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anitaforthewin's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
slow-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
The book absolutely wrecked me again and I’m ready for the Amazon prime series to do the same.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Drug use
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
Minor: Abortion, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
jomarie's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
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
3.5
We love broken & beautiful people. 🎤
While I didn’t know much about this book going into it, I had high expectations based on what I had heard about the story.
Since the book is set up to be a biography of the band, I guess it explains why it took a minute to focus on Billy and Daisy’s upbringing. However, I don’t feel like the story really started until 120 pages into the book. Once it did, I loved playing with the tension between Daisy & Billy. I thought their working relationship was fascinating & honestly kind of cheapened when the romance element was introduced.
Seeing their process of building out the album was cool, though I sort of wish the lyrics were included in the story & not just the back of the book so we could see exactly what they were talking about. In fact, I wish the format was played with a little more. It was certainly interesting to have it laid out as a series of interview transcripts. Perhaps that’s why I heard so many people say it worked well as an audiobook. As a print format, the style lacked the detail that would be included in an actual biography of a band like photos, articles, & the song lyrics I mentioned before.
As for the characters, my opinions of them shifted throughout the book, which is good so no one was just one thing to me. Daisy was tragic & beautiful and Billy was just tragic. I don’t feel like he got an actual win throughout the whole book. As the story progressed, I felt more invested in Karen & Graham. Then, the ending twist didn’t quite land for me as much as it could have & I think it’s because it’s such an easy edit in my mind that I’m annoyed it was written how it was.
Overall, I think this was not the best medium to tell the story the way it was. I’m curious to see how the upcoming TV show might do it differently & if the story hits a little harder for me then. If you like TJR or the OG rock scene, I can see someone enjoying this, but for me, it just wasn’t a hit.
While I didn’t know much about this book going into it, I had high expectations based on what I had heard about the story.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol
Moderate: Eating disorder, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Abortion, and Pregnancy
Minor: Infidelity and Abandonment
glass123banan's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
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
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol
Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
loinereads's review against another edition
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
This book was an extremely easy read.
The characters were lovable, the way of writing had you jump right into their lives. It was very easy to picture this band in the seventies, at the peak of their career since the story was written through verbatim.
I have to admit this got me confused, I thought the author’s note at the beginning meant that the band was real, turns out they’re not but this interview-like fiction really allowed the book to have some depths and truth.
As always, I adore Taylor Jenkins Reid’s novels. They always tell beautiful stories with an excellent and very easy writing.
The only reason why I might not give 5 stars is because I don’t think this is the kind of story that will make me think a lot or reflect very much on serious subjects — even though some topics like sex and drug abuse were very serious and gave a very grave dimension to the novel, they’re not subjects that alter my perspective ultimately.
The characters were lovable, the way of writing had you jump right into their lives. It was very easy to picture this band in the seventies, at the peak of their career since the story was written through verbatim.
I have to admit this got me confused, I thought the author’s note at the beginning meant that the band was real, turns out they’re not but this interview-like fiction really allowed the book to have some depths and truth.
As always, I adore Taylor Jenkins Reid’s novels. They always tell beautiful stories with an excellent and very easy writing.
The only reason why I might not give 5 stars is because I don’t think this is the kind of story that will make me think a lot or reflect very much on serious subjects — even though some topics like sex and drug abuse were very serious and gave a very grave dimension to the novel, they’re not subjects that alter my perspective ultimately.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Blood
Moderate: Abandonment
literarywreck's review against another edition
dark
reflective
sad
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
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.
Somehow, DJ&T6 was both everything and nothing like I had expected it to be. I appreciated it all the more for that.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, and Abandonment
Minor: Chronic illness, Death, and Eating disorder
amandaplease50's review against another edition
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Abandonment
Minor: Abortion
magdalena_rose's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse
Moderate: Abandonment
mariahmiah's review against another edition
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol
Minor: Abandonment
wcndereads's review against another edition
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexual content, Grief, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
claire_fitzgibbon13's review against another edition
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- 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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, and Abandonment