Overall Rating: ★★★★☆
Daisy Jones and the Six follows a small town 70’s band that quickly becomes world renowned. However, the story builds up to a major falling out during their world tour. The band starts with two brothers, Billy and Graham, who find the other members of their band along the way, booking local gigs. The band takes off once Daisy Jones, a stubborn yet passionate singer, joins the band. Daisy and Billy constantly butt heads, but it’s their creative chemistry and turmoil that lead to the band’s growth and success. The book is told in interview style, years after the band’s messy breakup. Secrets and feelings are revealed in the interviews, answering the conspiracies about the members.
The best part of this book, in my opinion, is how unreliable the narration is. Each character speaks in first person, and the book reads like a script. The inconsistent narration made me understand the character’s perspective on their experience in the band, and how they all have different versions of the truth. The story mainly focused on Billy and Daisy, as they are the leads of the band with the most drama, but I felt like the other characters were neglected. The other band members had complex storylines that could have been touched on more. But overall, the 70s theme and flawed characters made this book hard to put down and definitely worthwhile.