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elledanie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Vomit, and Sexual harassment
bucknife's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
angstifies's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Abortion, and Alcohol
Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Sexism
sunniva174's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol
Moderate: Death, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Abortion, and Pregnancy
Minor: Death of parent
trashbagtv's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Sexism, and Pregnancy
_sophahs_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I loved this novel. The way that nothing is perfect and nothing really works out the way we’re hoping makes it feel like real life. Messy and complicated yet grounding, worthwhile. I was left feeling like a fan of a fictional band, a friend of fictional characters, and generally just longing to know more.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Sexual content and Violence
Minor: Death, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, and Pregnancy
maudsmeets's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol
Moderate: Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Abortion
hcrawfo3's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol
Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Abortion
leahkarge's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail
augustrogue's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Unfortunately, at least in my case, it's also a boring one.
The main problem for me is that in those retrospective specials, they typically also show parts of performances and behind the scene footage of the recording process, etc. With this novel being ONLY the people telling the story much later from their own perspectives, there is also an inherent level of distance and disconnect from the actual events. (Which, incidentally, may make it a better TV show than novel, so I might still check out the first episode of the Amazon Prime series.)
It's a shame, because this book has been raved about so much that I was really looking forward to reading it, but it just doesn't work for me. Unfortunately I didn't find the characters all that compelling or likable, either. Daisy feels a bit like a caricature of a manic-pixie rockstar, the men are mostly terrible, and the other female characters just didn't grab me. Karen was the only one who was kind of interesting to me, but not enough to stick with the rest of the book.
2 stars because the writing wasn't completely awful, I just didn't think it was that good or interesting, either. At the end of the day, I just wouldn't read hundreds of pages of interviews between members of a band I've never heard of, let alone one that doesn't actually exist.
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexism
Moderate: Sexual content