The book is written in an interview style, with a couple of excerpts either from other books, magazines, and interviews. If you can read this along with the audiobook, do it. The cast of narrators were so good. It worked for me, but this might not be a thing that works for everyone.

Jenkins Reid has very quickly turned into my favorite authors this is the 4th book I've read from her.

I love this book. I'm a huge music fan and would devour episodes of Behind the Music in high school and still read memoirs, biographies, and essays from musicians and music scenes so this book is right in my wheelhouse. Fictional 70s rock band biography? here. for. it. to quote Barry in High Fidelity: "is it better to burn out or fade away?"

I enjoyed how certain scenes were re-told in vastly different perspectives either because people didn't know what was happening to certain band members or because they were possibly revising their own memories. I liked not knowing the actual truth and coming up with my own conclusions. I like how flawed everyone was while still remaining sympathetic to an extent. Eddie is so frustrating but he was always just about the music, similarly Warren was the same way just with significantly less hangups. Pete is chef's kiss.

I would love to read this book in just Karen and Graham's side, I found them a little bit more interesting then Billy. Billy I wanted to strangle half all the time, that musical genius who thinks he's not being a jerk when he is, who thinks he's this noble family man but uses them as an excuse for his shit behavior or a crutch to be a "better person." Because of that my feelings towards Camila were complicated, a product of her time? yes, but i feel like there was more there that she didn't allow us to see, which makes the way this story is told so great. What is Camila not telling us what is she shielding us

or the author really

from?

Ah Daisy, frustratingly wonderful Daisy. This is what i so enjoy from Jenkins Reid's protagonists they're so flawed and frustrating and yet they sit there in their messy and even through that you can't help but care for them even if you want to scream at them a little bit, Simone gets it, wish there was more of her too.

I think that's what prevented for me loving this books from end to end. I wanted more from everyone else, although i know the story is about Daisy and the why the band broke up and no one talked about until now. I just wanted more. Also didn't love the ending, but that's not stopping me from continuing to pick up her books. I've also had a string of books lately where the endings didn't make sense to me so that could be why I'm a bit peeved by the ending here as well.

I did like that the reason why the band broke up wasn't just because of Daisy and Bill's attraction to one another, but Karen and Graham falling apart, Eddie just being sick of everyone's shit, Pete not caring about being in a band.

I didn't like the email Camila sent to her daughters about how Bill and Daisy "owe" her a song, they owe her shit. was this her way of saying to Daisy "now you can have him?" like she's permitting this great love from beyond the grave? I could have done without this. Billy and Daisy's chemistry ultimately was limerence and not soul mates, I just didn't see the point of it. I would have loved to see them as passing ships and potential and what could have been. Thats just my read on it, I could be wrong that could not be the intention but open ending books are like that. Its interesting because i like open ending stories and unreliable storytelling but this ending irked me anyway.