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Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

366 reviews

canyi's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

I really enjoyed it in audiobook form and the star rating reflects this

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abortion and Eating disorder

Minor: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

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

cdt96's review against another edition

funny 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: Death of parent, Drug use, Vomit, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Addiction

Moderate: Abortion, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Vomit, Abortion, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, War, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

mishasmum's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

4.25

Overall this was a really enjoyable and easy read. It is romantic but not raunchy. The characters are relatable and likable and I felt invested in the story. The group dynamics were funny and the relationships interesting. I really enjoyed the historical setting of rock and roll in the sixties. It was cool and fun, and the book almost felt like a study of that scene and era.
My only issues with this book are that the characters and tropes sometimes felt cliche, especially Daisy was emphasized as the ultimate cool girl in a way that made her not feel like a real person. Though that may be a purposeful demonstration of her celebrity image. It also lacked an intense climax, potentially as a result of the interview format.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent, Eating disorder, Abortion, and Infidelity

sierrabowers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

After reading Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by the same author, I am absolutely a Jenkins Reid fan! This book was similar to the other book and reminded me of A Star is Born at the same time. I couldn’t put this down! Will be watching the tv show soon!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Death, Abortion, Addiction, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, and Death of parent

kashrae99's review

emotional lighthearted medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Cursing

Minor: Death of parent and Sexual content

al3xwill0w's review

adventurous emotional inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Addiction

Minor: Death of parent

howdyjordan's review

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Drug use

Minor: Abortion and Death of parent

ella7211's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Death of parent

wardenred's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

What was performance and what wasn’t? What were we doing to sell records and what did we really mean? Honestly, maybe I knew at one time but I don’t know anymore.

This book was a great reminder to venture outside my comfort genres more. Because I absolutely don't do that enough, but so often when I do, I end up really loving the experience—just like this time.

This is essentially a mockumentary in book form. You know all those special features about bands with cult following that used to be legendary, with all the members gathering round to tell stories of their glory days? Exactly like that, except it's a novel and the band is fictional. At times, though, it barely felt like fiction, because the vibes were captured so well. I'm not a big fan of the 1970s music scene in terms of lifestyle and... shall we say, aesthetic, tbh. I mean, I have playlists chock-full of Led Zeppelin and Fleetwood Mac and whatnot, but that whole sex, drugs & rock-n-roll  vibe isn't my thing. But I used to be in a relationship with someone who was a big fan and wished they'd been born a few decades earlier to witness that scene first-hand, so I kind of got well-versed in it by osmosis. And reading this book really brought me back to all the conversations we used to have about it half my life ago, to the point that I kept wanting to turn around and ask, "Hey, have you read this? What do you think about that one part?" even though that someone hasn't been by my side for ages.

I really loved that "mockumentary" format because of the extra distance it gave the characters when they relived past experiences. Some storylines, like the early parts of Billy and Camilla's marriage, would've had a very different effect of me if they played out "in real time," but with Billy describing his experiences with addiction and rock-n-roll scene as a whole through a more mature lens, never shying away from responsibility for the choices he'd made, gave me more sympathy for him. It made me actually enjoy the bits that would've been frustrating otherwise.

My favorite aspect of the book was how it tackled the subject of joint creativity, and shared creative control, and how creative bonds affect people's emotions and feelings. The entire Aurora section that focused on all the work they put into making their hit album was a big hit for me. There was so much feeling there, and a lot of thoughts on creativity that I found highly relatable despite not being a musician. And the narrative was constructed masterfully. There was, for example, the part where one of the members was feeling left out, and his parts of the interview started fading into the background until he sprung up with some really strong "left out" feelings, and I was like, "Oh shit, how did I completely forget about this character? I liked this character!" 

By the end of the book, some story threads did get a bit melodramatic, but I found that forgivable due to how poignant the prose still was and how fleshed out the characters felt throughout their tribulations. That goes for all of them, but my favorites are all the women in the story—Daisy and Camilla and Karen and Simone—and the tapestry of relationships between them. Some of the scenes focused on each of them legit made me tear up.

Definitely bumping up Taylor Jenkins Reid's other books on my TBR!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abortion, Abandonment, and Misogyny

Minor: Death of parent