![]() Cassidy Serhienko Simply put, this book is incredible. Funny, sad and captivating, Daisy Jones and the Six has it all. It’s obvious why it’s already being called one of the best books of 2019 and why Daisy Jones is inspiring everyone to get a shag. It’s a quick read, I finished it in one sitting, but it’s by no means a light one. It explores drug addiction, recovery, and the pitfalls of falling in love with a rockstar. If you haven’t read this book already, you have to. As someone who definitely did not grow up during the 70’s, the author does a fantastic job of setting the scene, especially considering the book is told entirely through interview transcripts. A strategy that could make world building a little tricksy, but Jenkins Reid makes it seem effortless. Even though very few of the characters were actually likable, you felt each of their triumphs and losses acutely. I thought that this was a very interesting way of exploring drug addiction and the party scene for musicians in this time period. (SPOILERS) With Billy spiraling and then getting clean only to watch Daisy hit rock bottom, you see different stages of the same battle throughout the entire novel. Though it would have been very easy to focus solely on Billy and Daisy, I thought the lives of the other band members was woven in seamlessly. Karen and Graham’s doomed relationship and Eddie’s growing dissatisfaction with the band only heightened the more turbulent relationship of Billy and Daisy. You could feel their starpower and charisma, but you could also see how self-absorbed they were as they hardly spared a second on the heartaches of their bandmates. At the same time you could hardly blame them. You could just see that they had that unquantifiable and undefinable something that makes people stars. My only complaint is that Taylor Jenkins Reid wrote a band and songs I desperately want to listen to and can’t, at least until the mini-series is released (Thank God for Reese Witherspoon).
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