Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

5 stars

It was not a good idea to pick this up whilst trying to complete my first dissertation chapter - it was so intoxicating all I wanted to do was continuing reading. Daisy Jones & The Six takes on an interview style whilst centring around a popular 70s rock band, from their rise to fame to the heartbreaking split in the height of their popularity. Topics of drug abuse and alcoholism were heavily explored in this book and the way TJR approached the unreliability of addiction captured the true dark, devastating nature of it. I didn’t expect to like this style of writing as much as I did and I loved how each characters had contradicting narratives, making it realistic but also funny when placed next to each other. Just like with TSHOEH, the book felt so authentic that I constantly felt the need to look up the band even knowing full well that what I was reading was fiction. I love when authors connect their different book worlds together and the reference to Mick Riva from TSHOEH was so subtle yet fun to read. Just like with TSHOEH, TJR concluded the novel with an unexpected reveal that was just as shocking and clever as Evelyn’s. I thought the full album lyrics at the back of the book was so smart and I’d wish for nothing more than to actually hear the full album (which I’m hoping we might get in the TV series that’s coming out this year). I LOVED the way TJR left the story open with that last page and ended it on a hopeful note and I cannot wait to read the rest of the TJR books on my shelf.

8 and 27 for the asks!! <3

hi heronn 💕💕💕

8. what's your favourite band/artist?

ohhh i have a few so i'll try to list some of them!! i love love love taylor swift, maya hawke ofc, the 1975, umm i also listen to conan grey and olivia rodrigo a lot sjskdj but! i also rly like kpop, i dont listen to it as much as i did like last year but i still have a huge soft spot for twice and blackpink 🫶 i also listen to queen and fleetwood mac a lot, ever since i was a kid n stuff :)

27. what’s your favorite book? or just one you’ve read a few times? 

daisy jones and the six is my favourite book! i love its documentary format and the way it incorporates the music into the narrative. also tjr wrote the lyrics to every single song so you can check them out as you read the story and it makes the experience even better! there's a limited series that's set to premiere this year or in 2023 and i'm super excited to hear the songs and see if they're anything like i imagine them 😭

ask game!

*flops down next to you in my Marianas Trench shirt* what’s your favorite Marianas Trench album? And what’s your favorite song off of Josh Ramsay’s new album? I’ve only listened to it once and don’t have favorites yet !!

Ooooooh, what an ask to receive!!

For Marianas Trench albums, my fave is tied between Ever After and Masterpiece Theatre, I think. All albums have some songs that I am in love with and others that I'm in like with but I think more trend towards love between these two albums than the others. (That being said, Phantoms gave me very similar vibes to those faves so it's a close second choice.)

Special shout-outs to the following songs from the other albums:

Fix Me: Say Anything, Push, and Skin and Bones

Astoria: This Means War, Dearly Departed, and Wildfire

Phantoms: Only the Lonely Survive, Glimmer, and The Killing Kind

As for TJRS, I admit that I haven't really had the time to listen to it in full and take all of it in since I've been working wild amounts of overtime since the last week of March. I think I've listened to every song once by now but it's been more background noise while I completed other tasks.

I do greatly enjoy Miles and Miles. From the very first note, I got serious Disney/family movie vibes. And Lady Mine makes perfect sense as a first single from my American perspective (other than Fefe Dobson, Chad Kroeger is the only featured artist I recognized, plus it offered some of the punchy lyrics I love from JR, snatching my breath away). I love the instrumental additions to the album, reminding me so much of Astoria burning the heart out of me.

I may come back and reply to this at some point with updated thoughts once I've actually been able to listen deeply to the album in full.

Always fun to discuss my favorite things with a fellow fan though! Feel free to add your thoughts/opinions/responses to this post!