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Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

681 reviews

seismicality's review

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense 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

4.5

I really enjoyed this book and read it in a few days. The characters were interesting and I liked how the format of the book was in the style of an interview transcript. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Addiction, and Infidelity

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Mental illness

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Abandonment, and Misogyny

nc_unknown_user's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective 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

3.75

After all the hype around this book, and especially the audio version of it, I was kind of expecting more. I mean, it was a good story I suppose and I liked the different formatting of it (in some ways) but it just didn’t wow me in the ways it seemed to do for others. 

I found the different characters to be a nice touch but the constant announcing of names was both helpful and annoying, which was odd. I found myself getting lost trying to keep apart some of the supporting roles.  Overall though, the voice actors did well and helped convey the almost documentary type vibe of the recording. I could almost picture it on VH1 with each band mate giving their own accounts between clips. Some scenes left me with clear visuals of the situation being described (like the album cover photoshoot) and others left me feeling a little lost. For the most part though, I think the author does a great job of painting a picture of the scenes even though Daisy was the only character I could clearly imagine due to the many descriptions of her look. 

All in all, it was a good read but maybe I just let the hype set me up for a bit of a let down. It wasn’t the best thing I’ve ever read like I was lead to believe could be the case. Not sure it’s re-read material for me but I don’t regret it. Maybe if I would’ve went in with no expectations I would’ve had different feelings about it. I did really like the end when they tied things up and were talking directly to the “interviewer.” Anyway, I’m rambling now as I try to sum up my thoughts. I think I’ve said what I needed to though so we’ll leave this here for now. 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Death, and Abortion

aubreyc_c07's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual content and Cursing

Minor: Death

afelici5's review

emotional hopeful sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Chronic illness, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Infidelity

sareidle's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.75

I was introduced to this story through the Amazon Prime series and enjoyed the audiobook cast and what they brought to the characters. The listening experience was fantastic and I found myself thinking about the characters and their decisions when I was away from the book. My one critique is that the song lyrics are cringe-inducing and distract from the emotional moments when the songs are being written and later performed. But overall, it was an engrossing read that I highly recommend others try!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Abortion, Eating disorder, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Infidelity

jedore's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

“…loving somebody isn’t perfection and good times and laughing and making love. Love is forgiveness and patience and faith and every once in awhile, it’s a gut punch. That’s why it’s a dangerous thing, when you go loving the wrong person. When you love somebody who doesn’t deserve it. You have to be with somebody who deserves your faith and you have to be deserving of someone else’s. It’s sacred.”

This one threw me a bit of a curveball with its interview-style narrative, which initially had me unsure. The interviewer's silence and the constant jumping around between characters threw me off, creating an emotional distance, but as the story unfolded, it surprisingly grew on me.

Despite the unique writing style, I ended up enjoying the book. It even sparked my interest in Fleetwood Mac, rumored to be the inspiration behind the tale, leading me to delve into their story.

True to Taylor Jenkins Reid's style, there's a little twist at the end that adds that extra punch. Overall, it's a journey worth taking, even if the road starts a bit bumpy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Drug use, Addiction, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Death

apthompson's review against another edition

reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexism, Misogyny, and Sexual content

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Violence, Blood, and Eating disorder

kjm19's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

3.25

Daisy jones & the six is an emotional read, once you can get beyond the setting that you’ve seen dozens of times. It does feel too real at times with the documentary style, where the author has essentially plucked out a real band and situation and re-written it with other names and dates. However, it’s a nice easy time. 

It’s interesting hearing about all of these people with dreams and everything gets tangled with love and drugs and their relationships with themselves and how those aspects just make it impossible… How all of these people fall together and then have no choice but to walk away in spite of what they want and what they could have all together. It’s heartbreaking in some ways, but reassuring that you’re not the only one going through life as a victim of circumstance. It’s a human experience and we’re all humans (even rockstars). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexism, Abortion, Addiction, Misogyny, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Cancer, Alcohol, Drug use, and Mental illness

Moderate: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship

ericaco0's review

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

I was enthralled. I felt like I was there watching them fall and get back up, and rock out, and break down. 
I truly thought the characters were real. Felt too realistic to be fiction. 
I loved the reflections on love and rock and roll. 
I thought it was a great book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Minor: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Grief

cdt96's review against another edition

funny reflective fast-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: Death of parent, Drug use, Vomit, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Addiction

Moderate: Abortion, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Vomit, Abortion, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, War, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse