Reviews with content warning for Abandonment - Daisy Jones & The Six

FIRST REVIEW: 4.5 stars

SECOND REVIEW: 5 stars

Decided to give this 5 stars as I was still able to enjoy the book and compare it with the show (despite having watched it last year). Definitely recommend reading via audiobook as each character has their own narrator so you can really feel their emotions. Not to mention, all the narrators sounded great, they were able to encapsulate the respective character's personality despite being in audio form

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lucinerico's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

the best book ive ever read

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shrayirene's review against another edition

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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

5.0

I loved this book! The characters were layered and nuanced - something that I'm coming to expect from Taylor Jenkins Reid. And the audiobook was phenomenal for this format - interviews and articles. Each character had their own voice. I felt like I was listening to a documentary, not a fictional book. The emotions that each actor put into their character's words was so well done, probably the best that I've ever listened to.

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sariahsugarman's review against another edition

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sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The main character is my exact definition of a problematic fav. How can I not love this character 😭 she is the definition of damaged but she just wants to love and to be loved. It catalogs her problems and her journey and it's depressing and sad but it ends well and I love it

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taylormargaret's review against another edition

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adventurous fast-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

2.5

My first Taylor Jenkins Reid book. TJR writes this one as a script for a documentary of the band, so it’s only interview tapes. This makes it feel like the outline of a book, without the narrative and settings to back it up. TJR is clearly great at writing dialogue and just thought, “what if I don’t do anything else?” Why isn’t she writing plays? This can hardly be called a novel. I mean, I didn’t hate reading this, but it was hardly fleshed out and emotionally inviting. Besides, TJR has a problem which is that she thinks she can do the work of referencing the craziness of the 70s rock’n’roll scene with all the booze, sex and drugs without actually describing it for us. This makes it seem pretty boring and has you, as a reader, relying on what you might’ve seen in “Almost Famous” to give the work any kind of setting.

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koplomps's review against another edition

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reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

I was so dissapointed with this book and don't really understand the hype that seemed to surround this book when it came out. Maybe it just wasn't meant for me.

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