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Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

32 reviews

walkie_check's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abortion, Misogyny, Sexual content, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Terminal illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Cursing, Child abuse, Car accident, Mental illness, and Medical content

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

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

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

bree_mck's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective 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

4.5

The audiobook with a full cast was fantastic. I really enjoyed getting to know all od the  characters. The interview style of the book was fun and different.

Spoiler

I liked that Billy's daughter ended up being the author. I just wish there had been a little more between Daisy and Billy. It felt like a lot of build up, they nearly shared one kiss, then after that it was just dirty looks until the end of the novel when bam, they are both admitting they loved each other. I like Camilla and am glad Billy chose his family. But for him to say he loved Daisy, and she loved him, I guess I would have appreciated more descriptions of moments they shared where that love stemmed from.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Abortion, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Grief

stepnic's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Mental illness, Cursing, Pregnancy, Abortion, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Violence, Blood, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Gaslighting, and Eating disorder

effy's review against another edition

3.25

Review from first re-read: I picked up this book as I had just finished watching the TV show and wanted to go back and compare it to the book. I was actually surprised by how many random little things were changed by the TV show and pretty much all for the better. I was surprised that 

Spoiler

Rod is gay in the book which we definitely don't see in the show although we do see Simone having a much more complex queer love story... why could they both be gay?

 

I think because I have just watched the TV show and basically seen a polished version of the story where characters have more agency and the fatphobia (the way Teddy is discussed in the book is so gross!) has been removed, it was hard to enjoy this book as much as the first time that I read it. It is definitely a compelling story with lots of twists and turns but the flaws were a bit more obvious now.

Favourite quotes:

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Men often think they deserve a sticker for treating women like people.

Spoiler

When you're in a situation like that, when you have a man looming over you, it's as if every decision you made to lead to that moment - alone with a man you don't trust - flashes before your eyes. Something tells me men don't do the same thing. When they are standing there, threatening a woman, I doubt they count every wrong step they made to become the asshole they are. But they should.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Fatphobia, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Abortion, Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

jasmineslibraryy's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

this book has truly changed my life.

these characters all feel so real to me. i can’t believe they don’t really exist. i wish i could hug daisy :( 

i can’t wait to watch the show :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Alcoholism, Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Blood, Abortion, and Sexual content

Minor: Eating disorder and War

a huge part of the book, especially daisy and billie’s characters, deals with drug use & addiction so be cautious

freyaboobac's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual harassment

Minor: Abortion

caterpillarreads's review against another edition

dark emotional 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: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Pregnancy, Cursing, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Terminal illness, Death, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Abortion

dwhiting's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, Drug use, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Body shaming, Rape, Abortion, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

theotheleo's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-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

3.75

I really liked this book. I love Reid's writing, but it felt a little disjointed. I was invested but not excited

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Death, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Sexism

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Death, Child abuse, Medical content, Blood, Fatphobia, Abortion, and Pedophilia