Reviews with content warning for Violence - Daisy Jones & The Six

PLS i’m not doing well 😭
[spoilers and triggers at the end btw]

OH MY GOD okay let’s start with this because Taylor Jenkins read can absolutely NOT write a bad book. I’ve only actually finished two of her books but I’ve started three and I’m going to continue reading the rest of her repertoire, but I absolutely knew that I was going to adore this writing style and I definitely did. I mean what better way to get out of a reading slump then to literally just read dialogue for 300 page straight?!?

one of the best parts of this novel I think is because everything is from everyone’s point of view they’re all very unreliable narrators. You really don’t know what’s true and what’s not because they’re all just telling their own personal experience from years ago, and the author themselves doesn’t even butt in. (well that’s a whole other story but spoilers at the bottom)

nevertheless, I really did love and adore most of these characters, I of course love love love Daisy even with her flaws, I appreciated Billy and his choices throughout the book because he could’ve gotten a very, very very different direction, and I appreciate that he stayed faithful. Camilla was a queen throughout the entire book, Karen honestly needs a round of applause for standing up for what she believed in, Pete needs a round of applause, for just being the chill guy, and WARREN AHFJSJSK he needs a round of applause for just being the comedic relief LMAO. I’ll put some of his quotes at the very end of this review because they literally were so funny.

I won’t say that this book really had a huge plot twist, or any huge surprises, because it really didn’t. From the very beginning of the book I pretty much guessed where they were all going to end up but that’s not a bad thing, because just vibing in their story, and appreciating all of the nuanced controversial topics that TJR can bring up is just an experience on its own. not a huge music person, but I appreciated the point of view of this book, the mini my topics, it brought up about the flaws of the industry, flaws in relationships, but I thought it was so so different and interesting the way they took on it, and really just the pure honesty in this book was admirable.

4 stars bc my world wasn’t thrown out of orbit but i did cry i did feel their i credible hardship and i really appreciated and applauded the main characters for doing the damn thing, even if it killed them inside. ugh it hurts. but to lighten the mood, here are some quotes :).

🪴 QUOTES🪴

WARREN: Here's something I've never told anyone...and I wake up because Karen is having sex with somebody in the next room!
I never found out who it was but I did see her being a little flirty with our lighting tech so, anyway, I think Karen had a thing with Bones
(…pages later...)
I swear to you, Karen had this "I just got laid" vibe to her all night. And I was convinced Bones was lighting her special.

Who the fuck do you think you are, cheating on me? You think there's a woman alive who is better than what you have?

But music is never about music. If it was, we'd be writing songs about guitars. But we don't. We write songs about women.
Women will crush you, you know? I suppose everybody hurts everybody, but women always seem to get back up, you ever notice that? Women are always still standing.

That's how it was back then. I was just supposed to be the inspiration for some man's great idea.
Well, fuck that.
That's why I started writing my own stuff.
I had absolutely no interest in being somebody else's muse.
I am not a muse.
I am the somebody.
End of fucking story.

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[ i warned you]

From: Camila Dunne
To: Julia Dunne Rodriguez, Susana Dunne, Maria Dunne
Date: November 5, 2012 11:41 P.M.
Subject: Your Dad
Hi Girls,
I need your help.
After I’m gone, give your dad some time. And then please tell him to call Daisy Jones. Her number is in my date book in the second drawer of my nightstand.
Tell your father I said at the very least, the two of them owe me a song.
Love, Mom

GOD MY HEART WHAT BETTER WAY TO END A BOOK OMLLL

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anyways ⚠️Triggers⚠️
drugs/alcohol/sex abuse, infidelity, mental illness, violence, abortion & child loss, death, trauma

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dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I loved the way this was written. The interview style was really interesting. I think it was cool to get a peak inside the music scene of the 70s. Obviously fiction, but it was definitely inspired by real bands at the time. I thought it was overall a good story of finding yourself and how to love people well.

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