Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

85 reviews

walkie_check's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

enchantedelfie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

might_be_may's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective tense 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

4.5

"Are the flaws of the main characters a main focus of the book?" Never has the answer been more Yes.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Abortion

stepnic's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

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

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

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

daringreader13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abortion

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: 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

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Chronic illness and Death of parent

viacrow's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

pageafter_paige's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book REALLY surprised me since the plot didn’t really sound like something I’d love. I was pretty sure going into it that this book that it just wasn’t going to be for me be I was quickly captivated by literally every character. They all had such strong clear voices and identities even through the interview style of writing. This book was devastating in a way I wasn’t expecting. I went in this book thinking it was a cute romance but I got a raw book about every emotion out there. I used to study addictions counseling so this book felt really personal and I felt my heart break many times. By the end of it I was in tears and I can’t remember the last time a book made me cry. Just so beautiful. There’s nothing I didn’t like about this book and not one thing I would change. I was halfway through the book before I realized it’s a fake band (I didn’t read the back I just trusted the hype lmao)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol