A review by _sophahs_
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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

4.75

The beauty, the emotion, the rawness, the intrigue, the genius of this book lies in the narrative. The characters are in conversation with each other without ever knowing what the others have said. They sometimes contradict each other, meaning we never quite know where the truth lies. It’s a broken kind of truth - not quite knowable, always a little too far to reach, yet somehow more real, more raw than the whole truth could ever be. When it was revealed who the ‘author’ of the story is, the novel really came together. It’s a clever twist because you’re not quite expecting it, but once it happens, you can’t imagine the narrative any other way, and you see everything the characters have said previously in a slightly different light. 
I loved this novel. The way that nothing is perfect and nothing really works out the way we’re hoping makes it feel like real life. Messy and complicated yet grounding, worthwhile. I was left feeling like a fan of a fictional band, a friend of fictional characters, and generally just longing to know more. 
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