Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

201 reviews

koplomps's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

I was so dissapointed with this book and don't really understand the hype that seemed to surround this book when it came out. Maybe it just wasn't meant for me.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Drug use, and Sexism

Moderate: Body shaming, Violence, Abandonment, Grief, Pregnancy, Abortion, and Infidelity

Minor: Eating disorder and Sexual content

colleen4090's review

3.5

---

Content Warnings

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

Minor: Death and Domestic abuse

tkhz's review

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

A page-turner recounting the rise and fall of a fictional 70's rock band, told in a documentary/interview format from the perspectives of the band's members as they cope with fame, control, addiction, and love.

Taylor Jenkins Reid knows how to write books that you can't put down. This story was intriguing from the very beginning and drew me in as I wanted to learn more about how the band eventually disbanded. I was not disappointed, as the story was full of love, drama, betrayal, hope, and more. The two main characters- Daisy and Billy- are both very complex but not unloveable. You can clearly see the way they both yearn for love and control over the chaos of their lives, as well as the ways they are so similar despite their feuds. The format of the book makes it easy to envision the story as a real documentary and I enjoyed getting to see events unfold from various different perspectives, with each character being a sort of unreliable narrator in their own right.

---

Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Infidelity, Abortion, and Domestic abuse

dirtydie's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring tense 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

5.0

The audio book is a dream. The book reads like a documentary transcript, and the audio book has different actors for the different voices.
The story is told through the characters’ interviews which creates a beautiful, multifaceted perspective of the narrative, with raw emotions from all the characters. Very satisfying read.  Also the author has included the song lyrics of all the songs mentioned and I’m just obsessed with that kind of commitment and attention to detail.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Addiction

Moderate: Alcoholism and Domestic abuse

Minor: Infidelity and Abortion

perfectcupoftea's review

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

---

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

farmpaws's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

I didn’t expect to love this as much as I did, but what can I say except WOW! Every page was so vivid, the characters were all so interesting, it really felt like you were sitting there with them. Such incredible imagery done in this style of writing is really fascinating. The author really just put a documentary onto paper here, it’s so cool.
I was expecting a bit of a different twist, or a bit more of an explosive ending, but I think that was more because this is not the style of book I usually read. This is 100% character driven and it’s extremely well done, so I’m not unhappy in the slightest with how it was done or ended. 
I had such a great time, I finished the latter half within a day. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abortion

abi_g_mac's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.0

It took a while to get into the style of this book but once I did I enjoyed it. Although a traditional format would have been more gripping and fast paced I think it ultimately would have been more forgettable. I appreciate what the author was trying to do with the format, it was effective and something I've not seen before in a work of fiction.

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse

brogancha's review

emotional funny reflective 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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Abortion, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

emmie2468's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, Addiction, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, and Death

quinn24's review

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

formatted like a documentary, Daisy Jones & The Six follows this band through their rise to stardom and subsequent break up. The characters are incredibly realistic and their emotions and behaviours are very real, all of them are unreliable narrators so it’s funny when you read something from one person and then it’s told differently from another. I don’t have any personals experience with addiction but i think that topic was handled with tact. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Cursing, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Vomit

Minor: Death, Blood, and Chronic illness