This book was made to be an audiobook, and I highly recommend consuming it in that fashion--but make sure you have time to listen to it all the way through because you will not want to set it down.

Daisy Jones & The Six is an interview-style tell-all about a fictitious late 70s band that took the world by storm and mysteriously dissolved just as they hit the precipice of their career. The anonymous interviewer edits herself out of the narrative almost entirely, save for a few "author's notes" that had me furiously heading to Google to confirm that this story is, in fact, fiction. The bulk of the text, thus, is told by everyone else--the band members, the producers, the girlfriends.

We are introduced to Daisy Jones and the Dunne brothers as they are just getting into the music scene, she an aspiring songwriter, they enthusiastic guitar players. That their two storylines will eventually intersect is certain, but how they come together is a slow burn that [a:Taylor Jenkins Reid|6572605|Taylor Jenkins Reid|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1493925431p2/6572605.jpg] presents stunningly. This book is about sex and tension; this book is about drugs and drinking and addiction; this book is about rises and falls and the relationships along the way.

I fell hard for these characters. The dynamic between Billy and Daisy was electric coming off the page (or through the headphones because the voice actors really made it), whether they were fighting or collaborating or fully ignoring each other. Camilla and Julia were such amazing fans, and every line from Camilla about the different ways people show their trust and their love was gut-wrenching. Graham and Karen had such a sweet story with a spicy ending that I saw coming and still broke my heart. Simone's clear devotion to Daisy was beautiful to read, from beginning to end, supportive of Daisy's whims when no one else seemed to care at all. Even Warren and Eddie brought a lot, frustrating and amusing with their alternative perspectives

that were especially significant and surprising when the identity of the interviewer was revealed to be Julia, which, incidentally, I thought was done excellently

. The producers and managers and hotel concierges who were brought in for just a few lines added so much texture to the story, contributing to the sense that this might be nonfiction after all.

I particularly loved when memories were repeated by different characters, intertwined to tell the whole story and sometimes outright contradicting each other. The uncertainty that pervaded the novel added to the realism of it, brought the characters almost fully to life, and I am so glad to have picked this one up on a day that I needed some distraction.