Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

60 reviews

isabeel's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

I enjoyed this very much though the writing style did take a little while to get used to. But overall I did like this book a lot.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Physical abuse, Abortion, Rape, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, and Eating disorder

criticalbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abortion, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault

chloereadds's review against another edition

dark emotional 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: Alcohol, Addiction, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

Moderate: Misogyny, Grief, Death, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Eating disorder, and Death of parent

elise_allberry's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad fast-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

4.0

I really liked this book, I thought the interview style was really interesting and different. I didn't think I would enjoy it initially,  but the more I read the more attached I became to the characters and to the way in which their lives intertwined. The differing perspectives was a nice touch and gave the novel more depth.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Abortion and Physical abuse

katmahalia's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.75

Wow. I really wasn’t expecting this book. It was beautiful and heartbreaking. The writing was like a masterclass in dialogue, and the character development, both good and bad, was subtle but profound. I’m really awestruck by this book. And I’m so happy I listened to the audiobook. Often times I feel that an audiobook can only be as good as the physics copy, and usually makes up for in ease of use what it falls short of in quality. However, I don’t think I would have enjoyed the story the same way had I read it on the page. The use of a cast with different voices but such raw emotional voice acting really made this book shine. Of course, when dialogue is written as well and as realistically as Reid writes, it’s hard to imagine an audiobook like this falling short. 

And the story was really stunning. My favourite love stories are the ones that never happen. They are heartbreaking in their incomplete state, but leave no cliffs to hang from. 

Anyway, in other words, I loved this book. What a privilege to have gotten to read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Self harm, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Dysphoria

christy_mitten's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Drug abuse, and Abortion

xxrosedarlingxx's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

gmoneyyyyy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Infidelity

Moderate: Abortion, Violence, Sexism, Physical abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Alcoholism

halaucination's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pregnancy, Abortion, Grief, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, War, and Fatphobia

thevieira's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

well, taylor jenkins reid did it again. that woman has me in the palm of her hand.

just absolutely fucking amazing and groundbreaking. i kept forgetting i wasn't actually reading a book about a real band in the 70's - from the characters to the stories, to the lyrics and to the pain and passion... this was so well researched and written. it didn't feel like just any other historical fiction; it felt like a real story about a real band in a time when sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll were the only things keeping people alive.

- i HIGHLY suggest people listen to the audiobook. i have a physical copy and read it while listening to the narrators' performances (all of them were fucking fantastic) and it really enhanced the wonderful experience this book offers.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abortion, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Cursing, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Misogyny, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship