Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

127 reviews

tania_mybookishsecret's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Infidelity and Eating disorder

Minor: Abortion, Death, Chronic illness, and Adult/minor relationship

tia_nellie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Chronic illness and Death

alisonfaith426's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexism, Cursing, Misogyny, and Sexual content

Minor: Death and Chronic illness

mishasbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Abortion, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, and Suicidal thoughts

kriskristiiin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, and Drug use

bashsbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

Daisy Jones & the Six is another great book by Taylor Jenkins Reid. If I were going to nitpick, I would say her style of an 11th hour child-related plot twist only really works the first time (and I read Evelyn Hugo before I got StoryGraph), but that is a minor thing. The ending also feels a little abrupt. But I love the level of detail, and the inclusion of the lyrics from the album in the back. I love the messy tension between Billy and Daisy. I love fictionalized versions of things we tend to use to share the truth, like a documentary or like an academic paper (House of Leaves ftw), and this obviously delivered in that realm. I wish I had listened to it as audiobook, but by the time I realized that was the best format, I wanted to read the book too much to wait for that version.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Addiction, Drug use, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Cursing, Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abortion, Death, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Violence, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Self harm, and Vomit

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Chronic illness

sabrinas's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Drug use

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Death, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

momster2010's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I listened to the audiobook which I would highly recommend for this. This book was read right after The 7 Husbands of Evelynn Hugo and at least for me this gave me a lot of what I needed from that book. More perspective different viewpoints. There are no huge plot twists and there's not an ending that will leave you feeling like you know anything for sure but can allow you to create an ending beyond the end for yourself. 
You'll find yourself pulling out the 70s rock and imagining what it was like to be witnessing the rise of some of the biggest rock bands in the era. The world that Taylor Jenkins Reid created in this book was rich and vibrant and easy to be brought into. She explores some of the complex issues humans face in life in a much more indepth way than she did in Evelyn Hugo and I think it was really needed

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Abortion

stellabyproxy'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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Abortion, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

shlymiller's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.5

A brilliantly full casted audiobook that follows the success and heartbreak of 7 band members and their team through their rise to fame. 

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Content Warnings

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

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

Minor: Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Terminal illness