table book that came out when the series wrapped.

This book is basically just a re-telling of other articles and stories that have already been written. (The ‘Source Notes’ section is more than 50 pages long).

There are some interesting tid bits and trivia, but again it’s mostly stuff we’ve heard before. The author spends a great deal of time talking about how the show impacted her personally (I don’t really need to know, or care, that you time your gym visits to line up with Friends re-runs).

Nothing new is learned, no great insight is revealed. There aren’t even pictures to accompany the stories. The author is clearly just trying to cash in on Friends nostalgia. She has taken what should have been a blog post and re-packaged it into a book.
This book covered a fascinating subject ... poorly. It's worth reading for the information it contains but the author manages to make one of the best topics available into a snooze-fest. Her writing is flat and uninspiring, making this a book you wade through because you love Friends, not a book you can't put down. She repeats herself constantly and makes all sorts of conclusions, based on her own personal experience viewing Friends, that are neither relevant nor interesting. It's the sort of writing more appropriate to a blog than a book, crowded with unnecessary filler. Such a shame that this topic was hijacked by a mediocre writer instead of getting the sort of talented storyteller the subject deserved. Still, as I mentioned earlier, it's worth reading for the trivia around making Friends - I'd just wait until it goes in the "Free on " pile, or borrow it from your local library.
I love Friends. I have watched the entire series as it aired, on DVD, and streaming on Netflix when it had the rights. There are so many iconic moments that still make me laugh. So I was excited to see a book about the show and I quickly bought and read it.

Ehhh. There are some insights but nothing that great, given that the show ran for so long. And much of what is there is just retelling. So I would have given it three stars.

Unfortunately, the author felt compelled to examine the show, albeit briefly, through a 2018 lense of political correctness and identity issues. She goes on how the show had many "homophobic" and "transphobic" moments, and was incredibly non-diverse, with 6 white people forming the main cast.

Then at the end, the author devotes substantially more pages to a very tangential harassment suit filed by a writers' assistant on the show alleging lots of dirty locker room talk in the writers' room. These pages weren't about the show, the actors, the plots, etc. It was just a chance for the author to tie into #MeToo. A really unnecessary diversion.

I find it a bit surprising that the theme of Friends being an escapist, feel-good, no-drama show is mentioned repeatedly, and that theoretically the readers were fans of the show. Yet the author didn't have the sense to realize that her diversions into political correctness and identity issues ran exactly counter to that whole vibe and that people might find it really alienating. Thus one star only.