Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Daisy Jones & The Six, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

50 reviews

prettybaddieb's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring 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

5.0

This was an incredible read! Devoured this book! As a musician/singer/songwriter myself I really enjoyed this. Loved the journey TJR always takes me through in her book/, im just so in love with her writing style. You really feel like you’re there and start to believe they’re a real band. It’s just incredible! 5 stars deserved.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Injury/injury detail, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Terminal illness, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent and Death

creativelifeofliz's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

In many ways, I'm not sure why I like this book so much. It was so intensely readable (I listened to it, which might be part of it) and I think I'll look back on the story in the future. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Grief, Pregnancy, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Rape

calisbooklog's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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, Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pregnancy, Abortion, and Misogyny

Minor: Terminal illness

cheyneflynn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

For the record, this was SO much better than The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. I feel like the concept held strong throughout the book and I actually like the first hand accounts of the story. It wasn’t just massive slabs of: then I felt like, then I said, and I did this. 
However I still don’t get the point of

Spoiler

doing a surprise like, “oh and the author of this book is Billy’s daughter OMG”

 
Like what is the obsession, it really displaces my focus from the book. It added nothing emotional for me personally. 
I also think some of the other band members could’ve been described more. Or even focused on their own things more throughout the story, but that’s me. Overall it was good and I enjoyed it 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Addiction, Drug use, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

Minor: Death, Grief, Abortion, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Sexism, and Terminal illness

blinkatie's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

I loved the way this was written. The interview style was really interesting. I think it was cool to get a peak inside the music scene of the 70s. Obviously fiction, but it was definitely inspired by real bands at the time. I thought it was overall a good story of finding yourself and how to love people well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, and Mental illness

amndaj'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

First, I highly recommend audiobook. The voice actors are phenomenal and really sell all the characters. I could see this being harder to read than it was listen to, but it was like watching a movie when using audiobook.

I appreciated the storytelling method of using multiple characters and how they saw the events. I loved that they contradicted eachother at times too. I love that I shifted my opinion of characters over time and that she wrote about love as it is in reality sometimes -- messy, but good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Terminal illness

danziellia's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Drug abuse

Moderate: Terminal illness, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, and Adult/minor relationship

harperhoney's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Abortion, Addiction, Eating disorder, Grief, Self harm, Abandonment, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Vomit, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Cursing

Minor: Bullying, Violence, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Sexual content, and Vomit

famuamu's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

thatswhatshanread's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

Um WOW. This might have been the most immersive book I’ve ever read! The 70s encapsulated in every way, the good and the bad. The way it was written—in a unique sort-of magazine interview style—was really cool and made the characters seem all too real. Even with little “action” or typical descriptions, the dialogue captured everything about the band’s rise to fame, what they felt, what they pursued, who they were, who they loved. I couldn’t get over how alive TJR made each character seem, just by giving them words to say. There was so much to uncover between the lines. Never has lone dialogue conveyed so much. 

Growing up listening to Fleetwood Mac and being enamored with the band’s history and relationships made this book even more fascinating for me. You can clearly tell the inspiration is there, the similarities between Daisy and Stevie and Billy and Lindsey, etc., but it still felt like its own thing. I’m so excited for the show adaptation because I desperately need the band to be real. And the lyrics! Ugh they’re beautiful. 

This book is hyped for a reason. Believe it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual content, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Terminal illness, Injury/injury detail, and Abortion