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Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

194 reviews

racheleliza's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

gah this book is amazing another stunner from TJR! as a music girlie i just loveddddd all the songs and music and the book really did feel nostalgic to the time. an INCREDIBLE book and definitely in my top favorite from ms reid this far 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Drug abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

main characters struggle with drug use/addiction throughout

the main front man of the story goes to rehab and several graphic descriptions of daisy doing drugs as well as her abusive relationship with her much older manager

the_amused_forest_gnome's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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

3.75

This was super entertaining and got me in the feelings a bit. I listened to the audiobook and the narration was incredible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Drug abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, and Sexual content

adiloretto's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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

4.75

"It’s like some of us are chasing after our nightmares the way other people chase dreams."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Death, and Abortion

katlanmechele'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
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

I read this book in a day and a half. I had read Taylor Jenkins Reid before. My first TJR read was, "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo". While, I thoroughly enjoyed that book, it did take me longer than usual to get into. I kept having a hard time, holding on for the ending payoff. I wanted to give another book of hers a try to see if it was maybe just that particular story or her writing style. I'm so happy I took a chance on this. I somehow managed to miss all the spoilers about this book during the Daisy Jones & the Six TikTok craze era, and I'm so happy I did. 

I had so much to say about everything. About everyone. I annotated the mess out of this book. The characters are perplexed and sometimes you root for them, and sometimes you want them to get what the hell they deserve. As we tend to do with people in our own lives. The story explores so many different avenues of life. You root for these people to grow and learn as you would a brother or a sister. Billy is complicated, Daisy is arguably even more complicated. But, the real star of this book for me is Camilla. She represents in many ways the woman we hope we never have to be, and in other ways the woman we hope to become. She sees people for who they are. Past her own pain and disappointment, she can see you. She is the true anchor of this story and she made me cry several times throughout this book.

To me, Daisy and Billy represent two people who love the idea of each other. But, bonding over brokenness doesn't make you soulmates. It just makes you two broken people who understand each other. It is not always the person that you are attracted to, but what they bring out of you or what they see in you. For Billy, Daisy represents a freedom he thinks that he wants. A freedom the thoughts in his mind have convinced him he will never have. Even if he gave it all up, he'd always wonder about what who and what he left behind. For Daisy, Billy represents a man who saw her and didn't want to run at the first glimpse. He knew her in ways no one ever has, and she was able to tell that he knew her without him having to say as much. But, sometimes people can see you so clearly, because they recognize that darkness from a mile away. It once lived in them. The semi-truck doesn't have to flash it's lights at them for them to know, it's headed straight for them. 

You watch the characters fight with themselves, with those they love, and with the things they think they're unworthy of. In the end, I believe it's a story about being bold enough to love people as they are. Your heart will break, mend, and leap for the characters in this book. They remind us that most of us just want to be seen. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Abortion, and Pregnancy

haileyeh's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

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

1.0

You couldn’t pay me to care about these characters…

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexism, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Sexual content, Death of parent, Abandonment, and War

seismicality's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

I really enjoyed this book and read it in a few days. The characters were interesting and I liked how the format of the book was in the style of an interview transcript. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Misogyny, and Abandonment

kjm19's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

3.25

Daisy jones & the six is an emotional read, once you can get beyond the setting that you’ve seen dozens of times. It does feel too real at times with the documentary style, where the author has essentially plucked out a real band and situation and re-written it with other names and dates. However, it’s a nice easy time. 

It’s interesting hearing about all of these people with dreams and everything gets tangled with love and drugs and their relationships with themselves and how those aspects just make it impossible… How all of these people fall together and then have no choice but to walk away in spite of what they want and what they could have all together. It’s heartbreaking in some ways, but reassuring that you’re not the only one going through life as a victim of circumstance. It’s a human experience and we’re all humans (even rockstars). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, and Gaslighting

ericaco0's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.25

I was enthralled. I felt like I was there watching them fall and get back up, and rock out, and break down. 
I truly thought the characters were real. Felt too realistic to be fiction. 
I loved the reflections on love and rock and roll. 
I thought it was a great book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Grief, and Abortion

cdt96's review against another edition

funny reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Abortion, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lilacfoxes's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, and Self harm

Moderate: Eating disorder and Abortion

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and War