But I have to say that I adored Eddie’s constant bitching. Pete and Warren’s voices weren’t as distinctive as some of the others in the band and I didn’t get as good a handle on their characters. I felt for Graham but empathised more with Karen. Karen and Graham were a good counterpoint to their excess and I especially liked Karen’s take on the situation within the band, her own personal life, and what she would sacrifice for a career in music. They each got caught up in what they were doing to the point where that consumed them. Not that I felt this was malicious on their part. I had a love-hate relationship with both Daisy and Billy, I admired their creativity and talent, but not always how self-destructive they both were or how little regard they showed towards other people. So much so that I inhaled Daisy Jones & The Six in one day, all the while feeling as if I was in a sprawling Rolling Stone interview or TV documentary on the band. It works well here and helps set the pace and tone of the novel.
I did have some misgivings about how enjoyable the interview style of the book would be to read but I needn’t have worried. The gorgeous cover gave me a pretty good idea that this was the story of a seventies band and I especially love the ticket stubs printed on the endpapers. And sometimes it can be hard to tell where the sound stops and the feelings begin. Making music is never just about the music. The only thing they all know for sure is that from the moment Daisy Jones walked barefoot onstage at the Whisky, their lives were irrevocably changed. This is their story of the early days and the wild nights, but everyone remembers the truth differently. They couldn’t believe their luck, until it ran out. They were lovers and friends and brothers and rivals. Their albums were on every turntable, they sold out arenas from coast to coast, their sound defined an era. In Daisy Jones & The Six, Taylor Jenkins Reid charts the trajectory of a young woman who goes from hard-partying groupie to ubiquitous band’s frontwoman in 1970s LA.įor a while, Daisy Jones & The Six were everywhere.
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