I really was excited to read this book having been a touring musician for fifteen years and loving this era of music. Unfortunately, Daisy Jones and the Six really left me flat. It didn't effectively capture the chaos or excitement of the 70's rock and roll world. More importantly, it didn't serve up the emotional electricity that comes from making music with a group of people and having people respond to it. There are so many amazing non-fiction accounts and memoirs that are so much more fulfilling/exciting/depressing than this author could muster.

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I had to read this to see if it was worthy of all the hype ... and it is. The talent of Taylor Jenkins Reid to create the entire world of this novel is amazing; it's so detailed, extensive, and realistic, it's easy to forget it's completely fictional.

I can't imagine experiencing this novel any way other than via audiobook. It was fairly simple to track the large cast of characters due to the distinctive voices of each narrator, and I'm sure I would have gotten hopelessly confused, or bored, if I had read a print copy of the book.

It seems musicians' lives are prominent in pop culture right now, as evidenced by movies about Freddie Mercury, Linda Ronstadt, Elton John, Miles Davis, and many others, and this book fits well into this trend. I'm so eager to see where Ms. Reid will take her readers next as I'll be along for the ride.

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Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it's the rock and roll she loves most. By the time she's twenty, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things. Also getting noticed is The Six, a band led by the brooding Billy Dunne. On the eve of their first tour, his girlfriend Camila finds out she's pregnant, and with the pressure of impending fatherhood and fame, Billy goes a little wild on the road. Daisy and Billy cross paths when a producer realizes that the key to supercharged success is to put the two together. What happens next will become the stuff of legend. This book is loosely based on Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks 1970's rock group and break up in July 1979. I enjoyed this book and look forward to more from Taylor Jenkins Reid. The characters were well-drawn and unforgettable. If you love rock music, you will enjoy this book.

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