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Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

209 reviews

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, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

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

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

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

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

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Sexism

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, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

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

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, Sexism, and Pregnancy

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

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence

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

maudsmeets's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.25

why the fuck did that ending make me cry I'm not even sure I liked it that much

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Abortion

hcrawfo3's review

emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Abortion

leahkarge's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.0

camila deserved better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

augustrogue's review

emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.0

(DNF @ about 40%) Imagine you're watching one of those retrospective Behind The Music-type specials about a band's rise and fall, with interviews from the members and other people who knew or worked with them. It's certainly a unique framework for an entire novel to be written around.

Unfortunately, at least in my case, it's also a boring one. 

The main problem for me is that in those retrospective specials, they typically also show parts of performances and behind the scene footage of the recording process, etc. With this novel being ONLY the people telling the story much later from their own perspectives, there is also an inherent level of distance and disconnect from the actual events. (Which, incidentally, may make it a better TV show than novel, so I might still check out the first episode of the Amazon Prime series.)

It's a shame, because this book has been raved about so much that I was really looking forward to reading it, but it just doesn't work for me. Unfortunately I didn't find the characters all that compelling or likable, either. Daisy feels a bit like a caricature of a manic-pixie rockstar, the men are mostly terrible, and the other female characters just didn't grab me. Karen was the only one who was kind of interesting to me, but not enough to stick with the rest of the book.

2 stars because the writing wasn't completely awful, I just didn't think it was that good or interesting, either. At the end of the day, I just wouldn't read hundreds of pages of interviews between members of a band I've never heard of, let alone one that doesn't actually exist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual content