Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

152 reviews

ebreheny25's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.5

The format took a little while to get used to but afterwards it was a great story. Absolutely sobbed at the ending (all happy tears). Really showed some of the realities that people similar to the characters faced in the ‘60s and ‘70s. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, Toxic friendship, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion

erinwolf1997's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Abortion, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

neliasbookshelf's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Addiction, Abortion, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death, Cursing, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Violence, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

griminycricket's review against another edition

dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Infidelity and Terminal illness

maxthebeetlesheep's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexism, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Abortion, Vomit, Grief, and Death

daniofthewood's review against another edition

reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Grief, Death, Death of parent, and Eating disorder

liabl_28's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative inspiring sad tense 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

5.0

it's so hard for me to read or watch about infidelity, it makes me sick to my stomach, but god this book can be an exception.
Daisy Jones it's not a girl's girl, but i can't blame her

cause Billy didn't help with that either, Camila deserve  better, she's literally an angel

This is such a good book, the format is awesome for a history like this.

I LOVE IT

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Grief, Infidelity, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Abortion, Toxic friendship, and Suicide

sierrabowers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

After reading Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by the same author, I am absolutely a Jenkins Reid fan! This book was similar to the other book and reminded me of A Star is Born at the same time. I couldn’t put this down! Will be watching the tv show soon!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Death, Abortion, Addiction, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, and Death of parent

abiyy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

I wasn’t initially sold on this concept, but I was hooked on this book from « End of fucking story. » at the end of the first chapter. The structure is very cool and the multiple narrators played off each other in a way that drove the conflict in present-day even though they were telling 40 year-old stories. I also really liked how the book was rooted in the song lyrics and found myself very much wanting to hear the actual songs.

I think one of my favorite things though was the reveal of the author at the end. I read that part and immediately wanted to start the book over again to examine how their bias could have impacted the storytelling. It made me question my own memory of the story and my affinities for certain characters over others.

Although they weren’t the « narrator »,

they had a heavy hand in shaping the story in a way I don’t think I recognized until then. It added a whole new level of artfully constructed depth to the exploration of memory and storytelling.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pregnancy and Abortion

Minor: Eating disorder, Vomit, Chronic illness, Death, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

faithsbookreads's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Moderate: Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Cursing, Alcohol, Infidelity, Abortion, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, and Drug use