Reviews with content warning for Adult/minor relationship - Daisy Jones & The Six

Such an interesting format and it works well!! I like how the characters, no matter how little or how much they speak, have a life of their own. Very much a showing rather than telling novel. I like how complex the characters are and how it very much did feel rock'n'roll.

I know that they are reading as the book is written, but for some parts, it was difficult to track who is speak and who is who.

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emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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elspethmigliore's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

i’m in awe of what i just read. i only wish the ending could have been elongated and it all didn’t happen so quickly. everything else was incredible and so emotional.

definitely reread material ✅

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undecidedpersonality's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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malima's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional informative reflective relaxing sad tense 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

4.75

Daisy Jones & The Six tells the story of, well, Daisy Jones (singer) and The Six (band) and their rise to rock star fame both separately and together, and their subsequent falling out.

Daisy Jones is a young woman to whom everything always came easy except for getting the attention of her parents. She gets into drugs and unhealthy relationships very early in her life, puts out an album that is popular, but not what she wanted, and finally finds the fame and creative freedom she's been yearning for when she sings a duet with The Six.

The Six are a rock band formed around the Dunne brothers in their teens. They search for fame and rock'n'roll, but there's tension in the band, as Billy sees the band as his and searches for ways to be steady to his wife, while the rest of the band want more space for creative input and not only to play songs about Billy's wife. Their big break comes with a duet with the pop singer Daisy Jones. Her consequently joining the band changes dynamics in the band, both for the better and for the worse.

The book then follows these changes and how the different bandmates cope with it, as well as with their changing relationship dynamics.

To be quite honest, this book included less drama and cheating than I expected. The relationships between the band members and those around them are complicated, and there is plenty of drama, but from the premise, I expected it to be "worse".
Maybe it is this, or the biographical style of this novel, that made me feel very calm while reading this book.
Taylor Jenkins Reid really thrives in this biographical style. So far I have only read "Daisy Jones & The Six" and "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo", but she manages to write true stories about fictional characters. These books include things that happened to real people in the music and film industry, making these things tangible to the reader, without this being a non-fiction book. "Daisy Jones & The Six" really dives into the characters' struggles with drugs and other issues of the industry.
Additionally, though both books are written in the style of a biography, Taylor Jenkins Reid chose two styles that are as different from one another as can be, but that work equally well. I am starting to become a fan.

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emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I just finished reading this book in a span of 2 days!! I had wanted to read this for a long time, but I hesitated to start another Taylor Jenkins Reid book because I knew she would make me feel things, and she really did 😭. While reading this book, I fought the urge not to search and look it up on the Internet since I was hoping that this book was based on real life and that the band in the story was real. However, I should’ve known that this is the writing style of TJR and that I should not have trusted anything TJR says, especially every time she said that her books were based on actual events HAHAHA.

On the other hand, that puts into perspective that TJR is an incredible and genius writer. I’m unsure if my standards are just low at the moment, but I can’t imagine how she pulled off a novel with that kind of unique writing style– like everything was written as if it were in a documentary or interview. I loved how everything was described in the story; I felt as though I had travelled back in time to see the 1970s band in action, and the portrayal of drug addicts and the atmosphere of being in a rock band was spot-on. Though some of the characters, particularly Daisy Jones, were exceedingly irritating to me, those are the best qualities they could have. I was pleased that every character reflected the overall tone TJR intended to portray in the narrative.

The ending could have been better and more polished. Even though I adore Camilla, I found the ending's emphasis on Camilla rather than Daisy Jones as the main character kind of cliche and uninteresting. But, overall, my imagination and I enjoyed reading this book– TJR never fails me.

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challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

gah this book is amazing another stunner from TJR! as a music girlie i just loveddddd all the songs and music and the book really did feel nostalgic to the time. an INCREDIBLE book and definitely in my top favorite from ms reid this far

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emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-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

3.75

This was super entertaining and got me in the feelings a bit. I listened to the audiobook and the narration was incredible.

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