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“An explosive, dynamite, down-and-dirty look at a fictional rock band told in an interview style that gives it irresistible surface energy.”—Elin Hilderbrand
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Everyone knows DAISY JONES & THE SIX, but nobody knows the reason behind their split at the absolute height of their popularity . . . until now.
Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it’s the rock ’n’ roll she loves most. By the time she’s twenty, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things.
Also getting noticed is The Six, a band led by the brooding Billy Dunne. On the eve of their first tour, his girlfriend Camila finds out she’s pregnant, and with the pressure of impending fatherhood and fame, Billy goes a little wild on the road.
Daisy and Billy cross paths when a producer realizes that the key to supercharged success is to put the two together. What happens next will become the stuff of legend.
The making of that legend is chronicled in this riveting and unforgettable novel, written as an oral history of one of the biggest bands of the seventies. Taylor Jenkins Reid is a talented writer who takes her work to a new level with Daisy Jones & The Six, brilliantly capturing a place and time in an utterly distinctive voice.
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Several months ago there was a lot of hype about this book. I put the audiobook on reserve at my library and waited. And waited. Finally it was my turn. It’s not a long audiobook, about 9 hours so I got through it in a weekend. This was a very different book for me. It’s written as a series of interviews from members of a 1970s rock group called The Six, and a female singer named Daisy Jones who joins the group later. Through the interviews it tells the story of the band. I am glad that I decided to go with the audiobook over the text version. For the audiobook they had a different person reading for each character. I did really like that because it made it seem like I was actually listening to the band members reminiscing. Even though it’s fiction, the author makes you believe that this band actually existed. The author also did a good job making it seem like the 1970s. I’m not sure if the book lived up to all the hype. Sometimes I think it makes a book a little disappointing when it doesn’t wow me like I expected. There were no real exciting parts or anything, just stuff about the band and it’s members public and private lives, but this was still a good book. In the beginning I thought about giving up. I’m glad I stuck with it.
Done in an interesting interview style, the book just flows. Daisy and Billy are both incredible musical talents who together create number one songs, albums and live performances with Billy’s band “The Six.” But life as a pop star isn’t easy for any of the cast of characters. The book follows the group from garage band days to stardom to disbanding. Very readable and realistic. I actually Googled the characters’ names looking to see if there was a real band behind the book.
I really liked this story. The format may take some getting used to, but once you do get ready for a wild ride. I felt like i was with the characters.
It’s not as juicy as I thought it would be but it does transport back into the 70’s and its like a backstage pass into the life of this band and love how the characters are written and their lives and each persons emotional makeup. I did like the interview style of writing. Somethings I felt were predictable but it was overall just okay to me.
Killer book, especially on audio, with a huge cast to reflect all the voices that make up the story. Incredible casting that does justice to Taylor Jenkins Reid’s considerable gifts.
Difficult to get into, but quickly became a page turner!
I loved the narrative. This book was a pretty good surprise.
Really enjoyed this book! It was like VH1 behind the musics that I loved to watch as a kid with a unique way of writing the story with an interview style. Highly recommend to read an audiobook with different voices that made it a standout
One of my all-time favorite books.
Loved this book…uniquely told and didn’t play out how I expected. Plus it’s sex, drugs and rock n’ roll baby!
~ Claire
Really captures the feel of the nineteen seventies music scene! I couldn’t put it down.
I know you’ve probably heard all about this one already, but you should definitely read it. I am obsessed.
In the 1970s, Daisy Jones and the Six was one of the most popular bands ever… until their abrupt break up. Speculation was rampant, but no one knew the real reasons why until this inside, tell-all look at the band.
Lead singers, Billy and Daisy, were both forces to be reckoned with, but Daisy refused to be told what to do.
“I was just supposed to be the inspiration for some man’s great idea. I had absolutely no interest in being somebody else’s muse. I am not a muse. I am the somebody.” – Daisy Jones
I was duly impressed by this undertaking and cannot even imagine the amount of research involved. I could have done without all of the drug use, but obviously that was a huge part of the rock ‘n roll scene.
“Acceptance is a powerful drug, and I should know because I’ve done them all.” – Daisy Jones
Lastly, I am so glad I waited for the audiobook version of this book and cannot say enough good things about it! It was like listening to a real documentary about a real life band. I absolutely loved that there were different narrators for each of the characters, and not just different voices by the same narrator.
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I received an advance copy of this book. All opinions are my own.
I read this book for book club; otherwise, I would not have picked it up. That said, it is really good, and I am so glad that I read it. The interview format makes the story move along quickly, and it is wonderful to learn everyone’s perspective of events. The characters are not always likable, but they are well drawn and compelling. Recommended for lovers of the ’70s and music fans.
This is a great book
This was a brilliant book. It’s told from an interview perspective of different band members and their rise to fame in the ‘70s. It’s so engaging that I wanted the band to be real. I was engrossed in each band member and their discovery. And in the midst of all the rising fame are two love stories. Well actually three. I just can’t write how perfect this book is. Amazon is adapting a miniseries about this book and I can’t wait for that to come out!
I guess I am the perfect age to love this book. I couldn’t put it down and I am looking forward to the series with music!
Amazing look at mindsets and personalities of those who provided the sound tracks of our lives.
I’m a sucker for a rock doc or VH1 Behind the Music, so when I read the blurb this book went to the to of my TBR stack. Toss The Last Waltz, Almost Famous, and Fleetwood Mac’s Rumors album into a blender and you’ll get Daisy Jones and the Six. I loved every word in this book, and spent a better part of ten minutes searching Spotify for their music after I’d finished it, only to remember the band was fictional. Sigh. So, so good!
I shouldn’t have liked this book. It’s not really my style. I’m not a fan of books all about dialogue. I love heady descriptive books. But Daisy Jones and the Six – it’s like nothing I’ve ever read before. I didn’t like it, I loved it.
It’s all about dialogue but in the dialogue you find the story building, and the descriptive that I love is conjured in the mind not on the page. From the tension between Daisy and Billy Dunne on the stage to the shooting of Aurora album cover, I felt like I was there. Capturing the memories and seeing it unfold before my eyes.
Fleetwood MAC songs were running on a chain through my mind. So good that I even took the plunge to get the audio version and I hate audio more than I hate books that are all about the dialogue.
Taylor Jenkins Reid has become a fast favourite.