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Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

204 reviews

saramcaps's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring 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, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Terminal illness, Sexism, Abortion, and Death

both main characters have severe substance abuse issues

jasmineslibraryy's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

this book has truly changed my life.

these characters all feel so real to me. i can’t believe they don’t really exist. i wish i could hug daisy :( 

i can’t wait to watch the show :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Alcoholism, Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Blood, Abortion, and Sexual content

Minor: Eating disorder and War

a huge part of the book, especially daisy and billie’s characters, deals with drug use & addiction so be cautious

daringreader13's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Abortion

anielabooks's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing 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

4.5

I enjoyed this book very much. The audiobook format really sold it for me. The plot was entertaining, and the dialogue was engaging. It felt like watching the documentary of a famous band after they’ve broken up. I’m motivated to watch the Amazon prime series after finishing. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abortion, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

Minor: Blood, Sexism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Grief, Vomit, Chronic illness, and Cursing

elledanie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Infidelity, and Drug use

Minor: Cursing, Bullying, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

bucknife's review

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

3.0

There was not even a fraction of enough build up or tension for any of the huge plot points in the narrative to matter as much as they should have. The characterization wavered so much though it started out so strong and that was disappointing. The band’s level of success made no since from the events described and there was no romance between Daisy and Billy, it felt forced and like a shitty enemies-to-lovers at times. I did read this in two days and I couldn’t ever put it down but in the end it was just lacking. I like the made up version in my head more than the reality of it, now I’m actually excited to see how the show changes it (and makes it more interesting because in the end it really isn’t as interesting of a story as it sells itself to be). Also there was a touch of soap opera corniness and ridiculousness that’s kind of hard to ignore at times - an Italian Prince, for instance. And  I don’t like the writing of it enough to pick up any of TJR’s other books but I didn’t completely hate it, I had a fun time reading it’s just that the execution was such a let down to the great concept. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Mental illness, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, and Toxic friendship

angstifies's review against another edition

emotional funny informative tense

• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Vomit, Violence, Chronic illness, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexism and Adult/minor relationship

sunniva174's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexism, Abortion, Death, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent

trashbagtv's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed this book, I like the setting and the 70's rock band premise. The interview style works really well. I was a bit sick of Billie's family man bit, it felt like he was just kind of an arsehole to be honest. Even though Daisy is supposed to be off the rails and is more privileged and problematic I sympathised with her more. The exploration of struggles with addiction was well done I thought. Honestly Billie just annoyed me I think.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, and Sexism

_sophahs_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

The beauty, the emotion, the rawness, the intrigue, the genius of this book lies in the narrative. The characters are in conversation with each other without ever knowing what the others have said. They sometimes contradict each other, meaning we never quite know where the truth lies. It’s a broken kind of truth - not quite knowable, always a little too far to reach, yet somehow more real, more raw than the whole truth could ever be. When it was revealed who the ‘author’ of the story is, the novel really came together. It’s a clever twist because you’re not quite expecting it, but once it happens, you can’t imagine the narrative any other way, and you see everything the characters have said previously in a slightly different light. 
I loved this novel. The way that nothing is perfect and nothing really works out the way we’re hoping makes it feel like real life. Messy and complicated yet grounding, worthwhile. I was left feeling like a fan of a fictional band, a friend of fictional characters, and generally just longing to know more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy, Abortion, Death, Sexism, and Suicidal thoughts