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Daisy Jones & The Six
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I absolutely loved this! It's certainly flawed: the book is character-focused, but the reader doesn't actually get to witness much character growth. This is partly due to the oral history style of storytelling utilized (sidenote: wish people would stop acting like Taylor Jenkins Reid invented oral history), but it could hamper the experience. I was invested enough and interested enough in the the protagonists, Daisy and Billy, and their relationship that it didn't bother me. I didn't need character growth; I just needed them to breathe the same fictional air while singing into the same fictional microphone.
I've seen many people praise this book for its female characters, stating it's some sort of feminist text. I mean, I guess? Nobody really fights over a man, and each of the three main female characters respect each other, but any interest in larger, more nuanced feminism is glossed over or absent. Daisy dresses however she wants! She doesn't wear a bra! Great, cool, it's not that deep.
Daisy Jones and the Six isn't that deep, in general. It's a quick, readable book that I read in one night. It also has enough meat on the bone to allow the reader to add depth themselves, to think about how the story is told and who is telling the story (the twist used is eyeroll inducing and doesn't add much unless you really want to start ripping the story apart, and I mean that desire to rip the story apart positively). The author pieces this retelling together, so what are they including and what are they leaving out? How are they putting these separate interviews into conversation with each other? And it's an oral history, so what are the band members and people around them leaving out or glossing over and how accurate is their memory? Interesting stuff!
Also, sexy cheating. "Silver Springs," you will always be famous.
I've seen many people praise this book for its female characters, stating it's some sort of feminist text. I mean, I guess? Nobody really fights over a man, and each of the three main female characters respect each other, but any interest in larger, more nuanced feminism is glossed over or absent. Daisy dresses however she wants! She doesn't wear a bra! Great, cool, it's not that deep.
Daisy Jones and the Six isn't that deep, in general. It's a quick, readable book that I read in one night. It also has enough meat on the bone to allow the reader to add depth themselves, to think about how the story is told and who is telling the story (the twist used is eyeroll inducing and doesn't add much unless you really want to start ripping the story apart, and I mean that desire to rip the story apart positively). The author pieces this retelling together, so what are they including and what are they leaving out? How are they putting these separate interviews into conversation with each other? And it's an oral history, so what are the band members and people around them leaving out or glossing over and how accurate is their memory? Interesting stuff!
Also, sexy cheating. "Silver Springs," you will always be famous.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction
Moderate: Alcoholism
Minor: Sexual harassment