Taylor Jenkins ReidDaisy Jones & The Six: Reese's Book Club: A Novel

This was surprisingly a roller-coaster 5star read for me this year. 😱😱😱I had read the Seven Wives of Evelyn Hugo last year and while it was an interesting read, I didn’t love it as much as reviews raved about it. I was soo not prepared for this. I had to pick it up after the final book in the fantasy series I was reading got delayed being published and so I wasn’t really in the mindset for this genre.But Wow! First, the way this was written was definitely interesting and unexpected. So much that I actually thought this was based on a true story! 😅 It’s not. It may have some inspirations but it’s a fictional band. But she wrote this so well, I really thought this was a documentary on a real band! 🤣🤣🤣Secondly, the characters she created were so different and interesting, they felt so real! I really truly thought I was living in the 70s when I read this book and I felt what the characters felt then.And lastly, I rode this rollercoaster of emotions in this book. I felt everything and the heartbreak. My goodness! I cried and my heart broke and that’s not often when I’m reading. I almost had to stagger reading this because sometimes the emotions felt a lot. So real and I wasn’t sure I could handle it all at once. But the lines that were written in this book and the love that was fought for was unreal! I’m in awe. And I’m rooting for Camila Dunne. Love love love her character.Not a lot of spice but the rollercoaster ride is worth it! 5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Book condition: Book was new and without any misprints or physical blemishes.Book Review: I don’t know how TJR does it but both books I’ve read by her had me fully invested and I just couldn’t put it down! There’s just something about her writing style that just instantly draws you in and immerses you within the story she’s telling. This genre isn’t one I’d usually pick but so far she has yet to disappoint! I know some people weren’t a fan of the fact that the book reads like an interview transcript, but I think it was a nice change of pace. Most books are told solely from the POV of one main character and we see the other characters and the plot through their eyes. In this case, I kind of liked how with the transcripts we hear from everybody at once and you can see the differences of how someone told themselves it happened and how others saw it happen. Did we get to dig deep into the characters the way we did in her Evelyn Hugo book? No, but considering how many characters there were in this one I don’t see how it would have worked without making the book longer than it needed to be. Was the book as emotional as some made it out to be? Once again, no, not in my opinion. Yes the ending was sad, but not so much that I was ready to shed a tear. Also the interviewer plot twist kind of reminded me of the set up for her Evelyn Hugo book too and in a way felt unnecessary. I enjoyed the fact that she included the full lyrics to the songs she wrote for the book at the end so you can read them fully to connect with and understand those parts of the story better. I don’t quite know how I feel about the ending yet. It almost feels like both the band and the story came to an abrupt end, but that may be the point. That just, like in real life, not all stories have a happy fairy tale ending. At least not in the way you may think or hope it would end. Although with that, I do kind of like that everyone individually seemed to find their own version of happiness in the end. Now that I have finished the book, I’d like to watch the show and see if it did the book justice. I wasn’t as obsessed with this book as I was with The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, but it was still a great book! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Super fun and relatable read!Great flow and closure at the endVery informative and interesting story lineLoved it

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid is a very highly recommended account of sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll via the history and breakup of a legendary fictional 70's rock band. This one is a winner.Daisy Jones, the daughter of a famous artist and a French model, grew up in LA in the late 1960's. At fourteen she started hanging out at the famous clubs on the Sunset Strip and drinking and doing drugs followed. Her friend, disco singer Simone, is the only one trying to look out for her. Daisy is a free spirited "it" girl who is first noticed for her looks, but soon has her voice capturing the attention of those with influence and she is signed with Runner Records.Billy Dunne and his brother Graham started the band that eventually grew and took off to become The Six. Billy is the song writer and charismatic front man for the band and has artistic control over the group. On their first tour, Billy went wild and nearly ruined his marriage to Camila, who was pregnant with their first child. After the tour he went to rehab and his overwhelming goal beyond making it big with The Six, is to stay sober and faithful to Camila and their family.After they have one hit where Daisy sings with Billy on one of his songs, Runner Records decides that Billy and Daisy need to work together. While they are both dynamic on their own, when they sing together they are extraordinary, electric, and transcendent. Billy doesn't want Daisy as part of his band, but they end up working together writing the songs on the album that produced some of the biggest hits in the seventies. No one knew the story behind the band and the split that ended it all - until now.Daisy Jones & The Six is written like a documentary novel, an oral history, with quotes from the band members, Billy, Daisy, Camila, and Simone. All the characters are written with unique voices in their comments so you can tell who is talking even if you didn't note their name. While reading you can't help but envision the video in your mind, flipping between comments from the different people involved in Daisy Jones & The Six. This is part of what makes the book so amazing. You will easily believe this was a real band and real members are being interviewed. You will be surprised once you learn who is conducting the interviews and asking the questions.The plot unfolds through the oral history interviews, starting with their beginnings up to their rise to fame. Reid definitely sets her story in the time and place of the late sixties to the late seventies. The clashes, struggles, and power of Billy and Daisy working together, writing the music, is captured perfectly. This really is a riveting and unforgettable novel; my attention was captured right at the start and held fast to the end. Remarkably, at the end of the book Reid has written all the lyrics for the songs. Need I mention that the writing is amazing? Well, it is an incredibly well-written book and captured my attention from beginning to end. I simple could not read it fast enough as I was desperate to learn what happened next.(When I first read the synopsis for Taylor Jenkins Reid's Daisy Jones & The Six, I immediately tried to get a review copy as I knew it would be a novel I would love. I never did get the advanced reading copy, but I was right to try as this is an amazing novel. Now I need to find time to read Reid's The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.)

Great quick read, highly recommend. An inside scoop of rockstar life

Es un libro bastante ameno de leer una vez que te enganchas con la historia. Los personajes son legendarios y realmente puedes ver esa influencia de las bandas de rock (Fletwood Mac) en cada uno, especialmente en Daisy y Billy. El formato de entrevista con el que se desarrolla el libro permite que el lector cree sus propias opiniones respecto a los hechos que se narran pues los personajes no son los más confiables por los propios intereses. Se tratra de una lectura que te lleva a través de la escena del rock entre los 60 y 70's del siglo pasado mientras lees sobre la banda más famosa que pudo haber en ese momento.

Ótima leitura.

Un roman que je voulais lire depuis longtemps, et c’est finalement en audio que je l’ai lu, ou devrais-je dire dévoré ! Car oui, je l’ai bouffé ce livre, tant la version audio était immersive.Comme pour les « Sept maris d’Evelyn Hugo », Taylor Jenkins Reid opte pour le format de l’interview/du récit confié à un tiers pour raconter son histoire, ici celle de l’ascension vers la gloire (et sa fin précipitée) d’un groupe de rock fictif dans l’Amérique psychédélique des années 70. Et quoi de mieux qu’une version audio, avec des comédiens différents pour incarner chaque personnage ?J’ai vraiment été plongée dans un univers musical qui me parle beaucoup, sachant que j’ai grandi avec des parents hippies sur les bords et fans de rock US des 70’s, donc forcément, toutes ces références m’ont parlée, et cela a forcément joué sur mon ressenti.J’ai adoré découvrir l’histoire de Daisy, voir la force du personnage de Camilla, voir Karen affirmer ses choix et tracer sa propre route. C’est un récit forcément subjectif, puisque chaque personnage livre sa perception et ses souvenirs, surtout délivré aussi longtemps après les évènements.Au-delà de l’histoire d’un groupe, c’est surtout celle de deux destins croisés : Daisy, ses addictions et ses désirs de reconnaissance VS Billy, son combat contre les addictions, sa volonté farouche de réussir dans la musique, quitte à s’affranchir des envies et opinions de ses amis et co-musiciens tout en faisant passer sa vie de famille (et la rédemption qui va avec) avant tout.Un récit intense et prenant, porté par le formidable travail d’interprétation des narrateurs, que j’ai dévoré avec un énorme plaisir. Maintenant, je suis curieuse de voir l’adaptation qu’Amazon Prime a sorti …

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