A review by arieloley
Daisy Jones & The Six, by Taylor Jenkins Reid
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
fast-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
3.75
I wasn’t expecting this book to grip me in the way that it did. While the documentary form was originally jarring and I was worried about getting distracted by it, it soon became easy to follow. The author did a great job of giving every character - and there are many - their own unique voice and maintaining them.
The description of love and faith in this book is unlike one that I’ve encountered before. At one point, a character says a phrase similar to, “you have to have faith before it’s earned, or it isn’t faith.” and that one phrase had a significant and deep impact on me.
I originally wanted to rate the book a 3.5. The last 40-50 pages bumped it up to a 4 - there’s a twist that I genuinely didn’t expect, but it added a layer of vulnerability that I didn’t even know was missing. However, after the emotions wore off, I jumped back down to a 3.75 for a few reasons. The felt rushed and I felt he deserved a bit more time and justice. Also, there are nuances about addiction that just weren’t captured, which I recognize is difficult if you don’t have personal experience - and it’s only an assumption that the author does
not, but it does seem like it. As well, I feel that this book, in the end, still ended up being about a girl who loved a guy and it didn’t work out. While it was definitely more nuanced than that, it feels like the book tried the whole time to not be that, but it turned out to be that kind of story the whole time. It wasn’t a bad thing, per se, but it did feel like a bit of a cop out.
Overall, however, very real and emotional and honest and vulnerable. Would definitely reread.
The description of love and faith in this book is unlike one that I’ve encountered before. At one point, a character says a phrase similar to, “you have to have faith before it’s earned, or it isn’t faith.” and that one phrase had a significant and deep impact on me.
I originally wanted to rate the book a 3.5. The last 40-50 pages bumped it up to a 4 - there’s a twist that I genuinely didn’t expect, but it added a layer of vulnerability that I didn’t even know was missing. However, after the emotions wore off, I jumped back down to a 3.75 for a few reasons. The
Spoiler
death of Teddynot, but it does seem like it. As well, I feel that this book, in the end, still ended up being about a girl who loved a guy and it didn’t work out. While it was definitely more nuanced than that, it feels like the book tried the whole time to not be that, but it turned out to be that kind of story the whole time. It wasn’t a bad thing, per se, but it did feel like a bit of a cop out.
Overall, however, very real and emotional and honest and vulnerable. Would definitely reread.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction and Domestic abuse
Minor: Death and Death of parent