Review: Daisy Jones & The Six

 

So today I decided to try a different format where the cover of the book would be on the right instead of the left. Y'all gotta tell me which side y'all prefer the book cover to be though, cuz it's kinda confusing. Anygays, on with the blog.

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, follows the story of a band by the same name, at the height of their career. Everyone knows about Daisy Jones, young, full of life, dancing and singing barefoot and always wearing her signature bangles. The Six are also the band that everyone loves, with Billy Dunne as its leader. When a producer decides to put them together, it apparently seems like the music industry is going to reach it's peak, something that might have never happened before.

QUICK THOUGHTS AND REVIEW: 4.5/5, I really enjoyed this book, quite a different style from normal fiction but really enjoyable.

PROS:

1. Plot: 10/10, seriously, I mean, I was really skeptical of starting this book. I mean, most of the time what happens is that when a book is hyped, my mind is automatically programmed to not like it. Its not really the book's fault, it's like my mind is trained to hate the things people normally tend to enjoy.

2. The vibe: I love the 70s bands. Fleetwood consists of one of the top bands of the 70s  I actually enjoyed. And seriously, you can get the vibe of the 70s from the book, even though its not really described that much, it's just there. Through the characters, you can actually guess what's happening and you can imagine yourself in that place. And I think that's what the book makes it so damn awesome. The atmosphere is nostalgic and makes you want to go back to the good ol' days.

3. Characterization: OH man, THIS is something I'd like to talk about. These folks aren't Mary Sues or Marty Stu's and it's wonderful.  These folks are ankle deep in drugs and shit and yet they're hanging tough. That's relatable, except I'm not doing drugs. Coffee is enough. Yeah, what I mean is that these folks have a fuckton of problems and yet none of it's affecting their music. And Billy becoming sober for his daughter and his girls was the most wholesome thing I've ever seen. The characters growing with one another, the conflicts and problems. Daisy and Simone's friendship, I want that. And also Camilla, that woman's an angel. She's not perfect but she's so freaking understanding.

4. Narration: Okay, the narration was not like anything I've seen, and seriously I adore it. It's just like a documentary, except it's in the form of a book. I love documentaries, I've been devouring them ever since I was a kid and it really clicked with me that this book was something like that too. Everyone's telling a story and they wouldn't make sense if they were apart, but they somehow do. It's all a hot gooey mess and it's an amazingly hot goofy mess. It just melted and poured itself into something and out came out something awesome. I LOVED IT.

CONS:

1. At some point, I felt like the events were going too fast for my liking. I was having some trouble to catch up and I had to take a break from reading it. Otherwise I would have finished it in one sitting.

OVERALL, A GOOD READ, something that could definitely give you perspective.