Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

79 reviews

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

leannanecdote's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Addiction, Cursing, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Abandonment, Abortion, Pregnancy, Sexism, Classism, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Alcohol

sierrabedwell'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

malerivero's review

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Alcohol, Grief, Addiction, Abortion, Abandonment, Misogyny, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Sexism

ambercunningham's review

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Abortion, Death, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

crystalvyces's review

reflective slow-paced

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

0.25

This book is clearly for boring white girls who dream of home wrecking a famous persons life. If that’s you then yeah this books for you. Boring characters and plot and it goes nowhere it’s like a sad list of white people bullshit and facts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Bullying, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Pregnancy, and Drug use

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

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

adventurous reflective sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Drug use, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic friendship

emily_zylstra02's review

emotional inspiring fast-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

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Gaslighting, Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

perfectcupoftea's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Pregnancy, Abortion, Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Addiction, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship