Daisy Jones & The Six 5⭐️/5
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
5⭐️/5
There’s a agreed upon social and cultural understanding of what that phrase means, what it brings to mind: 70’s icons, paisley prints, feathered hair, lines of coke, late hours, tortured artists, psychedelic drugs, peace & love, but how well do we really understand it? How much insight do we really have on the rock & roll era of the 1970’s in America?
Taylor Jenkins Reid’s takes her readers on an intimate exploration of this romanticized period in time, in a way that both celebrates the innovation of many of these artists while also realizing its faults.
Daisy Jones & The Six tells the tale of a fake band’s rise to fame and their infamous breakup that will feel so real that you’ll begin to google their songs, only to remember you can’t listen to their songs on Spotify (or maybe that was just me?)
The reader follows along as the beautiful, talented, and destructive singer, Daisy Jones, crosses paths with the band on the rise: The Six. She also meets and has instant artistic chemistry with the intense, and newly sober, lead singer: Billy Dune. Their producer realizes that their path to success is for the two of them to collaborate and write their next album, what happens next none of them could have imagined in their wildest dreams.
What made this novel stand out the most was the narrative structure. It’s told in a documentary-style, where each character recounts their version of events to an interviewer, moving chronologically from the band’s beginnings to their fast lifestyle of stadiums, studios, and hotel rooms.
I heard from many people that this made for a terrific audiobook, which I could definitely understand and would recommend if you had trouble getting into this book.
The way it’s told using multiple, sometimes conflicting, perspectives, lends itself to an audiobook format. Each of the characters has such a distinct voice (the result of good writing) that I could easily imagine it coming across like an actual documentary.
My second (but certainly not my last!) TJR read!