This is the first book by Taylor Jenkins Reid I have read and I was drawn to this by the official blurb and the groovy covers if I’m honest.

Set in the sixties, and shows the music scene as a life of sex, drugs and rock and roll. It’s told in a series of interviews from different perspectives of various people both in the band and those close to them.

It begins in 1965 with a coming of age tale of Daisy and her intent on singing in clubs, her voice and looks get her invited to join bands. It continues through the years to the disbanding of Daisy Jones & The Six.

The story moves at quite a pace and builds a slightly frenzied atmosphere through the stores of the band members. Great writing which captures the atmosphere of the swinging sixties, totally entertaining and believable.

I would like to thank the Author/the Publishers/NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for a fair and honest review

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Extraordinarily written, it kept me wanting to know more all the way through. Loved the unique way of writing, especially when stories contradict one another. Was very disappointed with the twist ending though and found it cliched and obvious.

LOVED this story, actually became obsessed enough that I did some further background reading on bands in California in the 70’s, and watched the Stones movie to continue the feel this book gave me. I read it whilst in California which was just so perfect- Daisy felt so close and so real. Needless to say I cannot WAIT for Reece Witherspoon’s production to be released... just such a brilliant read. The characters were strong and felt full, I enjoyed the politics and dynamics of the band. Actually one to read again.

The story of an imaginary rock group from the early 1970s as told in interviews with the imaginary characters. This was an interesting read despite the unusual format and most of it was realistic enough that I actually checked to make sure it wasn't a real band. The relationship between the lead singer and his girlfriend stretched believable romance a little far, but it still worked.

A lot of references to real bands and things happening in the world at the time made this as enjoyable as reading about any favourite obscure band from that era. For those of us who weren't around to experience the times first hand, it might as well be as true as any of the documentaries about other bands.

It was very well done and the dynamics among the various band members and close associates are interesting and realistic enough to believe it all could happened. I so wanted Daisy to stop hurtling towards her own self destruction!

What was unexpected because of the format were a couple of twists near the end. I came out of reading this with the same sort of nostalgic feelings I get from real documentaries, for a place and time I've never been. I did wish the ending had gone one step further, but it was satisfying nonetheless.

I don't even know where to start with this book. It is so completely different to anything else that i have ever read.

It is written like one long interview with the band, crew, journalists - basically anyone who had anything to do with the band - who are "telling all" of their experiences with the band.

THE band. Daisy Jones and the six.
Everyone knows them but nobody knows why, at the height of their popularity, they split.

What a clever and enjoyable book. I loved the way it flipped between voices and perspectives whilst managing to give a very clear picture of the individual characters. A good evocation of a period in time and a wholly plausible account of band life - I kept forgetting it wasn't a real band-. There doesn't seem to be much good fiction about the music business, but this and Laura Barnett's Greatest Hits feel like they are giving you an insight into an intensely creative world. Can imagine this will make a great tv series and am grateful that Hutchinson and Netgalley provided me with this ARC that I really enjoyed.

Rock biog lit meets west coast 70s tunes in a fake biog with wit, warmth, and wisdom. Crank up Fleetwood Mac, imagine some Cali sunshine, open book, sit back, and enjoy! It’s a tour de force in storytelling about a fictional band, and the author clearly knows a thing or two about the industry making it authentic too. But what makes it great is the writing, and the characterisations, which are so affectionate and warm. Plus some real humour too. I laughed and I cried too. Yes, this book had me firmly locked in its grip. Can’t wait for the inevitable TV drama. Oh wow, what a read! I devoured it in a couple of days. Highly recommended.

I started reading this book with absolutely zero expectations. And perhaps it was the best I could have possibly done.

A fictional biography of a fictional rock band from the 70s is not exactly something that comes to my mind when my mood turns to "I'd like to read something". Apart from bringing me to the seventies, this story has also taken me a couple of years back - to when I was a rock&metal obsessed gal. And it was nice to go back, especially since I still care for this sort of music.

It's a highly enjoyable read with a rock'n'roll vibe. That's it. But it was enough for me. :)

Oh, it's also extremely quotable. Even the fictional unhappy rockstars say what everyone else wants to say, I guess.

Being honest I struggled to really get into this book.

Don't get me wrong.

It was well written and highly believable but for me it just lacked a certain something.

A bit drama/emotion to keep me turning the pages.

Over all it was an OK read but not one I'd be in a hurry to pick back up again.

I have never read a book written in the style of Daisy Jones & The Six. Taylor Jenkins Reid has done an excellent job as this novel actually feels like it's a collection of band interviews. It feels like the kind of music biography book that you might read about a band from the 70s. It is so well put together that you forget that it's a work of fiction. I think that's a brilliant achievement.

Daisy Jones & The Six is a novel presented as a series of interviews with each band member of a hugely successful fictional band. It charts their rise and fall in the 1970s. The interview snippets jumps around from a variety of different perspectives. There are the six core members of the band plus Daisy Jones, as well as their manager, producer, wives, friends and music critics. I thought I might find this style overwhelming and disjointed but Jenkins Reid does well at building up a complete picture for every character. Again, it's impressive how immersed you become in the narrative that is expertly woven together.

I'm a big music fan and although this book is set in the days of sex, drugs and rock & roll, which is not my usual cup of tea, the book remained engaging throughout. I found the characters to have an alluring complexity and I definitely didn't have a clue how things would turn out. I found myself rooting for characters I didn't expect to and getting annoyed with the decisions of other characters. As the 'interviews' were being conducted years after the events, it was enjoyable and amusing to see the different perspectives of what really happened.

I didn't think I would enjoy this as much as I did and in a way, I was sad when it ended. I could have happily read another 200 pages. Well done Taylor Jenkins Reid for a unique and interesting novel.

This wasn’t what I was expecting based on the description and I found it really not my kind of book. I persevered and enjoyed parts of it but not enough to continue reading. Of what I did read it was well written and engaging probably had an expectation that you’d know some of the details/ story/ people- which I didn’t I am sure the book is worth more than my rating but it just wasn’t enough to capture my interest

What an absolute cracker of a book, Daisy Jones and The Six, is. Told in interview format, we meet Billy and Graham Dunne, brothers who set up a band in the late 60's. Bringing in band members, Warren, brothers Eddie and Pete, and Karen, The Six is formed. We also meet wild child, Daisy Jones, who, when she teams up with The Six, brings into being one of the greatest (fictional) American rock and roll bands ever. So good is the writing that at the start of this book, I actually thought it might have been a real band (albeit one I hadn't heard of before!). Turns out to be a fictional band, although I must admit I did have Fleetwood Mac in my mind all the way through the story. We read about the rise and fall of a legend of a band, from humble beginnings in the late 60's through to the end of the 1970's.

The characters are really well developed, so much so that you develop a connection with each of them individually. The highs (lots of them chemically based) and the lows that each character goes through evokes an emotional response from the reader, and I actually could see the movie of this book playing in my head as I read it. I loved Daisy Jones, a wild, carefree and stunningly beautiful young woman who takes charge of her own life and makes it out the other side of the rock and roll lifestyle. Billy Dunne, also fighting his own demons, has to decide if the rock and roll lifestyle or suburban family life is what is in his future. The other characters also have issues and we care about them equally as much as they struggle through life on the road.

This is such a good read, unusual in its writing style but all the better for it, that I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to anyone.

Daisy Jones is a crazy mixed up loveable kid in the rock world of the 70's. her talent is raw and superb, her capacity for self destructiveness is also high up there.

I loved this book, the characters are well drawn and compelling, the story both cautionary and uplifting. The ending is clever and so true to life.

Daisy is a force of nature!

Loved the way the book was written, How different people have different perspectives of one scenario. Really interesting insight into the 'rock and roll' lifestyle.

I adored this book about a fictional band in the 70s. The way the book was written like an interview was both innovative and insightful as it retells the same events from different characters perspectives. Loved the early sections in particular, and if Daisy was a person I think I'd be enamoured! My first Taylor Jenkins Reid book, but not my last.

Through the voices of eyewitnesses, this book tells the story of that legendary 1970s band, Daisy Jones and the Six. (What do you mean, you’ve never heard of them?) How the band was formed, how wild child Daisy came to join, how and why the whole thing ultimately fell apart. The whole story. For the first time.

(All right... it’s not really a real band. But it’s fun to pretend.)

“Beautiful, broken” Daisy Jones could so easily have been a stereotype, but she isn’t. Daisy is in many ways a complete train wreck of a person and yet equally strangely impressive in her determination to be who she is and refusal to stay in what could so easily have been the assigned role for a girl like her. (“I had absolutely no interest in being somebody else’s muse. I am not a muse. I am the somebody.”)... even though her refusal to compromise can be both ill advised and wearing at times.

We get to know the Six - main man Billy, his brother Graham, Karen, Eddie, Pete and Warren - their rise to success, their creativity and the shifting relationships, allegiances and tensions within the band.

There are some amazing female characters here - Karen, Camila, Daisy herself. I loved Karen, the band’s keyboardist, in particular, and found her a really great character. All three women share a determination to live their lives in their own way, even though this is differently expressed for each.

I was a bit worried that the structure of the novel - skipping constantly between different characters’ version of events - would make it hard to follow, but this isn’t in fact the case and it works well and is a great way of conveying the atmosphere of the time. It doesn’t skate over the unsavoury side of the music scene - the drugs, the underage groupies - but doesn’t wallow in it either.

A great read which I thoroughly enjoyed.

Taylor Jenkins Reid is one of my favourite authors so I jumped at the chance to review this! Daisy Jones and The Six is a band biography about a punk rock band in the 70's. A band that, due to the book being so well written I had to google multiple times to convince myself this was actually a work of fiction. The book is pieced together of interviews with different members and they are all very well rounded characters. This is soon to be a mini series and I'm so excited to see how it is done as this novel paints such a vivid picture. I believe this is TJR's first book to be published in the UK and I can't wait for her to become more known over here because I love her work!

I loved this book! It took me a little while to get into the style of writing and how it is presented as interviews but once I got into the pattern of it it was beautiful, unexpected and full of warmth and friendship. The characters are multi-layered and full of surprises but likeable. A great read,

With a style reminiscent of Mitch Albom’s ‘The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto’, ‘Daisy Jones and The Six’ captivated me from the very first page. From the outset Daisy’s voice is bold, distinctive and moreish. All of the characters are. It’s a magical ensemble. The females in this novel are all strong, kickass women and *that* is the icing on this marvellous, multi-layered confection. Having said that, Warren’s droll commentary is laugh-out-loud gold.
I read incessantly, and have done for as long as I can remember, but it’s not often that a book lights a fire in my soul. DJATS did that for me. I’ve already ordered a hard copy (pre-release) and shall be fervently looking out for author signing events (please come to Glasgow!) and hoping that we get a full cast recording on the audiobook when it’s released in March. As a glorious bonus, Random House has created an accompanying playlist on Spotify. I can’t rave hard enough about this book. It’s one of my new all-time faves.

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.