Daisy Jones & The Six Book Review

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Daisy Jones and the Six: Book Review

Daisy Jones and the Six was one of the most popular books of the year in 2019. I’m sad that it took me this long to sit down and read it. One of my most favorite hobbies is reading a good book. I have set a lofty goal for myself this year. I figured I would share my take and book review on all of the choices that I complete. There is something about finding a great book, getting completely absorbed into the characters and storyline, and living to tell about it. When you find these incredible stories, it makes you sad to read that last page. First up for my book review is Daisy Jones and the Six.

Daisy Jones and the Six Synopsis

Love at First Line:

This book is an attempt to piece together a clear portrait of how the renowned 1970s rock band Daisy Jones & The Six rose to fame—as well as what led to their abrupt and infamous split while on tour in Chicago on July 12, 1979.

Daisy Jones is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it’s the rock and roll she loves most. By the time she’s twenty, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things.

Also getting noticed is The Six, a band led by the brooding Billy Dunne. On the eve of their first tour, his girlfriend Camila finds out she’s pregnant, and with the pressure of impending fatherhood and fame, Billy goes a little wild on the road.

Daisy and Billy cross paths when a producer realizes that the key to supercharged success is to put the two together. What happens next will become the stuff of legend.

The making of that legend is chronicled in this riveting and unforgettable novel, written as an oral history of one of the biggest bands of the seventies. Taylor Jenkins Reid is a talented writer who takes her work to a new level with Daisy Jones & The Six, brilliantly capturing a place and time in an utterly distinctive voice.

My Rating:

 

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My Review:

At first, I questioned the short interview-style narration but quickly got used to it, and it actually is one of the things I love most about this book. There are always different perspectives on a story and I love being able to see that play out as you go.

The characters were detailed and flawed, and all had parts of this fictional story that really stood out to me. There was love, addiction, friendships, family drama, and it all played out with depth and without the stereotypical pull, you might have first expected.

Daisy Jones and the Six: Talking Points

If you loved the movie Bohemian Rhapsody then you should definitely check this out! Take it a little further and listen to the audiobook. I find that the style of writing can be hard to read because it is an oral history. The audio has a full cast and it feels like a documentary. I kept having to remind myself that this was fiction, not an actual band.

I did not grow up in the seventies but I can imagine that Taylor Jenkins Reid does a great job of portraying it. Life was wild at the time. I really loved hearing about Daisy. She sounds like the typical female rock star of the time who struggled with drugs and that crazy rocker lifestyle. However, I kept rooting for her to figure it out.

Each of the other characters has their own demons but they are mainly supporting characters. I did enjoy hearing the perspective of each one on the same events. It is crazy how different each person views and remembers the same thing.

In Closing:

The relationships were raw and Taylor Jenkins Reid is a skilled author at portraying this. She really connected you to her characters, long after you finish her books. This one will stick with me for a long time!

 

So tell me……have you read this book? If so, what did you think of it? Let me know in the comments.