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A review by reading_with_t
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
5.0
Emotional. Captivating. Struggle.
This was not a book I ever would have picked up. Learning about the lives of a band through the 70s-90s, in an interview format no less - I would not have imagined enjoying this.
BUT WOW.
This book grabbed me within the first two pages and I flew through it. The characters are well-rounded, real people. They make you feel what they're feeling - grieving when they grieve, loving as they love, and struggling as they struggle. It was so captivating and engaging quicker than any fictional drama I have ever read. The reader is brought alongside the band through memories and reminiscing, knowing they fall apart when you start, but hoping otherwise.
Reid writing this as an interview gave insight and depth to the characters like you wouldn't imagine. Hearing them explain their own struggles and situations makes the reader feel like the interviewer themself. Each character had their own way of speaking, their own nuances and catch-phrases - I can see how an audiobook of this read would be phenomenal - and I don't listen to books.
This book blew me away from start to finish. There was nothing in this book that stood out or caught me off-guard, which I think added to how real the book felt. This band could've existed. These struggles were struggles that many people have - addiction, balancing family and work, expectations, disappointment, and so on. Very real. Very relatable. And yet not relatable at all - being in a globally famous rock band. This was my first book by Taylor Jenkins Reid, but it won't be my last!
I would recommend this book to everyone - as I already have started doing.
This was not a book I ever would have picked up. Learning about the lives of a band through the 70s-90s, in an interview format no less - I would not have imagined enjoying this.
BUT WOW.
This book grabbed me within the first two pages and I flew through it. The characters are well-rounded, real people. They make you feel what they're feeling - grieving when they grieve, loving as they love, and struggling as they struggle. It was so captivating and engaging quicker than any fictional drama I have ever read. The reader is brought alongside the band through memories and reminiscing, knowing they fall apart when you start, but hoping otherwise.
Reid writing this as an interview gave insight and depth to the characters like you wouldn't imagine. Hearing them explain their own struggles and situations makes the reader feel like the interviewer themself. Each character had their own way of speaking, their own nuances and catch-phrases - I can see how an audiobook of this read would be phenomenal - and I don't listen to books.
This book blew me away from start to finish. There was nothing in this book that stood out or caught me off-guard, which I think added to how real the book felt. This band could've existed. These struggles were struggles that many people have - addiction, balancing family and work, expectations, disappointment, and so on. Very real. Very relatable. And yet not relatable at all - being in a globally famous rock band. This was my first book by Taylor Jenkins Reid, but it won't be my last!
I would recommend this book to everyone - as I already have started doing.