Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

167 reviews

moraina's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-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

Daisy Jones & The Six brings more depth to classic rockstars that were wrapped up in drugs, sex, and music. Written interview-style, different perspectives of events are provided throughout the book and you can see how things affected everyone, particularly the actions of troubled Billy and Daisy. I enjoyed the focus on songwriting, relationships amongst the band members, and the hopeful ending. I definitely would recommend if you’re a fan of music from this time period!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Abortion, and Abandonment

lizgriffinwords's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.25

Very different from what I usually read, but definitely lived up to the hype. Highly recommend the full-cast audiobook.

Content warning: themes/temptation of cheating and infidelity, frequent drug and alcohol abuse, alcoholism, abusive/abandoning parents

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Sexual content

mahra's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring sad tense 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

4.25

The audiobook is definitely the way to go with this one. I don’t think I would have enjoyed the formatting otherwise.

This book is phenomenal. The author is really good at creating characters that feel real. The Six feels like a real band. These relationships, these hardships… There is also an empathetic and responsible approach to some very dark themes.

However, I disliked the part with the infamous Italian character. It came out of nowhere and ended abruptly. It could have been left out. The resolution could have happened without it. I also disliked that ending. It felt like a cop out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Abandonment, and Alcohol

weepingstones's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion

jadencove's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Abandonment

golelifsu's review against another edition

dark funny reflective sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, Abandonment, and Alcohol

liviamello's review against another edition

emotional fast-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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Infidelity, Misogyny, Abortion, and Abandonment

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

emotional sad tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

kylasmv15's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Abortion, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

parchment_and_papyrus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

Wow. That’s the first thing I want to say, just wow. 

Daisy Jones and the Six is the story of the spectacular rise and equally magnificent fall of one of the most iconic bands of the 1970s. The book chronicles their respective journey through the small-town circuits, hard graft, rising fame, tours, and the process of making their award-winning album.  And it answers the one question on everyone’s mind, why did they throw it all in at the blink of an eye? 

First off, this book is not your traditional novel. It’s not set out as you would expect. Throw out your usual narrative and say hello to a chronicle of interviews. Wait, don’t let that put you off! It works. TJR orders each fictional interview so that accounts from each person present gives you all the detail you will ever need and the bonus, all the perspectives you could ever want. She even goes as far as giving slightly differing accounts, giving it such a realistic quality that I had to google if the band existed! 

It’s a bit of a slow burn to start with so give it some time. There are some strong foundations that she must build. But once you get into the second half you feel like you’re on a runaway train and it’s never going to stop. There will be very little that will be more important than reading that next chapter in that book, I promise you! 

The character development is out of this world. You cry for them, hope for them, plead with them, hate them, love them. It’s spectacular. I’ve read very few books that make you want two people to be together so much and so little. That you wish they could have this amazing relationship but knowing they would destroy each other. 

There are just so many things that I wish I could gush about so here’s a quick low down. There are wonderful moments in the book shining a light on the human condition. There is an amazing passage about what it’s like to love someone with an addiction. How surrounding yourself with the right people can have such a profound effect on the outcomes of your life. That both life as a mother and life as a childless woman are equally valid and fulfilling existences. That a stranger’s kindness can save you in moments of doubt. 

I know it’s an amazing book when it makes me laugh out loud or brings a tear to my eye and this book did the latter. There is a conversation between two characters who love the same man, and that conversation has such a theme of sisterhood and love that it ends up being both their salvations. 

It’s the slow start that is the only thing stopping me awarding it five stars. If you haven’t already read it, please make it your next read. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Infidelity, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment