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Daisy Jones & The Six, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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archaicrobin's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

What I love about Taylor Jenkins Reid, is her ability to create these powerful characters that actually feel like real people you might have heard of. Daisy Jones and the Six reminded me of those chaotic, drug fueled bands of classic rock that fizzled out for mysterious reasons that my Dad loved to watch documentaries on. Reid has a gift of building an era an era and immersing the reader totally. Malibu Rising is my favorite novel of hers because it’s set in a Southern California beach town in the 90s, and it’s written so well that I felt like the characters were growing up with me in SoCal! It was complete nostalgia for me! It’s this skill with characters and setting that keeps me devouring her books!

While Daisy Jones and the Six is my least favorite of her novels so far, I still thoroughly enjoyed the story and HIGHLY recommend the audiobook! The story is written in an interview format, so having different narrators on the audio made it even more real and I know reading interviews would not have been as immersive.

Why did I give this 3 stars? Mainly for two reasons. Firstly, this is written as an interview similar to Evelyn Hugo, except in Daisy Jones and The Six it is ALL interview. There is no introspection or look into a character’s mind the same way you would in a traditional novel. Due to this I didn’t feel as attached to the characters as I normally would, so when a character made a stupid decision or a twist occurred it was much less impactful for me and a little predictable which leads me to my next big problem with this novel.

It was too predictable, because it follows the same formula as Evelyn Hugo, minus the details. Amazingly beautiful girl with shitty parents strives for greatness, meets a powerful man already a big name in the business, Rocky relationship ensues with more than one guy, greatness achieved is essentially achieved, but also tons of unforeseen tragedy. And if you read Hugo, you know the end of that book has a big twist in regards to the interviewer/journalist. The same twist occurs in Daisy Jones and The Six, making it’s impact for me nonexistent. All I thought was: wow, again? The end was also terrible in my opinion and reminded me of a sitcom that had the same horrific ending that fans hated, including me. The predictability in this novel made it ok for me, but not what I would consider great. If you want a nice palate cleanser, or an easy read I’d suggest this audiobook, but if you’re looking for a page turner or something unique I’d pass on Daisy Jones.

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insanelyfruity's review

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challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

sobbing. how am I supposed to get over this?
I'm convinced tjr can't write a bad book.
I didn't think I'd be able to connect with the story at first because of the way it is written (interview format) but I am surprised by how emotionally connected I was to the story. I think that tjr has always done a really great job at taking very real, very relatable emotions and building these complex characters with so many layers that, despite it all, you can't help but root for and mixing all of that together to create such masterpieces. I thought this book might get a bit repetitive or may be similar to the seven husbands of evelyn hugo, given that they're both about fictional famous people finally going on the record about their life, but it was a completely different experience and I'm so glad.
can't wait to go and listen to all the songs from Aurora now. love how much hardwork and dedication tjr put into creating the album as well.
gut wrenching book, def would recommend.

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a_win_in_clear_rain's review

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adventurous emotional inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I love Taylor Jenkins Reid. I gave The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo five stars, and I'm giving this one 4.5. The plot twists she writes are absolutely amazing, and her writing style just really makes me get into the story. That doesn't always happen; sometimes I just can't fully be consumed with a book because of the style it's written in.
This book was so good, I loved the growth and learning that is talked about, and I really did love the characters.
I am one for books centering around queer characters, though, so that's one of the only things that doesn't give it a full five stars (but that's very minor). Would recommend, and can't wait to watch the new show!

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sahanasri's review

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dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The style of this book is so unique, as it’s written as a series of interviews which feels very engaging and creates a very unreliable narrative. I love how the characters’ voices come through so strongly, and watching them contradict leaves some mystery as to what really happened. The vibes of the book are very sex and drugs and rock and roll and set the scene perfectly. Normally I don’t really care about songs written in a book but these were pretty compelling and watching them be written was so interesting in a new way. I will say a lot of the characters blurred together for me, and that Billy and Daisy could be really annoying, but overall a fun and quick read. Now I really wish I read this as an audiobook, but hopefully the show will solve that for me.

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erinmd156's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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namzuru's review

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adventurous emotional reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book was really something. I loved that is was written as fake oral history. That is such an interesting concept that I have never seen before. And I think it was so well done. When I reading this book, I felt like I was looking back on those memories with them. I’m remembering the emotions of everyone in the room that day. I especially felt that when they went on SNL I felt like I was one of the people watching it live.

I loved that you could never fully trust one character on what happened (especially Daisy), the story had a different feel depending on who was telling it. I thought that was really well done. It was a lot of fun to read.

I cant decide who was my favourite character, it had to either be Karen or Camila. Karen was just so cool i loved her but Camila added this dimension to the book that i loved, she was also just so cool.

Favourite quotes:
- "Just Daisy singing and me on the keys. That’s it. Just two bitches playing rock ‘n’ roll." - Karen
- “i think in order to be happy like i’m happy, you need different things. and i want you to have whatever those things are.” - Camila

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