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Daisy Jones & The Six, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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hannasandmann's review

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I went into this book not knowing that the book was fiction and only found out when I started researching the characters because I wanted to see photographs of them.
A message wasn't missing from the book either, which could easily have happened.
I just wanted to fill a reading gap and unexpectedly stumbled upon this. So great!

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kellerbean's review against another edition

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Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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marbrihern's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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parchment_and_papyrus's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.5

Wow. That’s the first thing I want to say, just wow.

Daisy Jones and the Six is the story of the spectacular rise and equally magnificent fall of one of the most iconic bands of the 1970s. The book chronicles their respective journey through the small-town circuits, hard graft, rising fame, tours, and the process of making their award-winning album. And it answers the one question on everyone’s mind, why did they throw it all in at the blink of an eye?

First off, this book is not your traditional novel. It’s not set out as you would expect. Throw out your usual narrative and say hello to a chronicle of interviews. Wait, don’t let that put you off! It works. TJR orders each fictional interview so that accounts from each person present gives you all the detail you will ever need and the bonus, all the perspectives you could ever want. She even goes as far as giving slightly differing accounts, giving it such a realistic quality that I had to google if the band existed!

It’s a bit of a slow burn to start with so give it some time. There are some strong foundations that she must build. But once you get into the second half you feel like you’re on a runaway train and it’s never going to stop. There will be very little that will be more important than reading that next chapter in that book, I promise you!

The character development is out of this world. You cry for them, hope for them, plead with them, hate them, love them. It’s spectacular. I’ve read very few books that make you want two people to be together so much and so little. That you wish they could have this amazing relationship but knowing they would destroy each other.

There are just so many things that I wish I could gush about so here’s a quick low down. There are wonderful moments in the book shining a light on the human condition. There is an amazing passage about what it’s like to love someone with an addiction. How surrounding yourself with the right people can have such a profound effect on the outcomes of your life. That both life as a mother and life as a childless woman are equally valid and fulfilling existences. That a stranger’s kindness can save you in moments of doubt.

I know it’s an amazing book when it makes me laugh out loud or brings a tear to my eye and this book did the latter. There is a conversation between two characters who love the same man, and that conversation has such a theme of sisterhood and love that it ends up being both their salvations.

It’s the slow start that is the only thing stopping me awarding it five stars. If you haven’t already read it, please make it your next read.

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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

taylor swift songs that embody this book:
- august (daisy)
- midnight rain (karen and graham)

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jastran_'s review against another edition

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dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

this book has truly changed my life.

these characters all feel so real to me. i can’t believe they don’t really exist. i wish i could hug daisy :(

i can’t wait to watch the show :)

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elledanie's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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bucknife's review

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reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

There was not even a fraction of enough build up or tension for any of the huge plot points in the narrative to matter as much as they should have. The characterization wavered so much though it started out so strong and that was disappointing. The band’s level of success made no since from the events described and there was no romance between Daisy and Billy, it felt forced and like a shitty enemies-to-lovers at times. I did read this in two days and I couldn’t ever put it down but in the end it was just lacking. I like the made up version in my head more than the reality of it, now I’m actually excited to see how the show changes it (and makes it more interesting because in the end it really isn’t as interesting of a story as it sells itself to be). Also there was a touch of soap opera corniness and ridiculousness that’s kind of hard to ignore at times - an Italian Prince, for instance. And I don’t like the writing of it enough to pick up any of TJR’s other books but I didn’t completely hate it, I had a fun time reading it’s just that the execution was such a let down to the great concept.

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freyaboobac's review

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emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

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masoncasper's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I can’t give this book a high enough rating. It was absolutely phenomenal from the beginning to end. The idea of a fictionalised oral history of a 70s rock band in this honest, brutal, and magical way is so unique and special you just have to read the book to get the whole effect. The themes of womanhood, love, music, and stability echo through the pages but the manipulation of memory is so characteristic and well developed you have to kudos the author. Amazing amazing book I will read again and again.

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