For anyone who has ever loved rock music, in all its crazy glory, I give you Daisy Jones and the Six. Written, cleverly, like a Rolling Stone interview, the story chronicles the accidental marriage of Daisy Jones, a gorgeous, lonely, and gifted child of LA in the 60’s with the band, The Six, originally from the East Coast and starting to hit it big. The personalities, the alliances, the drugs, the romance, the challenges and the drama – it’s all there in an exquisitely crafted story of their rise to fame, fortune and ultimately the realization of some painful truths.
This is just an incredibly fun book to read. The characters are wonderfully portrayed, with such vulnerability and warmth that you fall in love with them every bit as much as they are falling in love with each other. The band feels so real. You almost remember the songs they sing, as if they are hidden somewhere in your brain and not something you’re reading for the first time. And the ego clashes are reminiscent of every band that Rolling Stone has probably ever interviewed, but are still somehow interesting because we are meeting them behind stage, unplugged, often unmoored and raw.
The idea of writing this story as an interview is brilliant. My first inclination toward it was, honestly, reluctant. I thought it might actually get old quick. But it works! it actually feels so honest and somehow more powerful, with the narrative coming from each of the characters themselves. It is quite an unusual technique.
You will laugh, you might cry – but you will absolutely love Daisy Jones and the Six!
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