Daisy Jones and The Six: A Novel

  Daisy Jones and The Six: A Novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid. 2019, Rabbit Read, Inc. Ballantine Books. Adult historical fiction.

Daisy Jones has grown up a child of privilege, but not much love. Billy Dunne and his brother Graham are close and form a band. It takes a producer, Teddy, to really put them together. The Six becomes a rock and roll mega group. Amidst drugs, drink, and personal problems, life goes on. The novel takes the form of interviews with all of them and showcases 1965 until the group's final concert in 1979. Keep reading though and you'll find out what happens to all of them. The voices are strong, but several of them make the same grammatical error mixing up I and me pronouns. It might have been authentic for one character, but when several do it, that comes across as sloppy editing. 

If you have seen the new streaming series with this title, you may have wanted to read the book. The author has also written MALIBU RISING, another rock era fictional title. When Daisy Jones mentions Mick Riva, he is the same guy as in that book. And, look for him in THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO.  It's interesting that the show leaves out a band member which might have made it Daisy Jones and The Five. It would be interesting to compare the song lyrics included in the book to the songs in the series and see if they really used Reid's work.