Am I the only one hoping that there's a Spotify playlist of these songs available when this book is published? Taylor Jenkins Reid really brought this band to life & I was super invested in their failures & successes, both on & off the stage. Even though this is a fictional band, you can imagine some of your favorite artists facing many of these demons. Can't wait for the movie!

Reading this was like watching the best episode ever of “Behind the Music.” Could not put it down!

The disclaimer says Daisy Jones & The Six is a work of fiction. Even so, it FELT real. At one point I actually did a Youtube search to see if I could find any of their songs. There are a lot of Daisy Jones online but none were what I was looking for. Google search came up empty as well. I was disappointed, even though I know its just a novel. If this book has me so invested, there has to be some kind of fan made stuff, right? Oh, yeah, I read an ARC and no one else is as hyped over these fictional characters as me.

The book is told in sections chronologically telling the story of a famous 1970s rock band's rise to fame and abrupt split. Author's note mentions interviewing members of the band and their friends and family over the course of 8 years and the story is recorded as an interview making believe it feel real, like a memoir, right from the start. Have you seen American Horror Story, Roanoke? It kind of feels like that.

The Groupie Daisy Jones 1965-1972 Los Angeles, CA. Giving a little background information on who Daisy is, where she came from, and her motivations hooking her into the rock scene at a very young age. Daisy came alive on the pages.

The rise of The Six 1966-72 started as Dunne Brothers in Pittsburgh, PA. Two brothers wanting to make music together, getting others to join the fun and getting signed to a record contract. Everyone had distinct personalities remembering what happened 40+ years ago.

The 1970s for the band was all sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll. Even though I was born after that period I can fully imagine the scenes. They didn't shy away from admitting the consequences of certain choices.

To sum up my feelings- I loved it. I'd watch this movie or better yet, I can picture it as a mini series. I'd listen to these songs on Youtube. Definitelty a must read.

Set in the 1970's, Daisy Jones & The Six follows a successful rock band and their highs and lows. The story has a little of everything - friendships, a love story, turmoil, power struggles, and of course sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Told in an documentary style, the story follows the band when it's just starting out to the heights of their popularity and answers why they split up.

I really like Taylor Jenkins Reid's books and this one is no different. I was immediately drawn in by the characters and the Behind the Music feel of the story. This is a fictional band but it really seemed real as I was reading it. Since it is told in an interview style it took awhile to get used to the format, but then I could not put it down. Such a fun read. I thought The Seven Husband of Evelyn Hugo could not be topped but this one is so close, I don't think I can choose which I liked more. Highly recommend this book which comes out March 5, 2019.

Thank you to Netgalley and Ballantine Books for the advanced reader's copy in exchange for my honest review.

The blurb promised this to be "A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup." It was not. Once again we see 'beauty' rear its ugly head in a novel about a woman, like beauty is all a woman has to offer. It's not.

I know we live in a shallow and very visual world, but beauty shouldn't even be on the table when you're considering someone's qualities, not even in a novel unless the novel is specifically about someone's looks. I don't care if a character calls someone 'beautiful' or focuses shallowly on looks because there are people like that in real life, but in the book blurb? It's not helping things in a #MeToo era - and from a female author too.

I know you can't hold an author responsible for the book blurb unless they self-publish, but seriously? The main character here was supposed to be a sensational star, but the word 'talented' failed to trump 'beauty'? 'Charismatic' never made it? Enigmatic? Anyone? Bueller?

I decided to overlook that because it was only the blurb and I'm intrigued by this subject, but inside the book was just as bad as the outside if for different reasons, and it was far from being gripping and well into boring territory. Neither of the two main characters, Daisy Jones or Billy Dunne, were remotely interesting to me.

The first problem as that all attempt at writing an actual novel was abandoned, thereby giving the lie to the qualifier 'A novel' on the cover. There was no descriptive prose here setting location or atmosphere, or anything for that matter. It's not even a script.

There were only character names and their spoken words, like we were getting one side of a very sparse interview, which made it more unrealistic. If those words had been compelling and entertaining, or had offered something revealing, or even new and original, that might have been something, but there was nothing here that hasn't been done before.

That she "... devoured Daisy Jones & The Six in a day, falling head over heels for it..." might speak volumes about Reese Witherspoon, but it leaves me completely unmoved. This is the actor who April 2013, was arrested for disorderly conduct in Atlanta after her husband, was pulled over and arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence.

Witherspoon played the crass "Do you know who I am?" card, and was obnoxious to a police officer who was admirably and patiently doing his job in keeping the streets safe. I haven't liked her since. No recommendation from someone who has behaved so inexcusably badly under the influence is going to influence me. I think it was a poor and frankly a rather desperate choice to use a quote from her in a book blurb.

Anyway, what all this (in the novel) meant was that we knew nothing about these fictional characters at all, and what that meant for me was that I did not care about them or why they broke up, or what happened to them subsequently. Consequently I stopped reading this about a third of the way through and I did not miss it at all when I put it down. On the contrary, I felt relief that I didn't have to read any more and could move on to the next title which inevitably had to be better. Based on what I read and the overall style and format of this novel, I cannot commend it as a worthy read nor am I interested in reading anything else by this author when there are so many others out there worthy of reading.

WOW!!! All the stars!

Reading Daisy Jones & The Six was like watching an episode of VH1 Storytellers. I kept picturing Fleetwood Mac (I couldn't help myself!)

Written as the transcription of an interview, it goes back and forth between band members (and those close to the band) and walks us through the making of the band and its ultimate demise. In the same fashion as author Taylor Jenkins Reid's The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, there is a nice twist at the end.

I read this book mostly in one sitting. You can whip through it quickly and it will make you want to listen to old school rock-n-roll when you are done, that is for sure!

Thank you Ballantine Books for approving my NetGalley arc request: getting the approval email was like waking up as a kid on Christmas morning! I can't wait for its release in March 2019.

Daisy Jones & the Six is like reading a VH1 docu-series in the absolute best way. The entire book is written interview style, which I was skeptical of at first. It completely worked though and added so much to the book.

The emotions and conflict of the characters come through perfectly when each is recounting their story as they remember it, and you really feel like you are watching this interview play out of a famous rock band, waiting to see what led to their demise. Despite the band being fictional, I was so invested in the characters and their stories. A few twists and turns come at the end that I was not expecting, and that just added to the wonder of this novel.

🍺🚬🎵BOOK REVIEW!!!🎵🚬🍺
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

🍺 I’m a daughter of hippies. Literally. I was raised knowing to never touch The White Album (a Beatles reference for you youngins) from my dad’s precious record collection. I lived in a house with a framed original Woodstock poster that my dad brought home after he ran away to see the show at age 16. I’m sure you can imagine how much music was and is a major part of my life. So please understand my elation when a book not only brought me back to my childhood, but allowed me to also live my parent’s childhood. This was nostalgia at its best. Ladies and gentleman...Daisy Jones and the Six..

🚬 Billy Dunne and brother Graham have been playing in a band since the moment it was possible. Together with their band-mates, they created the band The Six. Heading toward semi-stardom, the band takes off to LA in hopes to become something big.

Daisy Jones, daughter of affluent, self-absorbed parents spent her life struggling to find her identity. With some luck, a backbone made of steel and a voice of the Gods, Daisy Jones manages to barrel down those impossibly hard to open music industry doors.

Through sheer genius, The Six and Daisy Jones come together in a swarm of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll. Their hopes...to create an album that will forever leave a mark on the music industry.

🎵 I remember the days when VH1 and MTV actually played music. I’d record videos and “Behind the Music” on my sweet VHS tapes. The best part of my day was popping in a tape and watching the Pearl Jam “Jeremy” video and Tori Amos’ live shows over and over again. Daisy Jones & the Six was like popping in an old VHS tape, just sitting back and absorbing the music and all it encumbered. Pure heaven.

Let's just say that when this book comes out, I will be running to the store to buy it even though I now have a Kindle version. It's that good. This novel follows the journey of Daisy Jones & The Six and reveals their rise and their fall. Daisy is such a lovable character even though you want to grab her by the shoulders and shake her sometimes whereas Billy, the lead of The Six, was extremely unlikable to me. But somehow their characters clicked, as did the others in the story like Graham (Billy's brother and bandmate), Karen Karen (keyboardist), Eddie (rhythm guitar), Warren (drummer), and even Camila (Billy's wife). Everything in this book just made sense.

What I loved most about this book was the focus on the music. You can feel the passion of the art of sound emanating off the page. But even when the focus is music, the music is focused on emotions like love, anger, spite, regret, loss, and joy.

This book is so beautifully written and maintains your interest with the roller coaster of life as a rock band in the 1970's including drugs, pregnancy, philandering, rehab, sobriety, falling off the wagon, and far out stories of the times.

This book was given to me on Net Galley by Random House Publishing Group- Ballantine Books in exchange for an honest review.

I was thrilled to death for the opportunity to read an ARC of his new book. I was drawn in from the first chapter and could hardly put it down!

Would give this 10 stars if I could! Love, love, love this read! Daisy and Billie were so real to me- as were the other characters! I was immediately hooked to this read - and paused my life to complete it in almost one sitting (much to my 11 week old puppy’s dismay). Shortly after beginning it I had to stop and check google to see if Daisy Jones and the Six were a real band that I just missed. I am so excited to see this as an upcoming miniseries and am looking forward to seeing who will play these captivating characters. It also took me back in time, reminiscing about the seventies and the bands I loved and saw in concert.
Love the way the story was told through the lens of the band members, managers, Simone, and Billie’s family, particularly the ending. It brought so much more depth to the nuances of each character, especially the dynamic between Billie and Eddie. I cried, laughed, and found myself wishing to see them in concert!
I loved Taylor Jenkins Reid’s book, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, but this is the most engaging book I have read in a long time. The timing of reading it after watching the third and fourth versions of A Star is Born amped up my enjoyment! I plan to add the rest of this author’s books to my shelf. Please keep writing Taylor Jenkins Reid!
Many many thanks to Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, and NetGalley for affording me the opportunity to read this outstanding book!

Told like you are reading the transcripts of an interview, Daisy Jones and the Six tells the collision of a 70s ingenue and an up and coming rock band. It’s a fictional tale but you wonder how close some bands were to this story. I loved the dynamic between Daisy and Billy and the unmovable presence of Camille. It was a great peek behind the curtain without feeling like a voyeur.

In the mid 70s the band The Six were on their way to the top. They were almost done recording their first album and were about to go on tour when Daisy Jones, another artist on their record label but more known for her party girl attitude, was brought on to record a song with them. That song propelled them into fame and ultimately helped them to make the decision to include Daisy Jones in the band and record the next album with her. What happens after that is it what you would expect at all.

I honestly had no idea what this book was even about, but because it’s a TJR book, I had to request it as soon as I knew that it was out! I love that TJR is constantly trying new things with her books, not just in plots but also in formatting as well. I felt like Evelyn Hugo was completely different from anything else I’d read by her because it was about a movie star and her incredible life, while Daisy Jones is about a rock and roll band and their ride to the top. I also loved that this book was written in an interview style as well so you got to hear from everybody’s point of view, which also left me wanting to read more and more!

While I felt like this was very different than anything that TJR has written before, there was still a love story that was built into the storyline, which I loved as well. I can’t recommend this book enough. If you love TJR, definitely pick this one up, and if you’re looking for something a little bit different pick this one up!

I had not read anything by Taylor Jenkins Reid before I received an advanced copy of this; I’d read the publisher’s synopsis of this story and was drawn to the setting, the era, and the idea of it all. And then yesterday, I read Reid’s Evidence of the Affair and I knew I wanted to read this one right away, so I set aside the one I’d planned to read next and grabbed this one. I’m so glad I did.

A coming-of-age story set in the late sixties, with a setting that included clubs on Sunset Strip, singing at Whisky a Go-Go. A life of sex, drugs and rock and roll. Thoughts and facts are shared from different perspectives, various people both in the band and those that worked with them, knew them and some who were related to them.

This begins in 1965, but continues on through the years that follow in an effort to explain the breakup of Daisy Jones & The Six their expanding fame, but it begins with the original The Six members, their struggles, their hopes and dreams. Daisy is a girl as this begins, coming of age as she sneaks into the clubs on Sunset Strip, with a voice that will eventually get noticed, but it’s her reckless beauty that get her invited in by the bands.

Billy Dunne is the one leading The Six as they set out on their first tour, and a producer has an idea to try adding Daisy as a singer for ‘just one song.’ They were already a band on the verge of major success. Would Daisy add magic? Or mayhem?

This story is shared through a series of interviews sans questions with the now disbanded band members. This helped move the story along at a pace that somewhat added to the mounting frenzy as the story unfolds through the various members of the band involved.

I loved this from the start, and I really did not want to put it down. It may not be destined to be a classic, but it was completely engaging, utterly entertaining and a marvelous way to spend a few hours of my day.

Destined to be a best seller, this will be a 13 part series courtesy of Reese Witherspoon’s company Hello Sunshine, and brought to you in conjunction with Amazon Studios, as well.


Pub Date: 05 MAR 2019

Many thanks for the ARC provided by Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine Books

This was a super fun read! After flying through the first few chapters I had to check the info to see if it was non-fiction even though I don’t remember a group with this name. The descriptions of the 60’s whether it was the style, the music or the state of mind was right on! I really like how it goes from one person to another proving how sometimes two people recall a past situation very differently. Really entertaining!

First, I would just like to say how much I enjoy Taylor Jenkins Reid’s books. You can definitely rely on her for a lovely, unique, and emotional read.

DAISY JONES AND THE SIX is especially unique, because it chronicles the events of a band’s beginnings and untimely end in an interview-style format. Reid is so good at writing realistic, empathetic characters and she nails it here with her two leads. Daisy Jones especially. You can really feel the music-filled atmosphere of this book, which is also great. As a huge fan of classic rock, and particularly Fleetwood Mac and Tom Petty (two of the influences for this book), I really enjoyed the subtle references to their impact.

I didn’t connect with this book as emotionally as I would like for a TJR book, but I flipped the pages so fast! I couldn’t wait to learn more and understand what happened to the band. It’s a story you’re not likely to forget easily. 3 stars!

4.5 stars. This was unlike anything I’ve ever read. It’s told in interview format without questions. At first I wondered if it was going to be this way the entire book and if it was, would it hold my attention the whole time? It really did. I was hesitant about this book even though TJR is one of my favorite authors. It seemed so different and not something I would normally pick up. But I was pleasantly surprised that this kept my attention and made me feel so many emotions. There was so much heartbreak in this book. As with Evelyn Hugo, TJR made me believe Daisy Jones is a real person. I love that this is being made into a TV show. It will be great on screen. Highly recommend! Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced copy!

All the stars for this one! Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the advanced copy of this book, from an author whom I already loved!
It's the story about the rise and fall of Daisy Jones and the Six, an iconic (but fictional) rock band in the early 70's! I loved it - its totally sex, drugs and rock & roll and I couldn't put it down as it feels very real! It's character based in an interview type format, with each person telling their version of what went down and how life in the band affected them! I am also excited to find out that this book is already in the process of being made into a TV mini series by Reese Witherspoon - for Amazon! Can't wait to check that out!!

Taylor Jenkins Reid has done it again! This is an evocative novel and brings to mind Almost Famous. She has written a love letter to music and it is a joy to read.

This book reminded me a bit of the movie Almost Famous. I loved that movie and i loved this book. I'm not a huge fan of historical books, even if it is recent history, but this book transcended my aversion . Well written. Will be easy to recommend and sell.