Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

102 reviews

tiiiger35's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-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

5.0

This is one of my favourites. I love everything about this book. If you’re a Fleetwood Mac fan, you’ll love, not only the overall aesthetic of the characters & setting but, the familiarity of Daisy & Billy’s tumultuous relationship, which echoes that of Stevie Nicks & Lindsay Buckingham. Stevie herself has now admitted how much of herself she sees in Daisy Jones. 
This is always my go to recommendation for anyone in a reading slump or anyone who loves the whole 70/80s era of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll. 
The tv series is one of very few that does its book justice but, I think to truly appreciate this story, the beauty lies in the details within the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Alcohol

Moderate: Pregnancy, Abortion, Cursing, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Terminal illness

xosirenox's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abortion, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness

Minor: Death, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Self harm, and Vomit

violentpeach's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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: Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual violence, Rape, and Abortion

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Death, Terminal illness, Vomit, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Infidelity, and Chronic illness

kathrynshields's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.75

Fans of documentary style dramas will appreciate the confessional style and pacing. TJR does a masterful job creating an alternate pop culture where none of the characters are real but they all *could* be real. The twist toward the end was nice but it felt a little forced and didn’t really give the reader time to fully grapple with what it meant. It was surprise for the sake of surprise and didn’t really change much about the story.  Even so, it was a beautiful yet fun story about complicated people and my only regret is that I can’t on a Wikipedia deep dive about all of them.  

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Physical abuse, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Death, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

Minor: Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Sexism

chaptersofcourt'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Abortion

Minor: Child abuse and Terminal illness

sarahfeller's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring sad fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Death, Blood, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Addiction, Chronic illness, Cursing, Alcohol, Death of parent, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship

kkxmac's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

5.0

This has to be one of the most honest books I’ve ever read. It’s beautiful, it’s real and it’s brutally honest. TJR is an amazing author, and truly has created a work of art with this one

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Cursing, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Car accident

spoookycat's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Eating disorder and Toxic relationship

Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Abortion, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

samburkhouse's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexism, Drug use, Alcohol, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Pregnancy, Infidelity, Sexual content, Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Adult/minor relationship

perfectcupoftea's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Pregnancy, Abortion, Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Addiction, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship