unjellify's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Addiction
Moderate: Infidelity and Toxic relationship
Minor: Abortion
stephs_cozycorner's review against another edition
5.0
I don’t know why it has taken me so long to pick this one up, but I am so glad I finally did.
This book is a tour de force of sex, drugs and rock and roll. I quickly forgot while reading this book that this band is fictional. I even found myself running to google, only to remember this band wasn’t actually real. It was 𝙏𝙃𝘼𝙏 good.
The book is written entirely in an interview format.
TJR really has a way of sucking you into the story. You really feel the struggles in writing and recording the album, the rise and fall of the band, the ups and downs of each of the band members, which really makes the interview style narrative work.
Every character is beautiful and flawed and you really feel for every single one. And the female characters were all pretty bad ass!!
The music and songs are incredible, TJR actually wrote an entire album and included them in the back of the book.
I couldn’t help but get 𝘼𝙡𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙁𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙨 vibes when reading this one, or think of the comparisons to 𝙁𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙈𝙖𝙘.
I am very excited to hear this is coming to the small screen in a mini series on Amazon Prime!!
I rotated between print and audio for this one and this was a stand out on audio. Every character in the book had a different narrator and it was perfect! Absolute audio perfection!!
Taylor Jenkins Reid has absolutely knocked it out of the park with this one and has created a book and characters that feel so real it’s hard to believe this is a work of fiction.
⚠️ Drug abuse. Alcoholism. Addiction. Abortion. Infidelity.
Graphic: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Addiction, Abortion, and Infidelity
passionatereader78's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Abortion, Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Vomit
natbaggett's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Addiction and Drug abuse
Moderate: Infidelity
Minor: Abortion
oliviadunc's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Abortion, Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Drug abuse
spoookycat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Eating disorder and Toxic relationship
Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Abortion, Terminal illness, and Death of parent
areen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
also thank you TJR for gifting us with one of the most incredible characters to ever exist, Camila. 👑🤍
Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Infidelity
crunchycrystals's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Abortion, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death
koplomps's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Drug use, and Sexism
Moderate: Body shaming, Violence, Abandonment, Grief, Pregnancy, Abortion, and Infidelity
Minor: Eating disorder and Sexual content
eleek0609's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Drug use, Infidelity, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Alcohol
Moderate: Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Abortion, Chronic illness, and Fire/Fire injury