BOOK REVIEW
Daisy Jones & The Six
AUTHOR - JENKINS REID
Daisy Jones & The Six. Sex, drugs & rock and roll…the life of a rockstar…but what goes on behind the smoke curtain? Dare to go back stage on the lives of one of the biggest (fictional) rockbands of the 70’s and find out.
About the book
“Daisy Jones and The Six” by Taylor Jenkins Reid, 2019. It is classified for its literary genre under fiction. Jenkins Reid is inspired by the real life rockband’s Fleetwood Mac drama, according to the authors own words.
Book recommended by Reese Whiterspoon’s book club.
Story Line
The story follows the lives of the six, actually seven members of “The Six ” rock band (spoiler alert, one of the original members had to be replaced, hence the seven members mentioned. As well as the life of Daisy Jones, singer who joins the band making it “Daisy Jones & The Six”
We get all the tea of what was going on when the new conjoined band came to be, as well as all the drama that lead to where each member is at now.
“Daisy Jones and The Six” by Jenkins Reid, book cover.
Favorite Quotes
Some of my favorite quotes, which I highlighted while reading:
- “On matters both big and small, sometimes
accounts of the same event differ. The truth often lies, unclaimed, in the
middle.”
- “Was just supposed to be the inspiration for some man’s great idea.”
“What makes you so special that you get to be safe. The world doesn´t make much sense.”
- “You have these lines you won’t cross. But then you cross them. And suddenly you possess the very dangerous information that you can break the rules.”
- “It hurts to care about someone more than they care about themselves.”
Feelings.
- “That kind of feeling where…you know you’re in a time of your life you’ll remember forever.”
“When someone’s presence gives you energy, when it riles up something in you-the way Daisy did for me- you can turn that energy into lust or love or hate.”
Relatable thoughts.
- “Potential is pure fuckin’ joy.”
- “There’s just a quality that some people have.” Like Mick Jagger.
- “Billy couldn’t fake anything. When he was in pain or when he was joyful, you could feel it.”
- “I was great at lying to myself.”
Characters’ thoughts.
- “ I think you have to have faith in people before
they earn it. Otherwise it’s not faith, right?”
- “Daisy sort of floated through the world, oblivious to the way it really worked.”
- “She could barely handle being alone. Always calling people to come over, always begging me not to get off the phone.”
- “It’s like some of us are chasing after our
nightmares the way other people chase dreams.”
- “…when I looked at Daisy, wet and bleeding and out of it and half-neat falling down, I did not think, Thank God I stopped using. I thought; She knows how to have fun.”
Praise & Critique
- Originality. The interview form is pretty original for a story, and even though it is a story based on drama that has happened in real life, it is told with original characters in an original way.
- Relatable. As I mentioned before, the fact that the author makes sure the story line is told from each of the band members’ perspective, helps to empathize and see things from each characters’s perspective.
- Personal taste. I just loved the way the truth is portrayed, the good, the bad, the ugly. How Daisy Jones is so free from others’ opinions yet so dependant on substances. The pros and cons to being a rockstar, the allure and the downfall. You get to feel real feelings of wanting something you shouldn’t want, not knowing if the fact that you shouldn’t want it is the only reason you do.
- Artistic writting form. The author surely does a great job at investigating real life rock band stories from the 70’s and uses the vocabulary that was hip at the time. I highly appreciate all of this, I’ve surely learned a thing or two about that dated culture, by having to google some of the references.
- Addictiveness. It is not the type of book that is packed with cliff hangers or suspense, however I consider it to be a good page turner.
I don’t want to spoil the story, so I’m just going to say that an event in the ending seemed just a little too “convenient”, allowing previous “what ifs” to be a real possibilty now. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but it is just TOO convenient.
Recommendation
This book is full of drama, which makes an easy read. It also does a great job at making yourself get inmersed in the 70’s rockband world, learning what was normal which now would be frowned upon. The way love is portrayed as a choice rather than a feeling is highly appreciated, it is the truth about love, which a lot of us are not willing to accept. Fully recommended.
Rating
I give out a star for each of the following parameters, met with excelency according to my personal opinion.
- Originality.
- Relatable.
- Personal taste.
- Artistic writting form.
- Addictiveness .
Results:
5/5 stars
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