4.22 AVERAGE

medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I feel like I did not read the same book as everyone else. I didn’t feel much emotion and I didn’t find it particularly compelling. I read the book due to it being compared to The Favorites which I absolutely loved. And though I can see the similarities, I found this one much less interesting and raw. The audiobook format was good and definitely was how I could stay interested in it. But I think I would’ve been bored if I read it.

I will say, the characters felt super real and I each holding their own individuality.
challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

Wow… just wow. I have had this book on my TBR since it came out and just kept putting it off. After reading 2 other TJR books I dove into this one and it was amazing. The audio version brings this life to story as it’s told through interviews. Basically from the jump I felt like this had to be based on Fleetwood Mac and so I researched it and sure enough- my suspicions were correct. This made me love it even more. Watching the journey for Daisy, Billy, and the rest of the band made you feel like you were really there. But Camilla stole my heart. As her books do, I was riveted the whole time and found myself emotionally tied to these characters by the end - and making me tear up. An amazing audiobook that I highly recommend!
adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging emotional mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional funny lighthearted relaxing slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I'll never understand Taylor Jenkins Reid's pathological need to sanitize dramatic stories from the real world... such as the making of Fleetwood Mac's Rumors. It's elaborate fanfiction where all the addicts are in active recovery and no one cheats on their spouses. 

Also, I could not get over the structure of this book! Why frame this as an oral history? What band would be out here giving the world's juiciest interviews like this?