Daisy Jones & The Six is the latest release from author Taylor Jenkins Reid. It was everywhere I looked when it was published earlier this year, and I was so delighted when Penguin Random House sent me a copy to review. I absolutely loved The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, and I couldn't wait to read another book by this author.
What happened to the (fictional) 70s rock band Daisy Jones & The Six? What caused them to suddenly break up when they seemed to be on top of the world?
Told in a documentary/oral history style, this novel answers those questions. From the exhilarating highs to the tragic lows, we learn what brought Daisy Jones & The Six together, along with what would ultimately tear them all apart.
This book really worked for me. The interview format makes it a quick read, and I think it's worth the hype it's getting. I'm not a 70s music guru even a little bit, and I loved it. I can tell that Taylor Jenkins Reid is an excellent writer because as she describes the emotion behind the creation of the songs, I would feel the tension between Daisy Jones and Billy Dunne (lead singer of The Six) and ache to hear the music in real life as I was reading. At the back of the book you can find the lyrics to the (again, entirely fictional) Daisy Jones & The Six album. I can't begin to imagine how much work and research went into writing not only this book but an entire rock and roll album as well! I'm excited to hear that Daisy Jones & The Six is going to be an Amazon Original Miniseries. It's easy to envision this as a real documentary as you're reading it.
Lastly, and importantly, similar to The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Taylor Jenkins Reid does an exceptional job at giving a voice to women and the vastly different paths our lives may lead. I don't want to share more on this because it's spoilery, so I'll simply say that how she writes female characters really stands out to me.
Daisy Jones & The Six is the type of book that will appeal to many different types of readers. I even bought seven copies to gift to all of my son's teachers at the end of the school year!
Thank you again to Penguin Random House Canada for sending a complementary copy my way to read and gush over.
xo
Jenn
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