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Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

87 reviews

thefatpaperback's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

kirsten_marie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This was GREAT. That is what I have to say first.
Secondly, Daisy Jones and The Six was beautifully executed. The story is just as thrilling as it is magically atmospheric and at the same time perfectly halarious at just the right times. 

The unique way it is written makes the experience of reading it maybe a little difficult for some, but also memorable and different from other books with the same kind of plotline. 

I loved it. But I took my time with it. I don't think that this is necessarily a book you would want to read in a sitting. Let the characters settle with you a bit. Give them time and I think you also will enjoy this book a lot. 


🎼🎤🎹🎸🚬

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Blood, Abortion, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit and Pregnancy

_sophieee_'s review against another edition

adventurous reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Eating disorder, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail

storykath's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-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

4.25

What a whirlwind! This is my first TJR read, and I knew absolutely nothing about the story going into it. I ended up finishing in less than two days, but I feel clearheaded enough to write a good review.

I definitely understand the hype behind this book. The subject matter is super trendy and appealing - who doesn't dream of being a rockstar or wonder what it was like to be part of the music scene, especially in the 70s? The interview format had its drawbacks, which I'll get into as well, but it also quickened the already fast pace and really drew you in. Hearing characters contradict each other or have very different memories of events was really cool to see, and that motif of rewriting memories to make yourself look better is fascinating to see on the page - I think that was executed very well.

Given the number of narrators, there wasn't one clear focus or theme in this book, but I think that part of the appeal is getting such a wide-ranging overview of the characters' lives. No one topic is fully unpacked, but pretty much everything is touched on at some point. It's not a story about addiction, or love, or music, but a story about a band who experiences all those things throughout their career.

The interview format, while engaging and unique, didn't always sit right with me. I've never seen a book (either fiction or nonfiction) comprised solely of quotes from interviews with various characters, and I think there's a reason for that. I understand that this novel was supposed to be a more personal look at the characters' lives rather than a 'history' of the band, but the way some of the characters talked felt contrived on order to cram in information and stats. It wasn't a frequent or major problem, but it did pull me out of the story at times. I also felt that in the more 'narrative' portions of the novel, the way the characters talked wasn't always realistic - it felt overly polished, especially when they were speaking for paragraphs at a time or recalling conversations. From my experience, it's hard to recall exact wording or recreate entire conversations. I liked it when the narrative jumped back and forth quickly between two or three narrators, since that felt more like an accurate 'stitching together' of a past event, but when one character took the reins I had trouble suspending my disbelief.

I was also underwhelmed by

the reveal that the 'author' was Julia all along

. It felt unnecessary, it didn't add anything to the story, and it actually decreased my enjoyment towards the end because suddenly we'd shifted perspective and focus. It felt like it was either a *shocking twist* for Booktok or a contrived way to shift the tone at the end of the story.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

maggieed's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Abortion

Minor: Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

emiliaduerr's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail

anniefwrites's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

WOW this book really lives up to the hype. I’ve never read a book like this, and Taylor Jenkins Reid used this innovative structure to her complete advantage. As a writer myself, I’m still unraveling how she did it. She made this band feel so real, I could see and hear them in my head. And the gradual reveal of information was expertly timed. This completely sucked me in, and I will definitely be reading more by her in the future. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, and Injury/Injury detail

her_littleclouds's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

4.5

I read this book in 2 days, which is extremely fast for me since I usually take really long with novels(especially ones who have 300-400 pages or larger). I really enjoyed reading this it was fun but also dealt with serious topics. I absolutely loved how real these characters felt, at moments I was actually thinking this was a real band. The way T.J.R had written it so two characters are talking about the same thing but they have complete different stories on what actually happened was really good, cause it’s exactly how things are irl. There are so many lines in this book that just made my jaw drop with how good they were, i really got the urge to annotate right on the pages directly but I didn’t in the end. The end was a little weird to me though, it felt kind of out of place like it was only done for shock value

I just don’t think that the twist of the author being Camila and Billy’s daughter, Julia, was a good twist. It felt really out of place and like T.J.R was trying to replicate with what she did with the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo. That twist just didn’t fit with this book and it made it really confusing, for a minute I was actually thinking that T.J.R was like the actual daughter, it took me a minute to figure out she wasn’t

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Eating disorder, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

anselmaj's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Chronic illness and Eating disorder

filipa_maia's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

This book was... ok... there is so much hype around it that I thought it would be something completely different. Honestly, I almost put it down for a while, but I was reading it in a group read, so I couldn't let my girls down.

I've never read a book written like this one - like an interview. I like it and I think is very different and refreshing and makes the book very easy to read. Sincerely, I don't know what I don't enjoy in this book. Maybe because it feels like a biography (a genre that I don't particularly like) but none of those people where real.

In one hand I liked those slight differences in their stories: everyone had their particular way of remember  a situation...  but in other hand,  I really don't care what every single one of those people thinks about every single situation.

Also, the characters are not lovable at all: Daisy is so annoying and self centered; Billy is a tyrant that doesn't respect other opinions (except from Teddy); the other members of the band are just living in Billy's shadow and don't stick up for themselves; even Camila - the only relatable character - makes some weird decisions to keep a (kinda) happy marriage.

Anyway, I'm very confused about this book. Cool cover though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood, Vomit, Abortion, and Pregnancy