Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Daisy Jones and the Six audiobook by Taylor Jenkins Reid

283 reviews

gisreading's review against another edition

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

I can’t even write a coherent review of this book right after finishing it because it frustrated me so much. All I know is that I hated every everyone, and the book itself, by the time I got to the last page. 

Also, finding out Julia was the one conducting all of this wasn’t a surprise or a twist. I didn’t feel the shock of it because I was so numb by the stupidity of the characters. Just an extra note scribbled in the last few pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Mental illness

violet_pages's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Eating disorder and Classism

ollysmulti's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad 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

4.75

anything fleetwood mac adjacent, im gonna love.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Eating disorder, Terminal illness, and Grief

shiradfrankel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

letters_from_gabriella's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Death, Blood, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

molly_paige's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual content

lara_pavlick's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense 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

4.0

Wow - Perfect for music lovers and lovers of rock n roll! Super cool concept for a novel as well to tell it from the perspective of each band member. My only critique is I would have loved more interjections to understand their motives even more, but the book contains such beautiful and poignant quotes and I saved to reread someday.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

undecidedpersonality's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Vomit, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexism, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

snipinfool's review against another edition

dark sad 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? Yes

1.0

I read this book because it was a DNF from a couple of years ago and I needed to try a DNF again for a book challenge. The first time, I listened to the audiobook version. This time, I read the e-book. If this had not been a challenge I wanted to complete, I would have DNFed it again. I still do not understand the high ratings on this book. Only two of the characters were likable to me. Warren was ok, but he was so overshadowed by the others that he might as well not have been in the book. Simone was a wonderful friend to Daisy and one I wished she had listened to sooner. Unfortunately, Simone’s character only makes brief appearances because she was not part of the band’s story. I wanted to feel something for Daisy because her childhood was so terrible, but as she got older, I was just bored with her character. She was one note, just a hot mess most of the time. Billy was an egotistical musical talent who pushed everyone around to get his way. Right now, I am past my limit of self-centered men who push people around. The rest of the band blended into the background unless they had some crisis and once resolved, returned to the shadows. I thought maybe the audiobook was the reason I DNFed this the first time, but it was not. Reading 369ish pages of almost straight interview style writing was fatiguing and boring for me. I love memoirs, fictional or not, but why was this the chosen writing style? I made it through to the end, but I wish I had spent the time reading something else.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Abortion and Injury/Injury detail

tah_014's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Abortion, and Pregnancy