Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

90 reviews

alegna's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Addiction

Moderate: Violence and Infidelity

rosalind's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abortion, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity

Minor: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Violence, Vomit, Domestic abuse, and Grief

harperhoney's review against another edition

adventurous reflective tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Abortion, Addiction, Eating disorder, Grief, Self harm, Abandonment, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Vomit, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Cursing

Minor: Bullying, Violence, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Sexual content, and Vomit

alexandrabelze's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, and Death of parent

Minor: Misogyny and Violence

ruthmoog's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

4.0

I don't enjoy rock documentaries but I got used to the style and enjoyed the stories.
The main characters are full of personality as they look back on their career and life in a band in the 70s.
Would be interesting to re-read

knowing the authors' relationship with the band which is revealed towards the end

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abortion, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Pregnancy, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

bandysbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-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

4.0

Daisy Jones And The Six is a book about a fictional 1970s rock band told via interviews with the band members. It is a unique format for telling the story and creates a very interesting reading experience. It reminded me a bit of watching a docu-series that follows some old, famous band.

Daisy and Billy are the two main characters and I found them both equally irritating. Daisy grew up in questionable ways and is just a mess. She's constantly drunk or high, in abusive relationships, and completely unreliable. Only her incredible, innate ability to sing keeps her around. Billy is super pious and sanctimonious, acting like the group mother hen. Obviously, with such different personalities, there is quite a bit of conflict between the two of them. While I did mostly enjoy the conflict between the two of them, at times I also found it a bit exhausting. It's just such a dysfunctional relationship that you want to shake them both. 

The other band members are part of the story too, but to a lesser extent. While they have some good side plot lines, I felt like I actually would've liked a bit more about them. They were a nice break from Daisy and Billy.

I will say that I think TJR really nailed the 70s rock aesthetic with this book. It felt super authentic and even though I knew it was fictional, I could've almost believed that Daisy Jones And The Six was a real band. Clearly, she did her research for this one! 

All in all, I thought this was an enjoyable read that really nails the 70s rock and roll vibe. If you like music and personal drama, you'll enjoy this! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Violence, Drug use, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Self harm, and Sexism

angelagm's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse and Violence

jerrylreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Drug use

Moderate: Violence

carolineporterfield's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

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

5.0

Incredible read, I wasn't able to put it down. I felt connected to the characters and their struggles and was really rooting fort them. I loved the style of writing, so unique and easy to follow. I was able to really visualize in my head what was happening and felt transported to the 1970s rock age. You really grow to love most of the characters and are rooting for them. The ending is spectacular. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Addiction, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

lapis_lazuli's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

3.0

I thought this was gonna be as good as T7HOEH, but it wasn’t. I was mostly bored. I recommend people getting the audiobook, seems way more entertaining then reading it tbh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, and Cursing

Moderate: Abortion, Sexism, and Infidelity