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Daisy Jones & The Six, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

160 reviews

bashsbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective 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

4.75

Daisy Jones & the Six is another great book by Taylor Jenkins Reid. If I were going to nitpick, I would say her style of an 11th hour child-related plot twist only really works the first time (and I read Evelyn Hugo before I got StoryGraph), but that is a minor thing. The ending also feels a little abrupt. But I love the level of detail, and the inclusion of the lyrics from the album in the back. I love the messy tension between Billy and Daisy. I love fictionalized versions of things we tend to use to share the truth, like a documentary or like an academic paper (House of Leaves ftw), and this obviously delivered in that realm. I wish I had listened to it as audiobook, but by the time I realized that was the best format, I wanted to read the book too much to wait for that version.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Addiction, Drug use, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Cursing, Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abortion, Death, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Violence, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Self harm, and Vomit

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Chronic illness

oatmilkconcanela's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

it took me a minute to get into it but suddenly i was hooked. i loved the ending and finished it while i was making tacos and then cried while eating tacos. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Abortion

enchantedelfie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Physical abuse, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Rape, Mental illness, Death of parent, Car accident, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

sharrikloves's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Abortion and Alcoholism

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

ecravens's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Infidelity, Abortion, Addiction, Death of parent, Grief, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

krivas91's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

4.0

Not sure why this took me so long to read, but from the review of another friend who read it, it seems like the audiobook would have really brought it to life more! Definitely appreciated it more toward the end, and that ending!! Camilla is a saint, y’all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Domestic abuse

this_is_lee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• 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

I absolutely adored this book. I was hooked from the few few pages and couldn’t put it down! It’s so unique in its style of story telling, and I loved the oral history take on such an interesting premise!! The characters were so fun, and truly felt like real people. I’m not one to choose books about music but I’m glad to have decided to go for this one. There is something raw and special about Daisy Jones and the Six. 
Cannot wait to own re-read and annotate this book for myself. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Abortion, Domestic abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent

bree_mck's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-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

4.5

The audiobook with a full cast was fantastic. I really enjoyed getting to know all od the  characters. The interview style of the book was fun and different.

Spoiler

I liked that Billy's daughter ended up being the author. I just wish there had been a little more between Daisy and Billy. It felt like a lot of build up, they nearly shared one kiss, then after that it was just dirty looks until the end of the novel when bam, they are both admitting they loved each other. I like Camilla and am glad Billy chose his family. But for him to say he loved Daisy, and she loved him, I guess I would have appreciated more descriptions of moments they shared where that love stemmed from.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Abortion, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Grief

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 against another edition

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