Saturday, July 4, 2020

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid



Everyone knows Daisy Jones & The Six: The band's album Auroracame to define the rock 'n' roll era of the late seventies, and an entire generation of girls wanted to grow up to be Daisy. But no one knows the reason behind the group's split on the night of their final concert at Chicago Stadium on July 12, 1979 . . . 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.
 

MY REVIEW: 3.5 Stars ⭐️ 

Yeah, like so many others, I’m gonna say it! I enjoyed Evelyn Hugo more!! This was fantastic on Audio with a full 5 star cast though! The overall story was good, but I’m not sure how much I would have liked it if I read the physical copy. 

I related to Daisy on a few things. I enjoyed the characters and found the book a bit sad. I will admit I thought they were a real group at first!! Anyhoo, happy Reading. 

Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾

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