After reading the hype around this book I was very curious as to whether it would live up to it. Initially, the interview style of the writing made the book a little bit difficult to get into especially when Daisy’s story was separate from The Six’s. However, gradually I got used to the style and by the time I was half way through i realised it was what made this book so special.
The story was great, compelling and had a sense of impending disaster but the style of writing was so well done, I was marvelling at how the whole book was done with virtually no descriptive prose and yet I had such a vivid picture of what was happening.
I’ll remember this book for a long time and I’m sure it will be a smash hit both as a book and in the television series.

Interesting mix of transcripts and interviews - took me a little while to get in to but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Great characters

Beautiful It girl Daisy Jones is paired up with newly successful rock band The Six, lead by frontman Billy Dunne. Tension, chemistry and sparks fly between all the realistic characters. More than a whiff of The Doors, Janis Joplin & Fleetwood Mac coming from the pages. I loved the premise, the writing, the setting and the characters but it felt a little obvious to me. However, an enjoyable read.

I absolutely loved this book. The style of writing draws you in from the first page and I liked the unusual style of transcripts and interviews that were used throughout. The characters are all unique and intriguing. One I’d definitely recommend.

What a rock and roll read this was.
Clever too as the style of writing is in the form of transcripts and interviews and the odd song lyric to reveal a journey in more ways than one. This is the journey of a band formed and fed in Los Angeles and the various band members who go on the road and tell their story.

The reader is definitely taken along for the ride. IT's a tale of drugs, sex and rock and roll of course but it's the dynamics between the characters, the ego,s the ambition and more which really ...if you excuse the pun,..sings.

Daisy Jones is your typical teenager at first, sneaking into clubs and sleeping with rock stars. She does all this to get to her one goal - to be a singer. When she meets Billy Dunne, history is made. As I started to get further in to this tale, I had to keep checking the band was indeed fictional as the mix of history and legend is very compelling and utterly convincing. Life on the road in a band sounds idyllic one minute and totally terrifying the next, but that's what compelling about the whole story. You know it's the journey that's going to be the key as we already know the ending, but it;s the version of the story that we get that is going to going to be hard to decipher.

It's psychedelic, compelling, fascinating and draws you in with a brilliant writing style and commentary feel to it all. You feel like one of the band so from the word go, you are on that journey with them. And the characters are all so different and well developed.

Unique, memorable and a hit in the making.

Using transcripts, interviews and song lyrics to create an oral history, Taylor Jenkins Reid crafts a compelling story of a legendary band and how ambition and talent isn’t always enough to create and maintain a career in the music industry.

Daisy Jones is a beautiful girl coming of age in L.A., sneaking into clubs and sleeping with rock stars. But really all she wants to do is sing. And sing her own songs.

The Six, led by the brooding Billy Dunne, also wants to get noticed. And when an enterprising producer puts the two together, a legend is made.

Not my usual type of read at all. But I was gripped by this account of a (fictional) 1970s rock group, and their rise and fall. From the very start, we know that the band breaks up, but what makes this novel so interesting is the journey they take to get there. The multiple narrative voices are well-handled and the shift of pace and tone keeps the reader transfixed.

I desperately wanted to like this book, I don’t know why it just really appealed to me. But unfortunately I just couldn’t get on with it. I DNF’d at 41% when I realised it was never going to actually get going. The format is like a series of short interviews with members of the made up band ‘Daisy Jones & the Six’. I guess the whole time I was just waiting for something to happen that wasn’t just the people being self centred, drugged up or hating each other. I don’t feel like this book brought anything new to the table.

This is the first book that I have read by Taylor Jenkins and I am totally in love with this book. Loved the story. It's a fantastic book, it is written in such a way that you have to remind yourself that you are not reading a biography. It takes you on a journey of all your emotions. Based on this book I have another fabulous author.
Thank you to both NetGalley and Random House UK for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest opinion unbiased review.

I absolutely loved this book. It has an unusual format, it is an oral history formed of a collection of interviews with all of the key characters so that they are telling the story in their own words. I wasn't too sure about this when I started reading but within a few pages I realised what a clever style choice this was - it made the world seem so immediate and real. Seeing the same incidents from multiple perspectives made you feel like you were almost looking over everyone's shoulders watching what they were seeing which made the reading experience so vivid. At times I had to remind myself that this was a work of fiction! I could easily have devoured this book in one sitting but instead I took the choice to read it more slowly - whenever I was away from the book I found I couldn't wait to rejoin the world of Daisy Jones and The Six.

What a great book totally different to anything I’ve read before absolutely loved it. Amazing writing style that kept you reading. Could not put this down one of my favourite books of the year!

This really wasn’t what I was expecting and despite initial doubts, I meant that in a good way. Daisy Jones is an it girl paired up with up and coming rock band, the Six. The result takes the music world by storm in a way that could never have been anticipated. To start with, I found this difficult to get into. Instead of set POV characters and a continuous narrative, the story is told in a fragmentary way through a series of interviews from various different POVs. It was jarring at first and I almost gave up. I’m glad I didn’t because once I was in the zone I was fascinated by this tale of love, lust and loss, set against a backdrop of personal (and occasionally toxic) ambition and sex, drugs and rock’n’roll. I’ve always found the band breaking up under the eight of their own success stories somewhat tragic and this was no exception. Taylor Reid’s writing was as usual exquisite. I’ll admit that I preferred The Seven Hubands of Evelyn Hugo but this is one that will stay with me for a long time.

This is the story of Daidy Jones and the Six, a fictional rock band in the 1970's who produce a seminal, world conquering album as they are all falling apart. emotionally The narrative is told as snippets of conversation recorded 30 years later by a writer working on a book about the band. The lead male singer of the Six and Daisy Jones dominate the narrative which traces the Six's formation and career before their shared manager gets them together with wild child Daisy Jones whose gravelly rock voice, willowy limbs and striking beauty make them into a killer combo. One character will retell a bit of the story from their point of view. Maybe just a paragraph of half a page and then this will get picked up and the story will follow on with another band memeber's recollections of events.

It's well written and fairly enjoyable. You could really believe the band were real . I especially liked the first half of the book. Once the band and Daisy got together and the narrative concentrated on the crafting of each song on their hit album, Aurora, I started to lose interest a little and found the narrative started to lag and become repetitive. Overall, I enjoyed the book. A light, easy read. The lyrics for their songs are at the back of the book , if that interests you.

I wasn't sure what to expect when. I started reading this book. It's documented conversations from members of a rock band that hit the big time and the vastly different view from each regarding the same events. No spoilers here. I enjoyed it, would I read another book like this, I'm not sure.

OMG, wht a brilliant read. I loved how this book was written, I loved the way you got the same information with everyone else’s interpretation in their memories. The story of The Six and how they joined forces with Daisy Jones and the tale of ultimate rise and subsequent fall. This book reminded me of the Tales of the City books I read as a teenager set in the 70’s. I understand this is going to be a series on Amazon Prime, and I can’t wait to watch it! Highly recommend this book.

OMG I don't even know where to start. I cannot praise this book enough. I read it in 2-3 greedy gulps across 24hours - in which I also slept and went to work. I devoted every spare minute to this novel.

Told in documentary style, the novel is about the meteoric rise to fame of a fictional band - The Six - and a singer - Daisy Jones - in the 1970s. But things aren't easy - addiction, sex, rock n roll and the most incredible tension and a love story like not other, this book took me straight there with every page. Even though you couldn't hear the songs described, I still had goosebumps just reading the lyrics.

I loved how the book was told from multiple POV - showing how people can be so oblivious to underlying tension and secrets and lies, even when they're all in the same room. Jenkins Reid conjures up the styles and atmosphere of the 70's so well, I could picture the clothes, smell the smoke, taste the tequila.

I'm not surprised at all that this has been picked up by Amazon Prime for a series and I am busting to watch it. This book is going to be huge in 2019 and deservedly so. Loved it! More please!

I simply loved this book and I’m really sad that the band & Daisy Jones are not real! The writing style is not what I expected at all however very quickly you get a feel for the setting, the band and everything else that comes with it.

I may have shed a tear or two during the ending. Such a brilliant book & I cannot wait to see how they’ll deliver this on TV.

Couldn't put it down.
Great book - will make a great movie
Felt like the band was real.
Lots of laughs - needs a soundtrack to read to.

daisy jones and the six is a collection of interviews that attempt to piece together how the iconic band formed, and why they broke up. (although the synopsis says this: “the following oral history is a compilation of interviews, emails, transcripts, and lyrics, all pertaining to the personal and professional lives of the members of the band the six and singer daisy jones.”, in reality, there is one email and one transcript in the whole book, so it’s basically just interviews, and then lyrics at the end).

there is no denying that everyone loves reading about sex, drugs and rock and roll. it sounds so cliche, but it is true. the most enjoyable parts of this book, to me, were the drama, behind the scenes and general whirlwind of the music scene in the 1970s.

the characters and their relationships were great. the band itself consisted of seven members, and they were distinctly different. there were also managers, significant others, friends and family, but despite the large cast, it didn’t feel over crowded, which is excellent, and probably helped by the format of the book. the way the band members would remember specific events so differently is honestly great storytelling, because it leaves the truth up to the reader. it’s also a good reminder that people perceive things so differently, and that doesn’t make them either wrong or right.

the plot was well crafted, and built perfectly — i loved how we saw the rise of daisy jones on one hand and the six on the other, and how they naturally came together. the focus of the story was definitely not the breakup, it was everything: how they met, why they got together and how it affected them on so many different levels.

there were also little insights into the lives of the members, which i appreciated. from marriages and kids, breakups and friendships, these were especially important because we got to learn more about them, and understand that they were so much more than the band they were known for.

the only complaints i have are minor. i felt like the format of the book made the characters a tiny bit disconnected from the reader. i also felt like <spoiler>making julia the author was unnecessary and didn’t really add anything to the story.</spoiler>

but honestly, this book is amazing. i finished it in two sittings (because i had to sleep lol), and i couldn’t stop thinking about it for days after. if you love music, this is a must read, but it’s just an amazing book anyway, so read it.

I started this last night, finished it this morning. I was really sad when it finished. Found myself totally absorbed by it, desperate to find out what happened and utterly engaged by the characters. I’m on holiday this week and it’s been a perfect holiday read