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Daisy Jones & The Six
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
occurrences are remembered with similarity.
Other occurrences are remembered how
the character wants to believe the events
happened. I enjoyed that the author chose
to write the story as an interview. It enables
the reader to get the whole picture as the
story unfolds through the different band
members’ viewpoints.
The Six is a ‘70s rock band that is coming
to fame. Their lead singer, Billy Dunne,
finds out his girlfriend is pregnant and does
not know how to deal with the news. Billy
is not ready to have a family. He struggles
with the thought of being a father. He loves
his girlfriend and cannot imagine life without
her, but his irrational nature leads him down
a destructive path. While on tour he takes to
drugs, booze and sex to put the thought of
settling down out of his mind.
Daisy Jones is the life of the party. She
could be found clubbing on the Sunset Strip,
partying through the night. She is a carefree
woman whose abuse of drugs and alcohol
gets her into sticky situations. She will do
anything that will allow her to let loose and
feel numb. She has a voice that cannot be
compared to anyone else. Singing is in the
very nature of Daisy. The unrestrained rawness
of her voice sets her apart from other
female musicians of the time.
Both The Six and Daisy have something
about them that makes them stand out,
but what would make them even better?
Putting the two together to create a superpower
band, Daisy Jones & The Six. Dunne
strongly opposes the idea of teaming up
with her. He fights the insistence of his
manager to get into the studio with her.
Billy views Daisy as a pretentious brat and
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Film Review Check It Out
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Desiree De La Cruz-Miller
Reviewed by Desiree De La Cruz-Miller,
Library Assistant
The book I have chosen to review, Daisy
Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid,
arrived in our library back in March and has
been hard to keep on the shelves. I know they
say, “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” but
this book’s cover appealed to my eye right
away and made me wonder what was behind
it all. The cover yields Daisy Jones with her
brilliantly wild hair stroked across her face,
looking at the reader out of the lower part of
her eyes. She draws the reader in, inviting us
to come and find out who she is. The cover
grabbed my attention and got me to open up
the book to see what was inside.
Taylor Jenkins Reid has easily become
one of my favorite authors. Her writing
technique is unique. She writes this novel
in its entirety as an interview. By doing
this, the reader is able to get differing perspectives
as to the life of the band. Some
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