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Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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literarywreck's review against another edition

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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

I hated the first ~80 pages of this book. And, then, I fell in love.

Somehow, DJ&T6 was both everything and nothing like I had expected it to be. I appreciated it all the more for that.

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amandaplease50's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad 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 don’t think I was expecting to enjoy this as much as I did. Fleetwood Mac was on my Spotify Wrapped so just felt right to read this.
Really quick read and honestly Warren who is definitely a side character is hilarious. This is basically a book that is read as a article. Your getting the bands’ thoughts years after the fact. And reading them is great but the miscommunication at time is SO frustrating. And Eddie probably my least favorite character after Nicci (or whatever this name is).

Only sort of compliment besides the irritating miscommunication.

I mean Daisy loving Billy ends up being that plot point you know. Gets you to the climax and gets the ball rolling on the band falling apart. But I really wish the author didn’t do that. I feel like they could have had this amazing platonic friendship which you could see when they started writing. But it was the story. I just wish they could have made them amazing friends. I would have liked that better.

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challenging emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

WOW WOW WOW.
Has this book been all over BookTok & Twitter & Instagram? Oh yeah. I couldn’t escape it, but as much as I kept hearing about it - and it was bordering annoying -it’s such a fun ride! The drama. The tension. The heartbreak. WOW. These characters, especially Daisy and Billy, are a mess in all the wrong & right ways. Of course they are, they’re musicians in the 1970’s. Taylor Jenkins Reid writes how messy old Hollywood was and you want to eat it up every time! I love that she felt inspired by Fleetwood Mac because Rumors is such a great album. So the fact, we have “Daisy Jones & the Six” as a fictional account of that, ugh, love it.

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wcndereads's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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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

5.0

If i could give this more than 5 stars I would. So nuanced and such good themes. The ending broke me but i liked the idea of a happy ending not being guaranteed and our decisions are what really shape the future. I’m so conflicted over whether Billy should’ve been with camilla or daisy but camilla was good for him and they loved each other but daisy and him were so passionate and they loved each other. Every character has a certain level of depth which i loved and i love daisy and billy so much.

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maca_vr's review against another edition

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

4.0

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad slow-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

4.0

Genre: Adult Contemporary Fiction

Age range: 15+

Trope: Celebrity

Overall: 4/5

Content warning: *Abortion, Depictions of Mental Illness (Addiction, Anxiety, Depression), Cheating, Substance Abuse (Alcohol/Drugs), Eating Disorder, Unplanned Pregnancy, Pregnancy, Profanity, Sexual Themes, Self-harm, Parental Neglect*

I listened to this book in an audio format, and I highly recommend that everyone does this.

Taylor Jenkins Reid's 'Daisy Jones & The Six' and 'The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo' are extremely reminiscent of one another. If you liked one, then I can almost guarantee you'll like the other.

Reading this book for the first time - not having read the blurb - and heading into this story blind, I was thrown off guard that we were delving into the life and the backstory of a singer and a rock and roll band from the seventies. We were introduced to so many characters very early on that played so many integral parts. And that came across as a little confronting, but that evoked confusion is deliberate.

This book is written in a documentary-style format that takes you across the span of years with Daisy Jones and the band known as The Six. It features their rise to fame, their challenges across that time, and their eventual split.

The characters were so well fleshed out already, and that was all the more satisfying with how well this book was narrated. Listening to how each character talked, the emotions in their voices, the pauses, the breathiness, and the laughter, gave the reader/listener this whole new depth in how they could submerge themselves into the story. I genuinely felt as if I was watching a proper interview with the characters, just without viewing it in front of me. I found it so incredibly fascinating.

The main themes behind the book were thought-provoking, but also really genuine in their mundaneness. All the characters' struggles were real-life struggles. All the conflicts were valid to the main storyline, but they were also complimentary to the time, and to the characters themselves. Nothing felt out of place or too extreme, or too far-fetched.

All in all, I think this book was a phenomenal read. However, for me, I found that I was comparing this book back to Evelyn Hugo a lot more than I wanted to. I loved that damn book, and because I loved that book, this one paled slightly in comparison. I think it will depend on what you read first. Should that turn you off this book? Absolutely not. Daisy Jones and The Six will be characters that I never let go of.

I voluntarily read and reviewed this book, and all thoughts and opinions are my own.

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linossidepiece's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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kelly_e's review against another edition

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emotional 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

Title: Daisy Jones & The Six
Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid
Genre: Fiction
Rating: 4.50
Pub Date: March 5. 2019

T H R E E • W O R D S

Complex • Entertaining • Visceral

📖 S Y N O P S I S

Everyone knows Daisy Jones & The Six: The band's album Aurora came to define the rock 'n' roll era of the late seventies, and an entire generation of girls wanted to grow up to be Daisy. But no one knows the reason behind the group's split on the night of their final concert at Chicago Stadium on July 12, 1979 . . . until now.

Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it's the rock 'n' roll she loves most. By the time she's twenty, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things.

Also getting noticed is The Six, a band led by the brooding Billy Dunne. On the eve of their first tour, his girlfriend Camila finds out she's pregnant, and with the pressure of impending fatherhood and fame, Billy goes a little wild on the road.

Daisy and Billy cross paths when a producer realizes that the key to supercharged success is to put the two together. What happens next will become the stuff of legend.

💭 T H O U G H T S

I was definitely late showing up to the Daisy Jones & The Six party, yet better late than never, right? After reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo I knew I wanted to explore TJR's entire backlist. Although I am not a groupie by any means and don't have a musical bone in my body, I do have an understanding of the powerful nature of music. I don't know if there's much more I can add that hasn't already been said, but here's my review.

I tandem read the audio along with a physical copy and would suggest this to anyone who hasn't read it yet. Written in a documentary/interview style where each of the members of the band gives there take on the events of how the band came together and eventually fell apart. The format is what makes this story work for me. The full cast audio offers another layer of depth, where each of the voices is distinct and makes each character come to life. These factors are what made the band feel so real, as opposed to the fictional one that it is. I got to witness the high and the lows firsthand. The writing is gritty and raw. TJR does a fantastic job writing unlikeable characters and capturing the essence of misinterpretation.

I also loved the inclusion of the entire album of lyrics being included at the end of the book. I cannot begin to imagine how much extra work and research that took to get everything just right. Again, this is an ode to music and the power it has.

Daisy Jones & The Six is a tribute to an era - the sex, the drugs, and the rock 'n' roll - all brought the music world to life. There's just something so unique about TJR's writing style, each book is so different, yet so good and entertaining. I am definitely interested in watching the mini-series. And I look forward to continuing to make my way through her backlist as I await news of something new.

📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• fans of 70s rock
• TJR lovers
• readers who like mixed media

🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S

"Music can dig, you know? It can take a shovel to your chest and just start digging until it hits something."

"Everybody wants somebody to hold up the right mirror."

"I thought about trying to force her into rehab. But you can't do that. You can't control another person. It doesn't matter how much you love them. You can't love someone back to health and you can't hate someone back to health and no matter how right you are about something, it doesn't mean they will change their mind."

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