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Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

273 reviews

taylormargaret's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Addiction

Moderate: Abortion, Eating disorder, and Death

Minor: War, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Grief

spoookycat's review against another edition

medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

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

peristome's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Oh, honey, I can wait,
To call that home,
I can wait for the blooms and the honeycomb

I enjoyed this book so much. I'm sure the interview-style of writing might be a turn off for some, but for me it was like crack. It was so easy to read and understand; I could perfectly picture the documentary in my head as I was reading. It only took me two days and I was invested the whole way through. The characters felt so real, and I loved how everyone remembered things differently for their own reasons. (Taylor Jenkins Reid just has a way of making characters that jump off the page). I loved how they would jump back and forth between quotes from different people and how the author painted a scene just by doing that. Beautiful stuff. Everything about this book was a vibe and I was vibing.

Spoiler

The only thing I didn't like about the book is the fact that I'm not a huge fan of affairs... even if they're "just" emotional ones. I just don't like reading about it and I hate how prevalent they are in romance books and movies. However, I've decided not to take "points" off because, like I said previously, everything about the book feels real, including that.

I like some characters more than others, but that's to be expected given that they were rockstars in the 70s. I think Camila was my favorite, though. I am so excited to watch the TV show!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Eating disorder

Minor: Abortion

aaliyah_1's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Minor: Eating disorder

koplomps's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

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

emily_zylstra02's review against another edition

emotional inspiring fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Gaslighting, Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

touchmyrobe8's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Pregnancy, Abortion, Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Addiction, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

rtthalia's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Eating disorder

texashippie's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Sexism, Abortion, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

sara277's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Me encantó este libro, cuando empezaba a leer no quería parar. 
Es el segundo que leo de esta autora, y por ahora mi favorito.
Los personajes son interesantes y la narración en forma de entrevista da mucho juego, hace que la historia no tenga un solo narrador aunque haya dos claros protagonistas. Me gustaron mucho los momentos en los que contaban algo y el siguiente en hablar lo recordaba de forma distinta, era gracioso y realista, y también ayudaba a definir la personalidad del que hablaba.
La historia de 10, todo muy intenso y emocionante.

Spoiler

Aunque la duración del grupo fue corta, estaba todo tan bien hilado para llevarlo a su fin, que me encantó un final tan repentino pero a la vez natural.

 
En general todos los personajes están muy bien escritos. Me gustó mucho Daisy, pero Billy me gustó aún más, su parte de la historia me parecía más interesante, con más matices. 
Es un libro que me ha encantado de principio a fin, y seguro que lo volveré a leer.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Infidelity, Eating disorder, Abortion, and Pregnancy