Book Review: Daisy Jones & The Six

By Jessica Asbell

Daisy Jones & The Six is about a fictional band in the 1970s that broke up one evening after a fantastic concert. No one knows why until someone does a series of interviews with the band. Author Taylor Jenkins Reids inventive way of telling this story feels like a Where Are They Now? special on VH1. As we hear from each member of the band, the full picture comes together.

Reid captures the thrilling highs and the crushing lows of what being in a rock and roll band in the 1970s was like. There is the excitement when a song shoots up the charts coupled with tension behind the scenes. There are characters who keep themselves in control, and others who spiral out of control. And still, the years keep moving, as they work to stay on top. But when something happens to one of their own, it leaves each person with an important decision to make. As the band crumbles, each member must decide if they will crumble with it.

Daisy Jones & The Six is a tribute to the humanity of hit bands. In it, we see the band members at their best and at their worst. We see them make choices that affect one another terribly and we see them do things for the good of the group. This book feels like a movie and will have readers turning the page to find out what happens next.