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    Daisy Jones & The Six (TV Tie-in Edition): A Novel
    Daisy Jones & The Six (TV Tie-in Edition): A Novel
    Daisy Jones & The Six (TV Tie-in Edition): A Novel
    Audiobook9 hours

    Daisy Jones & The Six (TV Tie-in Edition): A Novel

    Written by Taylor Jenkins Reid

    Narrated by Jennifer Beals, Benjamin Bratt, Judy Greer and Pablo Schreiber

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    About this audiobook

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup—from the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Malibu Rising, and Carrie Soto Is Back

    REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • COMING SOON AS AN ORIGINAL STREAMING SERIES EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY REESE WITHERSPOON

    Everyone knows DAISY JONES & THE SIX, but nobody knows the reason behind their split at the absolute height of their popularity . . . until now.

    Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it’s the rock ’n’ roll she loves most. By the time she’s twenty, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things.

    Also getting noticed is The Six, a band led by the brooding Billy Dunne. On the eve of their first tour, his girlfriend Camila finds out she’s pregnant, and with the pressure of impending fatherhood and fame, Billy goes a little wild on the road.

    Daisy and Billy cross paths when a producer realizes that the key to supercharged success is to put the two together. What happens next will become the stuff of legend.

    The making of that legend is chronicled in this riveting and unforgettable novel, written as an oral history of one of the biggest bands of the seventies. Taylor Jenkins Reid is a talented writer who takes her work to a new level with Daisy Jones & The Six, brilliantly capturing a place and time in an utterly distinctive voice.

    Includes a PDF of song lyrics from the book

    Cast List:
    Daisy Jones, read by Jennifer Beals            
    Billy Dunne, read by Pablo Schreiber
    Graham Dunne, read by Benjamin Bratt
    Eddie Loving, read by Fred Berman
    Warren Rhodes, read by Ari Fliakos
    Karen Karen, read by Judy Greer
    Camila Dunne, read by January LaVoy
    Simone Jackson, read by Robinne Lee
    Narrator / Author, read by Julia Whelan
    Jim Blades, read by Jonathan Davis
    Rod Reyes, read by Henry Leyva
    Artie Snyder, read by Oliver Wyman
    Elaine Chang, read by Nancy Wu
    Freddie Mendoza, read by P.J. Ochlan
    Nick Harris, read by Arthur Bishop
    Jonah Berg, read by Holter Graham
    Greg McGuinness, read by Brendan Wayne
    Pete Loving, read by Pete Larkin
    Wyatt Stone, read by Alex Jenkins Reid
    Hank Allen, read by Robert Petkoff
    Opal Cunningham, read by Sara Arrington

    Praise for Daisy Jones & The Six

    “Daisy Jones & The Six is just plain fun from cover to cover. . . . Her characters feel so vividly real, you’ll wish you could stream their albums, YouTube their concerts, and google their wildest moments to see them for yourself.”—HelloGiggles

    “Reid delivers a stunning story of sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll in the 1960s and ’70s in this expertly wrought novel. Mimicking the style and substance of a tell-all celebrity memoir . . . Reid creates both story line and character gold. The book’s prose is propulsive, original, and often raw.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
    Release dateMar 5, 2019
    ISBN9781984845306
    Daisy Jones & The Six (TV Tie-in Edition): A Novel
    Author

    Taylor Jenkins Reid

    Taylor Jenkins Reid is the author of the New York Times bestselling novels Carrie Soto Is Back, Malibu Rising, Daisy Jones and The Six and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, as well as One True Loves, Maybe in Another Life, After I Do, and Forever, Interrupted. Her books have been chosen by Reese’s Book Club, Read with Jenna, and Book of the Month. Her novel Daisy Jones and The Six is now a limited series on Amazon Prime. She lives in Los Angeles.  

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    • 4/5
      I gave it 4 stars, but it might be 5. Wow - I really enjoyed this book.

      It's like "Almost Famous", Pop-Up Video, "Behind the Music", and the biographies of your favorite rock icons all rolled into one, with a generous splash of heart mixed in along the way.

      Such a fun read. I loved the movie playing in my head as I was reading.
    • 5/5
      [4.5] like ‘tshoeh,’ you expect these characters to be real because of the way they’ve been constructed, not as gripping as ^, but loved the author reveal.
    • 3/5
      Basically a married dude with kids is in a band with a chick and they both pine for each other through their songs
    • 5/5
      Hands down one of the best audiobooks I’ve ever experienced. I am typically not a fan of books narrated by multiple people but the actors and narrators who performed this did a great job. The characterizations and emotions they conveyed were very well done and you got to know and feel for each of them. The story of the band and its members kept me interested and rooting for them and also disliking them when appropriate. Highly recommended.
    • 5/5
      Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid is designed to read like an oral history as the ex-members of a popular rock group are interviewed thirty years after their heyday. It is set during the 1970’s rock music scene, and if you have ever been curious about the lives of Stevie Nicks, Linda Ronstadt, Patti Smith or Grace Slick, this book gives the reader a clear angle into what the life of a female rock n’roll musician from that era was like.

      Daisy Jones was the “it” girl of the 1970’s with a unique look and a voice designed for belting out rock tunes. She was just getting herself known when the record company decided to put her together with an up and coming rock band entitled The Six. History was made when Daisy and the lead singer of The Six, Billy Dunne got together. Sparks were flying but Billy was married to a woman that he genuinely loved, he was battling his addictions and trying to stay sober. Daisy was a wild child and thought nothing of indulging in alcohol and whatever drugs were available. Billy knew she was trouble and although they were magic together on stage and off, he tried to avoid her.

      Beyond Daisy and Billy, the author has built a believable rock band and peopled the book with realistic characters. Each band member is unique and has their own point of view and although the outcome is a little cliched this was a great read. Daisy Jones & the Six is a homage to the seventies and it’s he-said-she-said style is layered, entertaining and addictive.
    • 4/5
      Daisy Jones and the Six is a truly powerful book. It's an oral history of a made-up band in the 1970s, and is almost entirely character-driven. And what characters! Daisy, the talented and beautiful singer with serious drug and alcohol issues; Billy, the self-proclaimed leader of the band, trying so hard not to abuse alcohol again, trying never to cheat on his wife again, resisting temptation, chasing his dreams. All of the other characters are strongly drawn, especially Eddie, who whined for the entire book, and whom nothing could satisfy.

      I didn't think I'd like the book because I don't listen to music much, but it was honestly an education: I learned quite a bit about old-fashioned sound mixing, how songs are written, and how music management and producing work. You don't need to be a music-lover to enjoy every page of this novel. I'll be keeping this book around for a second read sometime down the road.
    • 5/5
      a great read! I was envisioning Stevie Nicks from the beginning - and felt vindicated when I read her homage to her in the Acknowledgements.
      This book well captured the feel or real people and relationships - to a soundtrack I would love to listen to.
    • 5/5
      I had to hurry and read this so I could watch the show. The book is really good. I took some quotes from it. The show is not as good, definitely gets better as it goes on. I loved the ending. Everyone will be a hippie this summer now, right? :)
    • 4/5
      I liked the style of this novel. It was written like an oral history of the band, with different members and other people (such as the tour accountant) telling what they did or saw or thought. It was interesting that different people had different memories and different conclusions from the same events. Daisy Jones as a character made me very uncomfortable. I could not have spent time around her; she was so self-destructive.
    • 2/5
      I had a chance to read this in hard copy, but when I saw that it was multi-narrators and available in audio, plus the plot being what it was, I chose to do this one by audio. That made it passable: a different voice for each character and the ability to put it on 1.6x speed, and content so slow and predictable that it didn't matter if I missed a few lines of narration while I was out walking and a big truck passed me. Nothing of the story was lost. A band doing drugs while making it big in the 70s, plus the obligatory complications of love and heartache. That's the story and it plays out pretty much exactly as you'd expect. Sure there was one tiny surprise revelation near the end, but it was not a jaw-dropper and changed nothing, so basically immaterial. I'm not sure why this book is so popular; it offers nothing new. Nothing. Camilla is the most interesting character, but she's left somewhat as an enigma on the periphery (even though she is central) so you don't actually get to know her as deeply as she deserves to be known. Daisy and Billy, you do, but you don't care about them as much. At least, I didn't. Lincoln on the Bardo has a similar narration style and is a hundred times more interesting. Read that instead.
    • 4/5
      Glad I gave the audiobook version a try.
    • 5/5
      This is one of the most uniquely written books I've ever read, mixing my love of music and books.
      As a graduate in the 1970s, I especially loved the timeline, although I'd have placed the extensive drug use into more of the late 1960s-early 70s. But that's probably my ignorance. Now, I'm looking back at concerts I attended around the late 70s and looking at the bands in a different light!

      I can't imagine the research that the author put into this novel, and I also can't imagine the extensive character profile records. Amazing work! The whole time I read, I envisioned the movie, and who would play each character. I see they're making a TV series based on this book, I can't wait, and hope it will do this book justice.

      I've read several of this author's books, and I think is my favorite of hers so far.
    • 5/5
      this is a well crafted book. at once simple, straightforward, and bursting with nuances and side stories. its about just trying to live your best life, love, sacrifices, sorrow, and rock 'n roll. the dynamics of the band members were compelling, and i specially loved the female characters.

      now im wishing i could binge watch the series they based off this so i can actually see and hear the music and performances described in the book.
    • 4/5
      I didn't realize this wasn't a real band until I tried to find the song Honeycomb which should have been popular when I was in high school. Only then did I realize this is a fictitious band, loosely modeled on Stevie Nicks. I never understood the attraction. This tale is told in dialogue and as a memoir which is a unique way to tell the story of The Six's rise and then fall.
    • 5/5
      I was nervous to pick up this book because of all the hype, but I couldn't resist a book about musicians (even fake ones) told in a biopic sort of way. And, man... I am SO glad I picked this book up because it deserves all of the hype and more. I was so impressed by this book and it was very difficult to put it down.

      Daisy Jones and the Six is a fictional band that was active in the 60s and 70s. We have Daisy, this young and hip girl with big hoops earrings and piercing eyes that jumps into the music scene. Then there's The Six, a rock band of six participants that are slowly working their way up the charts. They get united to create one rocking band after they make an awesome hit, "HoneyComb", and suddenly they are international superstars. But remember, not all is what it seems. The band has a lot of troubles and rocky behaviours that go on that lead to their breakup. This book tells their story in an interview format.

      This rock'n'roll, fictional biopic is truly miraculous and enticing. It pulled me in and I couldn't get out. I began to feel like these characters were real, and the way the story was told I wouldn't have been surprised that this was a real band. The story telling was fresh, honest and breath-taking, in all the best ways. It tackles difficult topics too, like addiction and abortion, as well as how to make one's self better. And of course, the lead character is a rocking female who no one should step on, giving it a real feministic vibe.

      The plot twist I didn't see coming (I really should of, it's not mind blowing), but I really enjoyed it! It won't shock you, but it did give me a small smile and chuckle to realize that Taylor Jenkins Reid was doing. I also found it intriguing that I didn't notice certain characters weren't getting interviews in, and realized why once certain events happened.

      This book will be hit or miss for people, but I really enjoyed it. You have to enjoy the biopic or interview format to be into this. I just think it's so unique and it's not something I have seen before. I've only seen biographies of non-fiction tales, but having an interview of a fictional group? That's different! I'm honestly surprised I haven't seen it before. With so many books out there today, it's shocking to me that every idea hasn't been done in some way yet. Additionally, I think this book will stand out more for those who loves 60s and 70s music and are interested in the background of bands. I lived off 60s music for most of my life, and as an adult I have looked into the history of bands I loved. Not all bands have sunshine and roses backgrounds!

      Overall, I think this book is wickedly awesome and will transport you back to a time of drugs, sex and rock'n'roll. There's characters in this book you'll connect with or hate with a passion, yet feel for them the whole time. They're relatable in so many ways. If you like Rocketman, Bohemian Rhapsody and A Star is Born (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper), then I think you'll really enjoy this book (even though those are movies... yes, I realize that).

      Five out of five stars.

    • 4/5
      Daisy Jones and the Six is the story of the 60s and 70s rock band The Six and their eventual lead singer, Daisy Jones. The band bears a striking resemblance to Fleetwood Mack – I’m not sure if that was intentional or not. Billy, the lead singer, is a hard-partying drug addict. When his wife becomes pregnant, he knows he has to sober up and become a better man. Daisy Jones is the it girl of the moment. She wants to be a songwriter and write and perform her own songs. A record producer pairs her with The Six and magic happens. However, there is tension between Daisy and the rest of the band, primarily Billy.

      Daisy Jones and the Six is written as an oral history, which made it perfect for audio. It’s read by a full cast and was like listening to a play – really well done. I was pleasantly surprised. Malibu Rising was the first TJR book I read and I didn’t think it lived up the hype. Everyone told me to give Daisy Jones a try anyway. It was also super-hyped when it came out so I was nervous. But I really liked it and will definitely read more of TJR’s books. People love her so maybe Malibu Rising was a fluke.

      Recommended – especially on audio.
    • 5/5
      I have had this on my TBR shelf for two years now, and I am finally listening to it. OMG, why did I wait so long to start this AMAZING read!? ⁠I absolutely LOVE how the book is in each character POV, it just makes them so much more real, I love it! I had fun getting to know each of them. I did not see that coming at all...the ending took me by surprise for sure.

      If you have not read this book yet or put it on your shelf and have forgotten it or simply haven't caught the chance to read it, grab it, you will not regret it at all. You will really enjoy it. I do believe that listening to the Audiobook was much better than reading the print copy, it makes the characters come to life.
    • 4/5
      Good story and good audiobook production. Seemed like a reasonable representation of the late 20th century music industry. Of most interest to me were the relationships between the people - the highs and lows of those relationships, and what I could learn about my own.
    • 4/5
      Once I was able to get into this book I wasn’t able to put it down. Fascinating tale of a rock band in the 70s from each person of the band. The audiobook was everything
    • 4/5
      This book eventually grabbed me but it took awhile. I found the interview style difficult to get into and, more than that, it just didn't seem that exciting to read about a fictional band whose music doesn't actually exist. Or more specifically, it's not fun to essentially read a Behind The Music episode when you've never heard any of the music being discussed. More than halfway through I felt more invested with the characters and was into seeing how it ended. Some people have recommended the audiobook and that makes a lot of sense, that's probably the best way to enjoy it.
    • 5/5
      Audio book was so good.
      I couldn't it down!


      I enjoyed the characters as they were...I felt each had a uniqueness that contributed to the story.

      When I read (in depth) the numerous plot changes for screen, I made the decision that I would not watch the Prime series.
      What someone felt defined the character, I felt tampered with them.
      The time frame, events, characters and nuances in the plot were done so well by the author.

      I'm late in coming to this audio read but so happy I finally got to it.

      ...one of my 2023 favorite reads..
    • 4/5
      This is the story of a (fictional) famous rock band from the 1970s, Daisy Jones & the Six, including lead singers and songwriters, Daisy and Billy. Early on, Billy gets into rehab and gets clean, but gorgeous Daisy is all about the drugs. Billy is married and starts a family. Billy’s brother Graham is in the band, and unknown to most of the others, has a relationship with another bandmate, Karen; bandmate Eddie is the one who most wants to stick to rock’n’roll. The story is their rise to stardom until their breakup at the end of the 70s.

      This is sex, drugs, and rock’n’roll. I listened to the audio and it was so well done. The story was good (I’d give the story itself 3.5 stars), but (as I always do when it’s this good), I am adding an extra ¼ star for the audio. But also an additional ¼ star for the format of the book. It’s told in interviews with many of the characters: the people mentioned above, but also Billy’s wife, Daisy’s best friend/disco star, the band’s producer, and many more. I think this format led really well to the audio, with each character having a different narrator for the audio. So well done!
    • 5/5
      I love the oral history/interview style of the book--very hard to pull off--and it shows how well Taylor Jenkins Reid writes!

      I can see so many inspirations for this novel--from Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie from Fleetwood Mac to Glenn Fry from the Eagles. I love the '70's vibe of the story, and the characters are unforgettable, especially Daisy Jones.

      Now off to watch the Amazon series based on this novel. Recommended to all music lovers, fans of historical fiction, and book-to-TV adaptation fans.
    • 2/5
      This book is framed as an oral history of the fictional 1970s rock & roll powerhouse Daisy Jones & the Six, their meteoric rise to fame and subsequent implosion/dissolution. I was honestly surprised to hear that there was hype surrounding it; I found it to be a pretty bland and unremarkable work of historical fiction.

      A faux oral history is a fun premise with a lot of potential. Reid plays with the fallibility of human memory to great effect. There are some genuinely delightful passages in the novel where every character presents a slightly different version of events - both significant and trivial - from the band's past.

      Sadly, these moments are few and far between. Much of the potential in the novel's premise is squandered by the author's inability to fully commit to it. Aside from Billy and Daisy (who are clearly the 'protagonists' of this...oral history of a 7 person band) the characters are given little-to-no development. Their voices are indistinguishable from each other and often lyrical or omniscient in a way that serves the immediate needs of the narrative but feels extremely out of place in an oral history of a rock and roll band. For instance, I spent an embarrassing amount of time thinking the author was setting up a bisexual love triangle between Daisy, the male protagonist, and another member of his band, but it turns out that it was just Very Important that we know right away how hot Billy is, and his bandmate was the one talking at that moment, so I guess that's what he talks about for at least three paragraphs? (Also, why couldn't you have given me THAT story, Taylor Jenkins Reid? It would've been way more interesting)

      Pretty much every plot point in Daisy Jones has been cribbed liberally from the biography of an actual band. The result is a novel whose plot is somehow more predictable and less interesting than any of the real world narratives upon which it is based. 70s rock & roll buffs may enjoy playing 'Spot the Reference.' I, however, am a child of the 90s who has never intentionally listened to a Fleetwood Mac song, and I mostly spent my time wondering when things were going to get *actually* crazy and wishing I was re-reading "High on Arrival" instead.

      In any case, the story beats are immaterial, since it quickly becomes clear that both plot and premise are just window dressing for the novel's central thesis: "What if two boring and unlikeable narcissists spent decades being emotionally unfaithful to their partners and spouses with each other, but - get this - *never actually bone down.* What if Keith Richards and Anita Pallenberg not only lacked personal charisma, but also never hooked up in a limo OR really committed to their respective heroin habits??" The answer, apparently, is Daisy Jones and the Six.

      Reid's prose is the one saving grace here; it's generally good and occasionally powerful. Unfortunately the novel undercuts its own feminist leanings by having Camilla (saintly, long-suffering wife and mother; the Madonna to Daisy's whore) gracefully remove herself as an impediment to Billy and Daisy's luuurv by dying virtuously of lupus: an unintentionally funny denouement that wouldn't feel out of place in a Victorian novel. Camilla's final instruction to her daughter is to have her father call Daisy - the woman with whom he's been emotionally unfaithful for her parents entire marriage - after her death. Mommy gets to watch Daisy and Billy pork each other from heaven, y'all! I can't imagine a more perfect end to this FoRbIdDeN rOmAnCe.

      Leaving that aside forever, this feels as good a place as any to mention that it's especially ironic given the tremendous debt that rock & roll owes to Black musicians like Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon and Jimmy Reed, that the few PoC characters in Daisy Jones and the Six basically only exist to further the development or act as helpmeets to the white protagonists. I'm dismayed, but not exactly surprised.

      Ultimately, Daisy Jones and the Six is not good, but it's a story I would have found unspeakably affecting when I was like 13 or so? The first page of search returns on "Daisy Jones and the Six" are all variations on "Is Daisy Jones and the Six a real band?" so it's probably safe to say that I am not the target audience for this novel. That said, if you've read or watched Daisy Jones & the Six and found yourself vibing with it, I'd suggest picking up "Life" by Keith Richards, "High on Arrival" by Mackenzie Phillips, "Gonzo: Hunter Thompson: An Oral History" or "The Final Revival of Opal and Nev," all of which have similar themes, but are immeasurably better in every way.

      1.5 stars, rounded up.
    • 3/5
      book was ok, but the ending was fabulous!
    • 5/5
      I didn't want to read or listen to this book because I thought it was too popular! But, after reading other books by Taylor Jenkins Reid I decided to try it. I do recommend this on audio, the narrators are amazing and Julia Whelan is fast becoming one of my favorite narrators! I feel like everyone knows what the book is about already since I am probably one of the last to finally listen to it! But, if you haven't you have a lot to look forward to!
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed the whole book and the narration was absolutely top notch. I mean, I'd listen to Jennifer Beals read a technical manual and be happy, but everyone was great.

      Documentaries are my jam so this felt right. But, like a documentary, it tended to be slow - interesting and good, but slow. The last couple of hours went by quickly and I honestly felt like I was leaving some friends behind.
    • 4/5
      Another fantastic, engaging, well-written novel from Taylor Jenkins Reid!!
    • 4/5
      Spring 2020;

      I heard about this book a lot toward the end of last year as people's list were coming out and it stayed on my radar to look about for sales etc, and happily enough it did pop up. I started reading this one over Christmas break and then finished it in chunks during lunch duty at work.

      I really loved that the format of this book (told in the style of interview transcriptions) ended up being as flawless as it did, because I had concerns at the beginning, but I got entirely swept away in it. I love the tension between brothers. I loved a double love story that for once took the path unchosen in almost all literature, and how it ends up at the end, with its hint without reveal. I loved the twist about who the documentary person was, which was revealed at the point I had already accepted that wasn't coming.

      I think anyone who loved the heydey of music in the 70's & 80's, the lifestyles of rockers, professional and personal, the unexpected paths of love stories and people choosing their lives and loves the way they want them, not the way the world writes them, should jump on this now.
    • 5/5
      Very well-written as Taylor Jenkins Reid brings alive the band. It felt so real I went to the extent of googling the band's name. You can almost feel the concert's atmospherics and how high the band and crowd were. The only flaw is the chapters on Billy and Daisy's songwriting, which felt too long.
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