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ong's review against another edition
- 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
0.25
Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Misogyny, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Body shaming, and Death
Minor: Grief, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Violence, Chronic illness, Classism, and Death of parent
roxie_a_thunder's review
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Drug abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Mental illness, and Sexism
wonderlandiful's review
- 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
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Mental illness, and Infidelity
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Pregnancy
leiasorgana's review
3.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse
Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Terminal illness
xaracelli's review
5.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug abuse, Abortion, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Death, and Eating disorder
eleni1201's review
- 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
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Abortion, Pregnancy, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood
criticalbooks's review
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abortion, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault
lily_kruse's review
- 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
4.75
Moderate: Mental illness, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Cursing, and Drug use
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Abortion, Pregnancy, Vomit, Blood, Death, and Eating disorder
maysales's review
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy
queerolderdaughter13's review
- 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
I thought the writing style would throw me off but honestly,I loved it.
The characters had flaws,plenty and plenty and plenty of flaws.And they felt so so human.
It follows the story of a rock ‘n’ roll band in the 70s,what more can I ask for?
I love Daisy,fucking badass.
I never thought I would like a character named “Karen” but hell yeah.
I didn’t like Billy a lot tho.But I understand his reason to do what he done,at least,sometimes.Addiction is hard.
Some of my favorite quotes(than maybe convince you to read it?):
“I had absolutely no interest in being somebody else's muse.
I am not a muse.
I am the somebody.
End of fucking story.”
“Men often think they deserve a sticker for treating women like people.”
“I am not going to sit around sweating my ass off just so men can feel more comfortable. It’s not my responsibility to not turn them on. It’s their responsibility to not be an asshole.”
“I wore what I wanted when I wanted. I did what I wanted with who I wanted. And if somebody didn’t like it, screw ’em.”
“The chosen ones never know they are chosen. They think everyone gets a gold carpet rolled out for them.”
“I used to care when men called me difficult. I really did. Then I stopped. This way is better.”
“But music is never about music. If it was, we’d be writing songs about guitars. But we don’t. We write songs about women.
Women will crush you, you know? I suppose everybody hurts everybody, but women always seem to get back up, you ever notice that? Women are always still standing.”
“When you think of me, I hope it ruins rock ’n’ roll.”
“I’ll tell you: If a friend lied to me the way I lie to myself, I’d say, “You’re a shitty friend.” Mood
“Denial is like an old blanket. I loved to get on under that thing and curl up and sleep.” Same
“And she said, “A part of me wishes you wanted kids, because my kids make me so happy. But ... I think in order to be happy like I’m happy, you need different things. And I want you to have whatever those things are.” And I started crying, then. Because somebody understood.”
“I think you have to have faith in people before they earn it. Otherwise it’s not faith, right?”
“It was a man’s world. The whole world was a man’s world but the recording industry ... it wasn’t easy. You had to get some guy’s approval to do just about anything and it seemed like there were two ways to go about it. You either acted like one of the boys, which is the way I had found. Or you acted real girlie and flirty and batted your eyelashes. They liked that.
But Daisy, from the beginning, was sort of outside of all that. She was just sort of “Take me or leave me.”
“It’s like some of us are chasing after our nightmares the way other people chase dreams.”
“She had written something that felt like I could have written it, except I knew I couldn’t have. I wouldn’t have come up with something like that. Which is what we all want from art, isn’t it? When someone pins down something that feels like it lives inside us? Takes a piece of your heart out and shows it to you? It’s like they are introducing you to a part of yourself.”
“Here’s a lesson for everybody, take it from me: Handsome men that tell you what you want to hear are almost always liars.”
Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship