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Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

68 reviews

leilawoodhouse's review

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, and Emotional abuse

brie_without_the_e's review

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Grief, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Abortion, and Death

meganjoy16's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pregnancy, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, and Self harm

seedsofsunflowers's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Sexism, Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, Misogyny, and Sexual content

Moderate: Self harm, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Pedophilia

monarchgirl's review against another edition

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

3.5

I am extremely late jumping on the Daisy Jones bandwagon, but here I go. Initially I started reading this in physical book form but it didn't grab me in the way I thought it would. I had bought the audiobook ages ago and switched to the audiobook with this which really worked I think because of the interview style of the book the audiobook made more sense tp me to me as hearing the voices of the actors playing the characters really made a difference to how I engaged with the story. The characters whilst not always likeable were engaging except for Eddie who was just a p@&£?. I think my favourite characters were Camila and Karen although I had a little crush on Graham who was cool. The ever evolving situation with the band was interesting but it didnt enthral me as much as I was hoping. This was my first Taylor Jenkins and despite not maybe loving this as much as I thought I will continue to read her books.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Minor: Abortion

bgay09's review

dark emotional sad slow-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

2.0

I just did not get the hype surrounding this book. The characters are boring. The story is lacking it felt like I was reading a version of E True Hollywood story about my least favorite celebrities. The ending wasn’t really surprising. Not a fan.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Abortion, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Self harm

grunbean's review against another edition

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

4.25

This is the kind of book that will keep you turning pages. Every page I read, I wanted to know what would happen next.

I haven’t read a book like it before, so it is hard to describe. I think what makes it so good to read is the characters and the tightly written narrative. No character is uninteresting, and the way Reid is able to make a story in this interview format is so interesting. 

It will make you laugh, and it will make you sad. I would really recommend it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Addiction, Violence, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Self harm, Abortion, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

looseleafellie's review

fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

This was a fun spring break read for me -- I whizzed through it in a matter of hours. I love stories about musicians, and it was super fun to read about all the ambition, mess, and drama that this fictional band had to navigate.

All of the characters felt realistically flawed, though some were certainly more likable than others. Daisy Jones in particular really started getting on my nerves, but I liked how she learned her lesson by the end. On the other end of the spectrum, Camila was literally perfect. Fabulous, no notes. And Billy ... well, I did want to reach into the book and slap some sense into him sometimes, but I appreciate his strength of character after he pulled himself out of his deepest hole.

I also appreciated the song lyrics at the end of the book -- it made the world seem more real. Of course, they changed all the lyrics for the show adaptation, but that's to be expected since Taylor Jenkins Reid presumably isn't a professional songwriter.

I'm currently watching the show adaptation, and so far I definitely prefer the book, but that's nothing new. It's still cool to see parts of a story I enjoyed come to life.

CWs: Abortion, alcohol abuse, anxiety, infidelity, depression, drug use/abuse, eating disorder, pregnancy, self-harm.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Eating disorder and Self harm

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy

leyendoentremontanias's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad tense 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

This audiobook deserves multiple awards. Beautifully handcrafted.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Drug use, Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Self harm

Moderate: Terminal illness, Sexism, Death, Misogyny, and Abortion

Minor: Vomit

readwithjules_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring 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: Drug use

Minor: Self harm and Abortion