Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Daisy Jones & The Six, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

67 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

kyeruhh's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

TJR never misses, truly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Drug use

Moderate: Violence and Infidelity

Minor: Abortion

eglizmas'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

Disappointed. I kept waiting for something interesting to happen, but it never did. Didn't think TJR could dissapoint, but here we are.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Violence, Addiction, Drug use, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pregnancy and Abortion

_cararichardson's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

This was a really nice read, Jenkins-Reid is always a pleasure and her writing is top notch as always. The documentary style was really interesting, and I liked that she used it to cast doubt into various characters’ stories. Sometimes
I had to go back and check who said what, but all the characters had pretty distinct voices. The only thing I would say I didn’t love is that I couldn’t disconnect the story from Fleetwood Mac, it so reminiscent of the stories I’ve heard about Fleetwood Mac, I couldn’t not picture Daisy as Stevie Nicks. But overall, the story had a great setting, vibe and complex characters. (Camila definitely being my favorite)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Violence and Infidelity

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

stepnic's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Mental illness, Cursing, Pregnancy, Abortion, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Violence, Blood, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Gaslighting, and Eating disorder

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

a_m_c's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.0

I kept waiting for the characters to develop or the story to go somewhere. Unfortunately I got to the end and was still waiting for it to get interesting. Daisy is extremely unlikeable and selfish and never really changes.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Violence

grunbean's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.25

This is the kind of book that will keep you turning pages. Every page I read, I wanted to know what would happen next.

I haven’t read a book like it before, so it is hard to describe. I think what makes it so good to read is the characters and the tightly written narrative. No character is uninteresting, and the way Reid is able to make a story in this interview format is so interesting. 

It will make you laugh, and it will make you sad. I would really recommend it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Addiction, Violence, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Self harm, Abortion, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

angstifies's review against another edition

emotional funny informative tense

• 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, Alcoholism, Drug use, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Abortion

Moderate: Cursing, Vomit, Violence, Chronic illness, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexism and Adult/minor relationship