Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

155 reviews

jasmineslibraryy's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

this book has truly changed my life.

these characters all feel so real to me. i can’t believe they don’t really exist. i wish i could hug daisy :( 

i can’t wait to watch the show :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Alcoholism, Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Blood, Abortion, and Sexual content

Minor: Eating disorder and War

a huge part of the book, especially daisy and billie’s characters, deals with drug use & addiction so be cautious

marissasa's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• 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

4.0

I listened to this on audiobook while reading along and it definitely raised my ranking, since the audio has a full cast with different narrators for each character's dialogue. I liked the novelty of the story being told through an interview format, but ultimately I do think this story would work better for a screen adaptation because you'd get to see the drama play out and see them actually perform the rock songs that are described so well. I will have to watch the tv series for this that just came out and see! But it was a fun drama-filled read all around.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Death, and Toxic friendship

noskini_'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

anielabooks's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing 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

4.5

I enjoyed this book very much. The audiobook format really sold it for me. The plot was entertaining, and the dialogue was engaging. It felt like watching the documentary of a famous band after they’ve broken up. I’m motivated to watch the Amazon prime series after finishing. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abortion, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

Minor: Blood, Sexism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Grief, Vomit, Chronic illness, and Cursing

bucknife's review against another edition

reflective fast-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

3.0

There was not even a fraction of enough build up or tension for any of the huge plot points in the narrative to matter as much as they should have. The characterization wavered so much though it started out so strong and that was disappointing. The band’s level of success made no since from the events described and there was no romance between Daisy and Billy, it felt forced and like a shitty enemies-to-lovers at times. I did read this in two days and I couldn’t ever put it down but in the end it was just lacking. I like the made up version in my head more than the reality of it, now I’m actually excited to see how the show changes it (and makes it more interesting because in the end it really isn’t as interesting of a story as it sells itself to be). Also there was a touch of soap opera corniness and ridiculousness that’s kind of hard to ignore at times - an Italian Prince, for instance. And  I don’t like the writing of it enough to pick up any of TJR’s other books but I didn’t completely hate it, I had a fun time reading it’s just that the execution was such a let down to the great concept. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Mental illness, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, and Toxic friendship

keishac13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, and Drug use

Moderate: Chronic illness and Domestic abuse

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Abortion, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Chronic illness and Death of parent

brennsteez's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

while the idea behind this book is a fun one, it felt like it was building up to something only for there to be absolutely no pay off. no dramatic blow out, daisy and billy don’t even end up together (not that i wanted them to but it would’ve made sense). it just kind of. ended. i suppose that makes it appear more realistic but it was just kind of a let down. it didn’t give me something to care about or root for.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Grief, Misogyny, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Infidelity

binreads's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I started seeing the ads for the show everywhere, and the overall aesthetic definitely intrigued me so I picked up the book to read before diving into the show.

From the start, I can agree with lots of other reviewers on here when they said it was hard to get into due the the interview-esque writing style. I felt like I couldn’t immerse myself fully into the story, or completely understand the characters. I wish the author would’ve spliced in scenes from the past, written regularly from maybe Daisy or Billy’s POV (or even the other band mates) to take a break from the interviews and allow us to experience their story while it happened. It was really slow for me up until the halfway point then it picks up. 

I loved Daisy and Karen the most. 

I also think the reveal of the interviewer being Julia left me with the question of did maybe Billy or Daisy lie about anything as to conceal the truth from Camilla and Billy’s daughter? Such as IF they might’ve taken things farther? Because to me, I understand them lusting for each other but to call it love when they had never even been together more than an ‘almost’ kiss….meh I don’t buy it.  It’s honestly quite sad. I feel most sad for Camilla tbh. Like here you are raising this man’s 3 children and you know he’s infatuated with his co-singer. And she just stays with him? Billy didn’t deserve either of those women.

Overall, a decent read! I’m really excited to start the show now and see what’s the same/what they changed from the book.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Infidelity and Abortion

Minor: Pregnancy

leahkarge's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• 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

camila deserved better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Addiction, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Alcohol, Abortion, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Death, and Injury/Injury detail