Reviewed on Dec 29, 2020

Must read 🏆

All the metaphors, the double meanings... there is just so many things to discuss and interpret.

Everything about the pacing of this story was perfect to me. It appealed to my reading speed and I never thought that it was going too fast or too slow. Listening to it definitely helped me focus on the story more that I would have if I just read it.

The fact that it was written in an interview style was great for the narrative rather than shifting perspectives. It allowed me to get sucked in to what each of the characters were experiencing at different moment and for some reason it felt like I was experiencing it in real-time. It's like I was right there with them.

I liked reading about the musical aspect as I am a musician myself and there are not many books that talk about the in-depth the life of musicians. It was like having an inside peek on how bands start, how they begin, their own musically-related struggles, the hours or recordings, etc. and it was nice to have some little parts where I could relate to them.

It was nice to see how the smallest details resulted to the bigger pictures.

WRITING STYLE:

Very well-written. Everything just seemed to flow seamlessly together.

CHARACTERS:

Taylor Jenkins Reid is a master at creating characters you wish were real... or at some point you actually thought were real.

I was so in love with every single character and even though it was confusing at first to get used to the narrative, it helped that the audiobook is by A FULL CAST. The different voices helped me distinguish the characters. By the end of the book, I felt like I actually knew each of them and that I lived their life with them as well.

I love me a character-driven story and this is one of the good ones. Just like The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, TJR created Daisy Jones as not the perfect protagonist/antagonist/whatever but you cannot help but love her and feel for her anyway. The same goes with every other member of The Six. I was in love. I was crying. My heart ached and it swelled.

All of their relationships were written so well and realistically that I swear they exist somewhere.

"things don’t have to be perfect to be strong."

OVERALL:

Ultimately, this book is about chasing your dreams (no matter what it is) and what is worth losing or keeping them. It is about loyalty and trust.

"And I liked that. The idea that just by being me, I was doing all right."

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Hi I'm Althea and that reader who is always switching between books. Always looking for something fresh, diverse, and interesting to read. I love thought provoking, adventurous, and emotional stories that will make me throw my book at a wall.