Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

214 reviews

miamark's review

emotional reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Addiction, Self harm, Drug abuse, and Toxic relationship

alli_k20's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is incredibly enchanting, from the way Reid writes the story to the differing memories of the characters! It was so much fun to read and felt so *real*. Highly recommend reading this! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Drug use, Mental illness, and Self harm

Moderate: Abortion, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

kmcfall's review

dark emotional lighthearted fast-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

2.0

Love the innovative format. Really hated the characters and had no sympathy for them.* But honestly, I'm not a TJR fan. This was my third and last book of hers. I understand why the hype--it's the format and the idea of the story. And maybe the execution, but I really hated reading this and was happy to be done. I just don't care about these people. I do not care about celebrities in my real life and don't care about them in my reading life. 

*I watched the TV show based on this hoping to love it more. Nope. Though I thought the actors did an amazing job. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Mental illness, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, and Sexual content

kimseokjinschild's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

3.75

The writing layout was different to all the books I have read, the story told and narrated from all the characters; this also made it a easy flowing read.  

It touched on topics like substance abuse, love and conflict..and I could relate to somethings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Drug use

eesamel'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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Abortion, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Addiction, Infidelity, Eating disorder, Death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

aurora_smith12's review

adventurous reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

Multiple POVs and interview style writing

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Infidelity, and Mental illness

izzyttt's review

emotional sad medium-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

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Content Warnings

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

riley2399's review

emotional hopeful sad 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: Pregnancy, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Death, Cursing, Abortion, Alcohol, Grief, and Drug use

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.

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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

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

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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