Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Daisy Jones & The Six, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

114 reviews

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

emotional sad tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Abandonment, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Car accident, Chronic illness, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Medical content, Dementia, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Eating disorder

kylasmv15's review

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abortion, Cursing, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abandonment, Blood, Pregnancy, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Domestic abuse

nadia_luq's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Mental illness, and Infidelity

Moderate: Death of parent and Abortion

bookishhl8275's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

This is the first time I’ve read a book in this style writing - oral history in an interview recounting the actual story - with each member of the band having their own version of the story.
This was also my first Taylor Jenkins Reid book, and with all the hype that surrounds her books I can now understand why.

Spoiler

This book was riveting, I was enthralled with each characters story - the tension and will they won’t they of the romance between Daisy and Billy was almost hard to read at some moments it felt so real.
This didn’t give me that five star feeling I get when a book blows me away but that doesn’t mean this book wasn’t phenomenal in its own way.
Will definitely be picking up more TJR books and can’t wait to do so.
Still highly recommend this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Infidelity, and Abortion

bgay09's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Alcoholism, Abortion, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Self harm, and Toxic friendship

melina03's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

wishyouweresober's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Toxic friendship, and Addiction

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Death of parent, and Violence

jastran_'s review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

this book has truly changed my life.

these characters all feel so real to me. i can’t believe they don’t really exist. i wish i could hug daisy :( 

i can’t wait to watch the show :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Alcoholism, Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Blood, Abortion, and Sexual content

Minor: Eating disorder and War

a huge part of the book, especially daisy and billie’s characters, deals with drug use & addiction so be cautious

marissasa'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I listened to this on audiobook while reading along and it definitely raised my ranking, since the audio has a full cast with different narrators for each character's dialogue. I liked the novelty of the story being told through an interview format, but ultimately I do think this story would work better for a screen adaptation because you'd get to see the drama play out and see them actually perform the rock songs that are described so well. I will have to watch the tv series for this that just came out and see! But it was a fun drama-filled read all around.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Death, and Toxic friendship

ace_of_5pades's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, and Alcohol