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Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

86 reviews

malerivero's review against another edition

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

ambercunningham's review against another edition

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

crystalvyces's review against another edition

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

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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, and Gaslighting

Minor: Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, and Pregnancy

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

emily_zylstra02's review against another edition

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

perfectcupoftea's review against another edition

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

scmiller's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

4.0

4.1/10

Enjoyed the narrative technique of the novel — characters recounting events in an interview, engaging in dialogue with the interviewer. 

I was impressed with how Jenkins Reid’s wrote her characters’ dialogue so conversationally. It was convincing and effortless. 

I liked the stark discrepancies and contradictions between characters when recounting events. They were all unreliable in that way and I like how the story leaves the truth unclear. 

I have a love/hate relationship with novels that are about music. It’s the same dissatisfaction I feel when watching cooking shows. You can describe it and show it to me all you want but it’s not in my mouth. 

I consumed this novel via audiobook and really loved that there was a full cast. It was like I was listening to a play on the radio. It was so emotive and artistically done. Arguably one of the best audiobook narrations I’ve heard. 

I found the ending of the band sudden. We all knew it was coming but yet I still found the way it was written anticlimactic and incomplete somehow, and not in a satisfying literary way.

I found the attempt at actually writing the band’s hit song “Honeycomb” and playing it at the end of the audiobook embarrassing??? You can’t write a novel and paint a picture about how extraordinary and talented and huge this band was and then expose my ears to whatever that was and expect me to say, yes, people definitely would have gone crazy over this song. It was cringey.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and War

emilywemily6's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book! TJR has a talent for writing books that feel very real. I really enjoyed the format and listening to the audiobook because there was a full cast of characters. There was a fun twist near the end and I love thinking about how the many narrators are telling slightly different stories and may or may not be unreliable. The characters were complex and full of depth and such a joy to read about the entire time.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Abortion

Minor: Gaslighting

marxnapxrez's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring 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

4.25

Okay, theres a lot to unpack...
At first i was a bit dissapointed as i was struggling to keep up with the book, I dont know if it is because I had a very hyped idea because of the tv series or because i have never read this interview-type of narrative. But it was being such a let down for me. But after the first half of the book, oh boy that was it.
I guess i grow fond of the characters plus Taylor character build and just her way of writing really came through. I wanted to keep on reading, such that i read the last half in two days having startes the book months ago.
At the end, is such a good book, where you can see a fictional world but so realistic that catches you and make you feel like a fan of the band reading a memoir. It gave me such a nostalgic feeling, like reading the biography of my favourite band and knowing them better. The end was heart wrenching even thought I already knew it.
< SPOILER >I love each of the characters (minus eddie couldn't care less about him), saying goodbye to teddy was hard but to Camila it was impossible. < SPOILER >
She's such a warm character that has a loving and motherly vibe, she was everyone supporter, the scene with Daisy was just...amazing. How she can express such love to make you feel you matter.
Taylor is a great writter with such strong power in her words, can't wait to keep expanding this world with the rest of her books.🤍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol