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Daisy Jones & The Six, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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meg_'s review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

Struggling with how to rate/review this because I don't want other's hype and opinions to impact my feelings on this. This is objectively a really good book. The thing about Taylor Jenkins Reid's books is that the development of each character is seriously perfection. Each character is so well fleshed out and complex and I just love reading each of their individual stories. This story was special because the dynamic between each band member and their kind of revolution around Daisy and Billy was so interesting. And obviously Daisy and Billy's dynamic is so strained but also sooooo good. I absolutely love yearning and angst in a love story and this definitely had that to the extreme.

The biggest struggle I had in enjoying this is obviously that Billy is married throughout this whole thing. It's a story about a rock band back in the day so there will clearly be some wild shit but I just absolutely despise cheating plots and struggled a lot with that part of this story. Especially because Camilla was such a lovely person and wonderful friend. It was hard to read, but I know that this author loves to write hard to read stories. I have mixed feelings on this one for sure, but I know most people would and will love it.

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bashsbooks's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

Daisy Jones & the Six is another great book by Taylor Jenkins Reid. If I were going to nitpick, I would say her style of an 11th hour child-related plot twist only really works the first time (and I read Evelyn Hugo before I got StoryGraph), but that is a minor thing. The ending also feels a little abrupt. But I love the level of detail, and the inclusion of the lyrics from the album in the back. I love the messy tension between Billy and Daisy. I love fictionalized versions of things we tend to use to share the truth, like a documentary or like an academic paper (House of Leaves ftw), and this obviously delivered in that realm. I wish I had listened to it as audiobook, but by the time I realized that was the best format, I wanted to read the book too much to wait for that version.

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moraina's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Daisy Jones & The Six brings more depth to classic rockstars that were wrapped up in drugs, sex, and music. Written interview-style, different perspectives of events are provided throughout the book and you can see how things affected everyone, particularly the actions of troubled Billy and Daisy. I enjoyed the focus on songwriting, relationships amongst the band members, and the hopeful ending. I definitely would recommend if you’re a fan of music from this time period!

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