Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Daisy Jones & The Six, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

454 reviews

hollymay35's review

funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Addiction, and Grief

thoseoldcrows23's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

This was...fine. I don't really have strong emotions here one way or the other. The audio was very well done, but I am left at the end kind of wondering what the point of this was. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Vomit, Death, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexism, Abortion, Grief, and Infidelity

rosevity's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism and Abortion

Minor: Death and Infidelity

jermangirl's review against another edition

funny reflective fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity

iblamewizards's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.0

While I enjoyed the way Taylor Jenkins Reid writes, and appreciated the interesting format, and depth of characters, Daisy Jones & The Six just didn't blow me away as much as I'd hoped it would. While the format went a long way to highlight performative memory bias, and the nature of unreliable narrators, it was still a story that's been told a thousand times and the narrative was one that's become so familiar as to border on clichéd. There's an absolute glut of drugged out rocker stories both in fiction and documentary, and it's a tale that's been done to death — Daisy Jones & The Six just didn't bring anything new to the table.

The real downfall of Daisy Jones & The Six for me though, was the fact that the format did a great job of building up the characters as people, but did little to build an actual story. It turned the old adage of "Show, don't tell" on it's head. This was 100% tell, with absolutely no show. And because of that, I wasn't drawn in to the story and ended up getting bored about half way through. But I kept going, because I assumed there'd be some pay off at the end with a climactic drama at their final concert. But that didn't happen. And then the mini-reveal at the end just felt tacked-on and meaningless. It wasn't something I was invested enough in to care about.

I know the world seems to be in love with this book, but I'm not one of them. It wasn't bad. It wasn't great. It was fine, and worth the read, but I just wasn't that invested.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Abortion, and Infidelity

hannahrogers's review

dark emotional reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Death, Pregnancy, and Violence

Minor: Blood, War, Sexism, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Vomit, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Abortion

tillielynn16's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pregnancy, Abortion, Death, and Infidelity

ongs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

Stayed up 2 nights in a row to finish this. Couldn’t put the book down since page 1. Everything about this book is insane. The characters weren’t even nice or lovable. But I get them. Fuck Eddie tho. Man could burn in hell eternally. Graham too for how he made Karen feel. Shout out to the only Karen who matters ever. The only book that does a “love triangle” involving a marriage right. Ever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexism, and Drug use

Moderate: Abortion, Death, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, and Pregnancy

Minor: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, Injury/injury detail, Blood, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, and Panic attacks/disorders

ashleybeereads's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Drug use, Abortion, Addiction, Infidelity, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexism, Grief, and Terminal illness

Minor: Sexual content, Blood, and War

rosenau's review against another edition

adventurous fast-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: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Addiction, and Drug use

Moderate: Vomit, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Cursing, Abortion, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Abandonment, Sexual content, and Cancer