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Daisy Jones & The Six, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

64 reviews

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

might_be_may's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective tense 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

4.5

"Are the flaws of the main characters a main focus of the book?" Never has the answer been more Yes.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, and Mental illness

Minor: Abortion

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

jasmineslibraryy'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

daringreader13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-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: Blood, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Abortion

bucknife's review against another edition

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

3.0

There was not even a fraction of enough build up or tension for any of the huge plot points in the narrative to matter as much as they should have. The characterization wavered so much though it started out so strong and that was disappointing. The band’s level of success made no since from the events described and there was no romance between Daisy and Billy, it felt forced and like a shitty enemies-to-lovers at times. I did read this in two days and I couldn’t ever put it down but in the end it was just lacking. I like the made up version in my head more than the reality of it, now I’m actually excited to see how the show changes it (and makes it more interesting because in the end it really isn’t as interesting of a story as it sells itself to be). Also there was a touch of soap opera corniness and ridiculousness that’s kind of hard to ignore at times - an Italian Prince, for instance. And  I don’t like the writing of it enough to pick up any of TJR’s other books but I didn’t completely hate it, I had a fun time reading it’s just that the execution was such a let down to the great concept. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Mental illness, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, and Toxic friendship

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Abortion, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Chronic illness and Death of parent

viacrow's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Blood

pageafter_paige's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book REALLY surprised me since the plot didn’t really sound like something I’d love. I was pretty sure going into it that this book that it just wasn’t going to be for me be I was quickly captivated by literally every character. They all had such strong clear voices and identities even through the interview style of writing. This book was devastating in a way I wasn’t expecting. I went in this book thinking it was a cute romance but I got a raw book about every emotion out there. I used to study addictions counseling so this book felt really personal and I felt my heart break many times. By the end of it I was in tears and I can’t remember the last time a book made me cry. Just so beautiful. There’s nothing I didn’t like about this book and not one thing I would change. I was halfway through the book before I realized it’s a fake band (I didn’t read the back I just trusted the hype lmao)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Cursing, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Grief, Abandonment, Death, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Addiction, Blood, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

babsi_222's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative reflective 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

5.0

I’m not surprised when I say that I absolutely loved this because Taylor Jenkins Reid can never miss. The book is written like an oral history (“biography”) of the biggest band in the 70s but the band is actually fictional. The narrator/ “author” of the book interviews the characters and we see different opinions about certain events and things. So some band members remember something different than others which is really interesting to read and it gives a good outer perspective on how miscommunication can happen. The book shows the history on how the band ‘Daisy Jones& the Six’ was created and how it was before and how it eventually evolved. 
There are a lot of characters in the book in the beginning and I was forgetting the names and what instrument they play all the time and had to go back a few pages to remind myself lmao but once you got it it’s not difficult anymore and imo not many characters appear.
I loveeeee the way Reid created many songs that the band/band members made and they’re really cool. (I’m super sad that only 3 songs from the fake/book album ‘Aurora’ made it onto the real album that’s now on Spotify because I would’ve loved to listen to more songs that were created “with me” in the book. Now I have lots of songs were I wasn’t reading how they got created and stuff but idc) The characters in this book were interesting because you see many different people and how different they act and cope with situation.

Spoiler

Camila is such a strong woman and while I don’t think that she would’ve stayed together with Billy and put her whole trust in him in this century I can understand why she did and had to do it in the 70s. Karen was with Warren one my fav members of the band. She is such a badass icon and I support her with all my heart. She can do no wrong and she doesn’t want no man! I loved the things she said in the end of the book:  that she would’ve maybe wanted to be in a relationship in the 90s or 00s or sth but she didn’t want to be a stay-at-home-housewife who has to obey a man. I loved the she really followed her dream of playing in a band professionally even after Daisy Jones & the six broke up. Warren is just a cool dude who didn’t have any drama with anyone and who’s basically just chilling gotta love him!

The people I liked the least were Graham and Eddie because they were annoying. (I understood them sometimes but idk) Billy is weird but ik he tried and Daisy was mixed for me. I liked her tho! 

Spoiler

the twist were we found out that julia's the narrator and writer of the oral history was sooooo cool because I didn’t expect that at all.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Death, Drug use, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse