Review: Daisy Jones and the Six

Daisy Jones and the Six
By Taylor Jenkins Reid

Published By: Penguin Books
Publication Date: March 5, 2019
Date Read: February 20, 2023
Genre: Adult – Historical Fiction
Source: Bought
Format: Audiobook
Pages: 405

From Goodreads:
A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous break up.

Everyone knows Daisy Jones & The Six, but nobody knows the real reason why they 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 and 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.

Another band getting noticed is The Six, 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 the key to supercharged success is to put the two together. What happens next will become the stuff of legend.

“Passion is… it’s fire. And fire is great, man. But we’re made of water. Water is how we keep living. Water is what we need to survive.”

Taylor Jenkins Reid is an author I have seen around the book world quite a lot recently. Mainly her Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo book, but I had not read any of her work. I know a lot of people who absolutely adore her books, but there’s just something that stopped me from picking them up. Maybe because they’re mainly historical and I am more of a fantasy reader. But after I saw the trailer for the adaptation of Daisy Jones and the Six, I decided to finally add this on onto my TBR. Then it sat on my TBR for a while. I have been in the biggest book slump ever, and after hearing wonderful things about the audio edition of this one I decided to give it a try. Holy shit! Why have I not picked this one up before now?! This book has my whole freaking heart. I love it so much, there are no words!

Daisy Jones and the Six is very different from the books that I usually read. Firstly, it is written as an interview script. I know that would be enough for some people to write it off, but I’ve read some books that were written wholly through letters and enjoyed them, so this didn’t put me off. I decided to listen to the audiobook of this and oh my word… I am so glad that I did! As it is written as an interview script, each character has its own narrator. This is the first full cast audiobook that I have listened to and I will definitely be on the lookout for more. The audio edition was phenomenal.

This book tells the story of a fictional 70s rock band, and all the ups and downs that come with it. Right from the start I was obsessed. I absolutely loved Daisy Jones, and I was so invested in her story right from the start. This book will throw your heart through the wringer. I felt every emotion. Happiness, sadness, heartbreak… everything. I adored every single moment of this phenomenal book and this will be a re-read for me… over and over and over. I loved it so much that the day I finished the audiobook, I went and bought the physical copy just so I could have one to hold. It’s just such a beautiful story of loss and love and music and just every hard thing in life that can happen. I just felt every word. It was absolute perfection!

Daisy Jones and the Six is utterly brilliant in every way. And it has definitely made me realise that I need to branch out more and read some genres that are different to my typical read. I loved this book so much, and it has definitely cured my reading slump. While Daisy Jones and the Six was my first book by Taylor Jenkins Reid it will definitely not be my last. I can’t wait to read more from her. If you’ve been debating reading this book… please do! I am so glad I took a chance, and a leap outside of my comfort zone as it definitely paid off.

“I used to think soulmates were two of the same. I used to think I was supposed to look for somebody that was like me. I don’t believe in soulmates anymore and I’m not looking for anything. But if I did believe in them, I’d believe your soulmate was somebody who had all the things you didn’t, that needed all the things you had. Not somebody who’s suffering from teh same stuff you are.”

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