Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

1372 reviews

elizabertha's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I liked the audiobook and all the different voice actors, although it was hard to keep track who was who at first. The book was a little slow but mainly interesting. I did really like the ending,

with the author reveal

but was kind of sad about

the two deaths at the end

. The very last bit of the ending was bittersweet

telling Billy to go find daisy again

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Death

Minor: Abortion

gymjam_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I didn't think this book would be for me but I gave it a go any way due to all the positive reviews and..how wrong was I?! Getting whisked away into the land of rock 'n' roll was such an insightful, entertaining and emotional ride. The best thing about it was every character with their different perspectives and experiences seemed like they existed in reality. I couldn't put it down...absolutely worth the hype!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Addiction, Drug use, and Alcoholism

lara_pavlick's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Wow - Perfect for music lovers and lovers of rock n roll! Super cool concept for a novel as well to tell it from the perspective of each band member. My only critique is I would have loved more interjections to understand their motives even more, but the book contains such beautiful and poignant quotes and I saved to reread someday.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Pregnancy, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Sexual content, and Abortion

undecidedpersonality's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abortion, Death, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, and Vomit

Minor: Infidelity, Sexism, Self harm, Grief, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Medical content

greenbutler's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Addiction

Minor: Death

alyssapusateri's review against another edition

reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Domestic abuse, Death, and Death of parent

sophiecountsclouds's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Infidelity

Moderate: Abortion

snipinfool's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

I read this book because it was a DNF from a couple of years ago and I needed to try a DNF again for a book challenge. The first time, I listened to the audiobook version. This time, I read the e-book. If this had not been a challenge I wanted to complete, I would have DNFed it again. I still do not understand the high ratings on this book. Only two of the characters were likable to me. Warren was ok, but he was so overshadowed by the others that he might as well not have been in the book. Simone was a wonderful friend to Daisy and one I wished she had listened to sooner. Unfortunately, Simone’s character only makes brief appearances because she was not part of the band’s story. I wanted to feel something for Daisy because her childhood was so terrible, but as she got older, I was just bored with her character. She was one note, just a hot mess most of the time. Billy was an egotistical musical talent who pushed everyone around to get his way. Right now, I am past my limit of self-centered men who push people around. The rest of the band blended into the background unless they had some crisis and once resolved, returned to the shadows. I thought maybe the audiobook was the reason I DNFed this the first time, but it was not. Reading 369ish pages of almost straight interview style writing was fatiguing and boring for me. I love memoirs, fictional or not, but why was this the chosen writing style? I made it through to the end, but I wish I had spent the time reading something else.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Self harm, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Abortion

tuhkasirius's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual content, Cursing, and Grief

tah_014's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Addiction, Sexual content, and Drug use

Moderate: Grief, Pregnancy, Violence, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Death