Taylor Jenkins Reid's brilliant portrayal of a fictional 1970s rock band's rise and fall is told as a series of interviews with band members and their family and friends. All try to answer the question of what happened to Daisy Jones and the Six after a fateful performance at Chicago Stadium, but the real story is somewhere in the haze of love affairs, addictions, ego, and jealousy. For any rock fan who dreams of knowing the truth behind the music.

“I had absolutely no interest in being somebody else’s muse. I am not a muse. I am the somebody. End of fucking story.”

And so begins the story of Daisy Jones and the Six. Told as if you are watching Behind the Music on VH1, this book follows the rise and fall of the fictitious mega-hit band. I say fictitious because several times while reading this book I had to Google to make sure that this band was in fact fictitious. Admittedly I had a hard time getting into this book. It is written as if you are reading actual transcripts of actual interviews with the band, their promoters and agents. The format of the book made it hard for me to initially engage with the characters. But friends urged me on to keep reading, and I am so glad I did. If anyone could make me read a book outside my normal genre or in a different format, it would be Taylor Jenkins Reid.

This is not just a story about Daisy. Or Billy. Or any one band member. It is a story about the music industry and about the rise to stardom and so much more. The characters in this book came alive for me, as I watched their rise to stardom. And I felt right there with them as I watched everything fall apart. This was a wonderfully written story, albeit in an experimental format, and I can’t wait to see it come to life in the upcoming mini series.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book!

Taylor Jenkins Reid imbues the fictional title band with real life. The oral history approach is unique and engaging. I "heard" the songs in my head while reading!

I absolutely devoted this book! It was a bit difficult to get into, given the format but once I did it was so hard to put down. I loved billy and Camilla’s relationship and how it overcame every obstacle. I loved Daisy as a character, my only gripe was that it never really said if she overcame addiction.

Another thing I loved about this book was how many parallels I found from The Six and Fleetwood Mac. I will recommend this book to EVERYONE.

Sex, drugs and rock 'n roll are the backdrop for Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid.

Set in the 1970s, the story is told in an interview style that I found enlightening and different than the norm. It was a nice way to see different points of view at the same time. We see the beginning of the Six, a band started by Billy and Graham Dunne. They also gain a drummer, additional guitars and a keys player, through Warren, Eddie, Peter and Karen, to round out the sound for the band. Once they get signed it turns out to be more than any of them ever hoped for. Eventually, The Six get a record deal with Runner records where they end up being joining forces with Daisy Jones.

Daisy is a spitfire born in Las Vegas and introduced to the club/bar scene at a very young age. She is a groupie with an amazing voice and presence all her own that eventually gets her a record deal with Runner records. By this point, Daisy is already fighting her own demons with uppers, downers and booze. The joining of Daisy Jones and the Six ends up being more than any of them could ever imagine. They reach a new kind of fame they could have only dreamed of. With fame comes more temptation and bigger egos, however. We get to see the ups and downs of stardom with all the members of the band.

This is a quick read enhanced by the interview writing structure and I found myself immediately absorbed in the atmosphere projected to us. Taylor Jenkins Reid has also made a playlist on Spotify that enhances the reading experience. The lyrics for the songs from the Aurora album are also included at the end of the book. I can easily see why this will make a great show series in the near future thanks to Reese Witherspoon.

I rarely read contemporary realistic fiction but this title is fascinating and a page-turner. I will recommending it to patrons looking for contemporary edgy fiction, quick reads, and fiction about rock/alternative musicians

This book was great! It was like reading the story of your favorite It Band of the 70s and finding out the story behind the gossip.

I have read one other book One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid and I loved it. Ugh.. and unfortunately this one missed the mark :(.

I have been seeing raving 5 star reviews and TONS of hype for this one. So, naturally I was convinced I would be giving this a 5 star. I am clearly in the minority on this one as usual haha ;).

I think I wasn't the right type of audience for this book.... because I was annoyed very quickly with the drugs, rock and roll, and sex. I couldn't connect with the content of the story and just lost my interest completely. I found this super easy for me to put down and I had the hardest time picking it back up to finish. That to me is not a good sign at all.

So many others have enjoyed this novel so I wouldn't have my review stop you from reading this one :).

Thank you so much to Random House Publishing Group Ballantine and Netgalley for the arc in exchange for my honest review.

Publication date: 3/5/19
Published to Goodreads: 1/31/19

TJR can do no wrong in my book! As soon as I saw this book, I knew I would have to get my hands on it! A HUGE thank you to NetGalley and Ballantine books for the ARC. Daisy Jones and The Six is the story of the rise and fall of a fictional rock band from the 1970's. An absolute icon in the entertainment world, gorgeous, and stubborn, she is haunted by an all-consuming vice and forbidden love. I thought the format of the book was really interesting and a total change from the typical TJR style, but it was so great! I loved it! The characters and the development of them were PERFECT. I literally felt like I was thrown back into the days of VH1 and Fleetwood Mac! Such a fun book and I know it will be a HUGE hit!

If this was for real, I'd be scouring iTunes right now and feverishly downloading Daisy Jone & the Six albums. If this was for real, I'd be Google imaging every photo to plaster on my walls like a teenager, searching album cover art and photos of outfits that Daisy Jones wore while floating in a pool in a drunken stupor at a party. If this was for real, I'd be saying "does MTV even PLAY videos anymore??" while clicking through channels on TV to find their newest video or Behind the Music special. WHY IS THIS NOT FOR REAL?!?!?!

THIS is the exact story you want to read about your favorite band. It's the fly-on-the-wall voyeuristic exclusive that details the lives and loves, the partying and drugs, of your favorite 70's band. I want this private glimpse into the stories of the Stones, the Beatles, for Janis and Clapton... it's the grittiest, most exclusive look at the forming of the band The Six, and eventual collaboration with the provocative and talented Daisy Jones. Told in documentary form, you root and cheer and cry and ache for every single member of the band, their entourage, their families. You wish you could hear every song and rock out at every live performance.

Clashing personalities, conflicting goals, ego, drugs, and passion all fuel the fire of this insanely popular cult-worthy band and the riveting story of it's rise and eventual fall. It's a dreamy landscape of free-thinking, 60s/70s rock-and-roll icons at their height and glory - riding on tour buses, smoking joints, and lashing out on guitars as forms of rebellion and individuality. It's an addicting story that's both mood and mind-altering, of when music had real emotion and grit, soul and feelings... and true rock stars that bared it all.

This book is racking up 5 star, essay-length reviews on Goodreads, rhapsodizing about the brilliance of it all. This was a solid 4 stars for me, mostly because the format of short, interview-like answers never allowed for good character development. Really, it read like a Rolling Stone interview more than a novel. Enjoyable? Absolutely. Ground-breaking? Nope. It wiil, though, make a fine TV series!

Unfortunately this one just wasn’t for me. I had a hard time getting into the story, I think because of the interview format. I’m in the minority here, and I normally love TJR. If you do too, still give this one a try.

I LOVED IT SO MUCH! I devoured this book in two days. Every time I put it down I kept thinking about it, the characters and their stories. The book is told in an interview format, kinda similar to the 7 husbands (which I also loved). Taylor Jenkins Reid writes amazing historical fiction novels. I wish daisy jones was a real person because she was just so interesting. Definitely going to buy this book when it comes out. Fingers crossed Taylor Jenkins Reid writes more books like the last few 👌🏻

"I think you have to have faith in people before they can earn it. Otherwise it's not faith, right?"
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six
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Alright, I'm going to put it out there. I went into this novel with high expectations. I love Taylor Jenkins Reid...Love her. Evelyn Hugo still returns back to my brain at least a year after reading it. I loved it.

I enjoyed Daisy Jones...it was a solid four stars for me. But still yet, I didn't quite fall for it like I did Evelyn. I'm not sure why. I am not a huge music person. I like music. I've spent money to go to concerts in my life...I have bought cd's and mp3's of my favorites (yes, I recognize I just dated myself)....but I am not invested in music. That is the only thing I can think of as to why it did not resonate with me as much. I adore Old Hollywood and that was Evelyn up one side and down another. Ok, that's as much as I can say as to why I was not scream from the rooftops in love with this novel.
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It would be a disservice to end there. I loved this book. I was completely invested in the characters. Taylor has a way with characters where they literally jump off the page. I still think Daisy Jones is a real life musician because...that's how Taylor writes. She is such an incredible talent and she will remain an auto buy author. I think you should read this book. It is not a sappy romance. It's gritty and real and I adored that. Go in with your expectations neutral. If you are a music lover...this is a must buy. It is absolutely reminiscent of the 1970's music scene. Taylor did her homework...and it shows.

Thank you to #netgalley and #randomhouse #ballantine for this galley of Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid. TJR is one of my favorite, go to authors and always gets me out of a reading slump.

When I first started this one, I was surprised to see that the entire book was written as an interview of the band, spouses, management, producers. I wasn't sure that I would love that format but I really did. It made for a fast read that constantly changes voice.

The story starts in 1965 with the introduction of Daisy Jones and her Hollywood childhood growing up on the Sunset Strip. Around that same time, the Dunne brothers start a band. The story follows Daisy and The Six thru separate story lines until they connect and record a song which eventually leads to Daisy joining the band.

Being set in the 70's, this is 100% sex, drugs and rock n roll. It is a miracle that these people survived to tell their stories.

Overall, I enjoyed the story especially since I am a huge music fan. I will say that this isn't my favorite TJR book but we can't have Evelyn Hugo all over again. With that being said, I still gave Daisy Jones and The Six a full 4 stars. It was entertaining, engaging and a great read. Go pre-order this one now. It is set to release on March 5 and will quickly become a bestseller.

I love reading celebrity biographies, particularly rock biographies. However, this one is unique in the fact that it's a fictional rock biography, and it's in oral history/interview format. When reading biographies, I find the oral history method the most fulfilling because it removes barriers; you're hearing it "straight from the horse's mouth".

This story is about a band from the seventies who had a fleeting moment of intense fame, but ironically exploded apart in orgasmic demise. Their music was of such a superb quality that it resonated throughout the decades, despite the band's short duration. They made the cover of Rolling Stone, rode on two giant tour buses (to separate hostile factions), and won Grammys. The surviving band members are interviewed decades later for this book.

My favorite characters in the book were Billy and Camila Dunne. They were inspiring. Billy was the leader of "The Six" band because of his talent at writing, his magnetic on stage persona, and his prowess at the mixing console. When it was time to make a new album, everyone looked to Billy for guidance. But Billy's mastery in the studio sometimes limited the musical experimentation and growth of other band members, causing resentment. In addition, Billy was struggling with alcohol addiction. But when he fell in love with his future wife Camila, she was the kind of woman who made him want to be a better man.

Daisy Jones was a teenager in the sixties who was free-spirited and beautiful and gravitated to the Sunset Strip. She would manage to slip into rock shows like at the famed Whisky-a-Go Go, sleep with rock dudes and eventually get noticed as a gifted singer herself. Fate brought The Six and Daisy Jones together on stage and the connection between Billy and Daisy was sizzling. When they sang together, and pointedly at each other...it was as if no one else was in the room. Billy had what he thought was a finished album of songs already written, but Daisy fought mightily (thrusting lyric-filled songbook at him) to co-mingle their writing talents. The result was the iconic album "Aurora".

The book reveals simmering conflicts within the band. While Billy was trying to remain strong against his alcohol addiction, Daisy was off the rails with both an alcohol and drug addiction. There was a secret romance between two band members, and a forbidden attraction between two others. One band member felt stifled artistically; another was very laissez faire about the whole thing and thought about leaving to be with his girlfriend. The story unfolds very organically to arrive at why the band suddenly broke up at the height of their fame.

This was extremely well-written and believable as if you were reading about a real band. I think this was a great original idea for a book that the author executed quite well

I adored this book,. I literary A Star is Born, with a style akin to a great Vanity Fair interview. Sex, drugs and Rock and Roll in the high flying late 70's. The story is a love story about music, about relationships and mostly about how the sum of the parts are bigger than the whole, yet the parts are so whole unto themselves. Great read.

Taylor Jenkins Ried did it again! So good, I could not "Turn it Off." Daisy Jones and the Six, written documentary style, follows a fictional band through it's rise and fall. It is so realistically written, I may have googled the band hoping to find out more! TJR made their story gritty, hopeful, and devastating. I can already see this story on the big screen, and can't wait to hear the band and the music TJR created come alive.
I received an ARC copy from Netgalley in return for an honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read an ARC of this novel. This story of a fictitious legendary 70's rock band reads like it's true. It's told in a documentary type format that I thought was rather clever. Drugs, recovery, ego, insecurity, and raw talent are all covered here. And as many stories being told from various perspectives, not everyone remembers everything exactly the same. I'll be interested to see who ends up playing the various band members in the Amazon video adaptation and what the music will actually sound like since the lyrics of all the "hits" have already been written.

Maybe 3.5, maybe 3.75.

It was always going to be tough to follow up “Evelyn Hugo.” That book was just...flawless (in my opinion).

This book is just as compelling, just as readable, just I didn’t think it had the same kind of beating heart that the other book had. It was interestingly executed, with the whole of it being told in interview form. Some of the more minor characters kind of meshed together, and I wonder if the story would have been more meaningful if it had been written traditionally?

I will say, especially towards the end, there were a lot more twists and the story felt deeper but then the book ended so ???? This half star is for the end.

I’m conflicted on this. I enjoyed the read but I don’t think it will really sit with me the same way Evelyn Hugo did. But I guess that’s okay.