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Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

59 reviews

koiolee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

I greatly enjoyed reading this book, so why the low rating? The writing concept was really good, it was great even, but the execution was a bit sloppy at times. ALSO only having one account of Pete, the bassist squeezed in at the very end??? I thought he died before the books interview. And the fact he lived irked me. Yeah I cried and it was a very tumultuous journey and it felt so real i had to look up whether they were a real band or not (the answer: not until the show came out). That's all i have to say about it. Cool stuff. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death, Mental illness, Infidelity, Addiction, Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, and Grief

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

laracroft2001's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

daydaybookbay's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-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

The story is written as excerpts of interviews from multiple viewpoints. I think this is a fun and unique way to tell the story of all the characters from their own perspectives. The reader can see right away where the story changes based on each person's experience. 

There are so many characters involved in this novel, but they are all so distinctly different from one another, you have no problem keeping them straight. Warren is the comic hero of the story. With all the dark themes, his character lightens the mood. 

I started flipping to the back of the book where the lyrics of the songs are printed. Each time they mention a new song, I go back and read the lyrics. I think it helps create a better understanding of Billy and Daisy's actual feelings and emotions.

I absolutely loved reading this book. It was fun and uplifting while also being dark and self-reflecting. I hate this feeling I have connecting with Simone. It makes me sad on a personal level, but I think that's why her quotes stick with me so much.

Check the TWs if you have concerns, but I definitely-100%-recommend this book.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death, Abortion, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Infidelity

Minor: Chronic illness, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Blood

miagic_tome's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

Absolutely devoured this book. TJR has a way of developing complex characters that I don’t see often and it’s very apparent in this book. Loved the ups and down that everyone went though and would love to reread with the added context of

Julie being the interviewer/author of the book.

Very fun and quick read with many emotions in between, would definitely recommend, but look at content warning just in case. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Body shaming, Addiction, Infidelity, Drug use, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Cursing, Body shaming, and Gaslighting

Minor: Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexism, and Physical abuse

kathrynshields's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense 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

4.75

Fans of documentary style dramas will appreciate the confessional style and pacing. TJR does a masterful job creating an alternate pop culture where none of the characters are real but they all *could* be real. The twist toward the end was nice but it felt a little forced and didn’t really give the reader time to fully grapple with what it meant. It was surprise for the sake of surprise and didn’t really change much about the story.  Even so, it was a beautiful yet fun story about complicated people and my only regret is that I can’t on a Wikipedia deep dive about all of them.  

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Physical abuse, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Death, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

Minor: Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Sexism

m_egg_o's review

emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Abortion, and Drug abuse

amanda_m_harwood's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

When I read the physical copy, it was way too confusing. However, this version of the book makes more sense. As much as I liked listening to it, it's not a novel I relate to, nor a novel that had a BIG BANG in my life. It's just okay. I can understand the hype for those who like retro, but the story is simple. It's a type of story you hear about repeatedly, something that does happen in reality. You hear these kinds of stories about rock bands back in the 70s. Reid paints the time and setting perfectly. It's just not my kind of book since I normally don't read books like this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Alcoholism

Minor: Physical abuse

daisyfont's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexism, Pregnancy, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Death, and Physical abuse

Minor: Eating disorder, Death of parent, Abandonment, and War

karirae7's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective fast-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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Abortion, Death, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship