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A review by heybbrae
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-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
4.0
This is the first physical book I've finished since 2020 (I think). Originally, I was planning to give this a 3/3.5 because while it's a good book, I just didn't really get the hype and since this oral history format is kind of new to me, I had a hard time getting into it. That is until half of the way in when most of the introduction and set-up was done and the tension was ramping up and you could see what the author wanted to do with the story.
Some points before I do a more ~ thorough ~ review later on (hopefully):
1. Camila Dunne is one of the genuinely nicest characters I've ever read. She deserves the whole world and more. It's very refreshing to see a character like hers who's so trusting, genuinely believes in people, remains soft, but is also stubborn and knows what she wants and isn't scared to fight for it.
2. In connection to 1., I absolutely loved how the story set up the stage for us to see the similarities and differences of Camila and Billy's relationship vs. Daisy and Billy's relationship. While I was reading the book, the set-up just creeps on you and hits you at the right time and the payoff is extremely devastating in a good way. I really loved how the parallels made were seamlessly woven in, which made it easier to read.
3. The book said/showed so much and so little at the same time. For me, this is both a good thing and a bad thing.
a. The story was able to be told wonderfully without fully delving in to all the things happening with all the characters. It was super good on how it's concise in delivering what it wanted to say. The impact of the story and the emotions there are not minimized even though there's less time to sit on the tension and all the drama happening within it.
b. However, there are some relationships and conflicts that I personally would've wanted to seen more of, or I think lacked enough detail to fully drive the emotion through or for the readers to fully understand the weight of the conflict (ex. Billy and Graham's relationship).
I think what stopped me from making this a 5 star read, is just my personal preference. I'm not really into the history of bands, so the first part, while very important, felt very draggy to me. It's a good book. I really enjoyed my time reading it and there's a lot presented that would be fun to be discussed or even pondered on.
Now off to listen to the music from the TV adaptation (ngl what pushed me to read this after n years of being on my priority tbr is Sam Claflin).
Some points before I do a more ~ thorough ~ review later on (hopefully):
1. Camila Dunne is one of the genuinely nicest characters I've ever read. She deserves the whole world and more. It's very refreshing to see a character like hers who's so trusting, genuinely believes in people, remains soft, but is also stubborn and knows what she wants and isn't scared to fight for it.
2. In connection to 1., I absolutely loved how the story set up the stage for us to see the similarities and differences of Camila and Billy's relationship vs. Daisy and Billy's relationship. While I was reading the book, the set-up just creeps on you and hits you at the right time and the payoff is extremely devastating in a good way. I really loved how the parallels made were seamlessly woven in, which made it easier to read.
3. The book said/showed so much and so little at the same time. For me, this is both a good thing and a bad thing.
a. The story was able to be told wonderfully without fully delving in to all the things happening with all the characters. It was super good on how it's concise in delivering what it wanted to say. The impact of the story and the emotions there are not minimized even though there's less time to sit on the tension and all the drama happening within it.
b. However, there are some relationships and conflicts that I personally would've wanted to seen more of, or I think lacked enough detail to fully drive the emotion through or for the readers to fully understand the weight of the conflict (ex. Billy and Graham's relationship).
I think what stopped me from making this a 5 star read, is just my personal preference. I'm not really into the history of bands, so the first part, while very important, felt very draggy to me. It's a good book. I really enjoyed my time reading it and there's a lot presented that would be fun to be discussed or even pondered on.
Now off to listen to the music from the TV adaptation (ngl what pushed me to read this after n years of being on my priority tbr is Sam Claflin).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Drug abuse, Abortion, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, and Infidelity