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Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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paperbackprincess19's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.5

This is a MUST READ I just didn’t give it a 5 star as there was so many characters it was hard to keep up at first, but as the story goes you understand why there had to be that many characters.

I highly recommend reading the audiobook version as I think I found myself more immersed, knowing their voices (seeing as it’s a rock & roll band story) plus with so many characters, knowing their voices helped significantly. 

It’s a story of a band in the 1970s that lived the rock & roll lifestyle, what they got up to, how they sky rocketed to fame and towards the last 15mins where they were now. I really believed that the main focal of this story was on Daisy Jones, one character and the rest would play secondary, but this was not the case at all.

All characters got the same amount of air time and their stories were all as important as Daisy’s. Very well written, I don’t know how she wrote it the way she did but it was done amazingly.

The writing technique was an interview of the band and Daisy Jones, but it was so well written that it didn’t feel like it was a simple interview and a “where are they now” story, Taylor Jenkins Reid took you on the journey of The Six and Daisy Jones, even Simone’s (Daisy’s best friend) story was finished and rounded nicely.

Another amazing read from Taylor Jenkins Read! This is the 2nd book I’ve read by her, the first being The 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, any Recs for which I should read next by this Author?

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shuttersham's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

4.25


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mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

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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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might_be_may's review against another edition

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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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nadia_luq's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5


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haley_reads_books's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The narrators’ performance was fantastic, but this book felt like it went on forever and the ending climax wasn't dramatic enough to really keep me interested. It took me so long to finish because I had to force myself to pay attention to it because I really didn’t want to. I don’t really get the hype behind it 🤷🏼‍♀️.

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stepnic's review against another edition

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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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natalee18132's review against another edition

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sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0


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alliesmusings's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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sararead's review against another edition

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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

3.75

I thought this book was interesting but it's a like not a love for me. The format of the book, written like an oral history, was interesting but got disjointed at times. It also made it impossible to switch between audiobook and ebook like I prefer.

I liked the fact that the characters who had
passed away didn't have interviews and I'll be honest I didn't even realize Teddy hadn't had one until it was revealed that he passed away. I think that was clever and also a mark of how realized his character felt even through the voice of others.
 

I think the part that fell flat for me was the ending being so much about
Camila.
Like I guess that makes sense looking back but for me that was the least interesting part of the whole story. And the fact that
Julia is the author was cute I guess but I think it means that more stuff probably happened between Billy/Daisy that we never actually get told because why would anyone tell this kid writing a book after her mom died that.


Not sure I'll watch the show, I like the lyrics and the scenes of them writing the album a lot and heard that is toned down more in the book which lessens my interest for now

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