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DAISY JONES & THE SIX

by Taylor Jenkins Reid ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 5, 2019

Despite some drawbacks, an insightful story that will appeal to readers nostalgic for the 1970s.

What ever happened to Daisy Jones and The Six, the iconic 1970s rock band that topped the charts and sold out stadiums? It’s always been a mystery why the musicians suddenly disbanded.

Reid ( The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo , 2017, etc.) takes an unusual approach to dissecting the breakup of the fictional rock band by offering a narrative composed solely of transcribed interviews. At the center of the documentary-style novel is the relationship between lead singer Billy Dunne, recovering addict and aspiring family man, and sexy bad girl Daisy Jones, whose soulful voice and complex lyrics turn out to have been the missing ingredient The Six needed. When Daisy joins the band, the group catapults to fame, but not without cost. She refuses to simply fall in line and let Billy make the artistic decisions. In doing this, not only does she infuriate the band leader, she also sets an example for other members who are only too happy to start voicing their own demands. Over time the tension between Billy and Daisy grows increasingly more complicated, threatening to take its toll on Billy’s home life. He is fiercely loyal to his wife, Camila, while also being fully cognizant of his weaknesses—a torturous combination for Billy. Other band members have their own embroilments, and Daisy’s bestie, disco diva Simone Jackson, enhances the cast, but the crux of the story is about how the addition of Daisy to The Six forever changes the chemistry of the band, for better and worse. There is great buildup around answering the big question of what happened at their final concert together, though the revelation is a letdown. Further, the documentary-style writing detracts from the storytelling; it often feels gimmicky, as though the author is trying too hard for a fresh and clever approach. This is a shame because her past novels, traditionally told, have been far more engaging.

Pub Date: March 5, 2019

ISBN: 978-1-5247-9862-8

Page Count: 368

Publisher: Ballantine

Review Posted Online: Dec. 10, 2018

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 1, 2019

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Pub Date: Sept. 16, 1992

ISBN: 1400031702

Page Count: 592

Publisher: Knopf

Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 1, 1992

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The audiobook version is apparently even better.

If it wasn't the brilliantly written oral history, it was the raw, compelling storylines that made readers fall in love with Taylor Jenkins Reid's  Daisy Jones & The Six —a novel about the rise and fall of a fictional '70s rock band, and all of the sex, drugs, music, laughter, sadness, pain, and love in-between.

Inspired by iconic '60s and '70s bands like The Rolling Stones and Fleetwood Mac,  Jenkins Reid told MarieClaire.com  she did about six weeks of straight research, which allowed her to paint a full picture of the lives of rock and roll artists from both an internal and external perspective. It's also pretty hard to believe that she didn't know much about music beforehand, yet she crafted lyrics to songs that made #ReadWithMC reviewers disappointed they couldn't listen to them when they put the book down. (There's great news, though: Reese Witherspoon is  turning the book into a limited TV series , so you'll actually get to see the songs come to life.)

Here, the #ReadWithMC community shares exactly what made Jenkins Reid's  Daisy Jones & The Six  so great, and why you may even want to listen to the audiobook version first. Find out how you can have your review featured on the site for next month's  Marie Claire  book club pick ( The Sun Is Also a Star  by Nicola Yoon),  here .

"Formatted as an oral history, this is the story of how Daisy Jones came to join The Six to create one of the biggest rock records of the 70s—and how (and why) the band quickly fell apart after. The author lets each character tell their side of this tumultuous story, then pieces the interviews together into one fluid narrative that reveals exactly what happened that pulled this band apart at the seams. Wow—what a book. I was absolutely captivated, my mindset swinging from wanting to read slowly to savor the story to reading as fast as I could. Set in one of the greatest eras of rock and roll, this story had everything you’d want: drugs, sex, ambition, ego, and talent.

Although the story itself was great, the way the author chose to tell the story—as an oral history—is how this novel grabbed me. By letting the characters tell the story themselves, the author built incredible depth to these characters. You were in their heads, understanding their every move and motivation. This book is everywhere right now, so I understand if you’re wondering if it’s overrated, but I’ll tell you this: You won’t regret picking this one up. It's a truly refreshing spin on fiction, and definitely worth reading." —@elissa.reads

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"Just finished  Daisy Jones & The Six  by @tjenkinsreid and immediately wanted to start it all over again, it was that good. Not only is it a captivating, entertaining story of sex, drugs, and rock and roll presented in a unique format, but it also deals with Important Themes like trust and self-worth in subtle and thought-provoking ways. Ten out of 10 recommend. Can’t wait for the series." —@danismcnally

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"This might be my fave read by @tjenkinsreid. It honestly has everything you’d want in a book: originality, girl power, and a number of characters you’re bound to fall for." —@friendswithabook

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"Jumping into the fictional world of  Daisy Jones & The Six  was an emotional roller coaster I was not prepared for. Written to portray the good times and bad times of a band trying to make it big in the late '60s/early '70s, I was immediately drawn to this title. The form of this book is one that I particularly enjoy. This story is presented like reading the transcript to a documentary; a written interview. The dialogue jumps between all seven members of the band, their management team, and from time to time people of great importance to them, in a  Behind the Music- style production. As I’m sure many other readers will tell you, it is difficult not to draw thoughts of Fleetwood Mac. As a fan, the fictional spin on an iconic band such as Fleetwood Mac really worked for me. Some of the best rock and roll of all time was recorded during this time period—it was the perfect era to use in the creation of a book such as this—and it was evident that this period was very well-researched. Taylor did a wonderful job of capturing the nostalgia and feel of this time setting perfectly. From the avocation of 'peace and love,' the subtlety in the inclusion of the second wave of feminism to the sex drugs and rock and roll that was the '70s rock era.

Given that this book read like the oral history of the band, there are many times you will feel as if these are real people and not just a creation from the mind of its author. It will become impossible not to impulsively search 'Daisy Jones & The Six' on Spotify or Google because these characters, this story, was written to feel so real. I don’t know if I’m alone in this, but whenever offered a glimpse of the lyrics—with one or two lines of a verse—I wanted so badly to read each song in its entirety. When this was exactly what Taylor offered her reader in the final pages, I could not have loved that inclusion more. In the end, Billy Dunne and Daisy Jones had my heart singing, soaring, and crushed. This is my first read by Taylor Jenkins Reid, and to say I am obsessed with this story is an understatement. This book would definitely translate well to television and I’m excited to see how it is adapted and who is cast.  Thanks, Reese Witherspoon!  Needless to say, this book has everything I love wrapped up in its pages. I could not recommend it more and it’s definitely one of those books that you don’t want to miss. Period." — Julie on Goodreads

"This book absolutely crushed me. ❤️❤️❤️ Jenkins Reid is a genius and I couldn’t put this book down. I’m now on my third day of a serious Stevie Nicks binge." —@dontcallmeagnes

"Just finished the book—it was great! I wanted to hear the music so bad!!!" —@mzeliz

"Taylor Jenkins Reid always writes the most unique and brilliant stories.  Daisy Jones & The Six  is a book unlike any I’ve read before. This story follows many characters, but is primarily about Daisy Jones and Billy Dunne, the two lead singers and songwriters of the band. The band came together in the '70s and that is the decade the story takes place. You get the perspectives of many characters, but thankfully, it was easy to follow. This story felt like it was real, in fact, I questioned several times if this was a real band/story. This one captured me from the start and held my attention all the way through. I felt conflicted about a lot of things, but the ending…the last few lines…they gave me goosebumps. I listened to the audio book of  Daisy Jones & The Six  and I can’t recommend the audio format enough. There was an array of narrators voicing the characters and they did a magnificent job. The book was written in an interview style, and I honestly don’t think I would have enjoyed reading the e-book/paperback nearly as much. I’m so glad I did the audio. If you love rockstar books, stories that are real, raw, and a bit angsty, be sure to grab this. And do yourself a favor and do the audio if you can. It’s wonderful!" — Christy B. on Goodreads

"Loved this book! I got sucked in from the start and couldn't put it down. I really felt the energy, and actually started crying when I read the ending on my subway ride home. Jenkins Reid crafts such vivid characters, and it's definitely no small feat to weave together so many storylines in the as-told-to format. I can't wait to see the on-screen adaptation!" —@morgan.mcmullen

"This was so good! I love Taylor Jenkins Reid’s book so much! Her writing is incredible. She has a beautiful way of making her characters very real and believable. I loved the format. I’ve always been a huge nerd for  Behind the Music  specials and  E! True Hollywood Stories , and while reading this book I kind of felt like I was watching one of those, so I loved it!

I liked that this book not only focused on the romantic relationships, but also on the powerful friendships between these women. There was so many strong messages for women about empowerment, standing up for yourself, and about women supporting each other. Even though this book is fiction, I felt at the end of reading it that this could’ve been a true story because of how amazing this story was put together. I absolutely loved it and I highly recommend it!" —@bookishamberlynn

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"OBSESSED!!!! Can’t wait to hear the songs come off the pages in the Amazon show." —@annelisita21

"I listened to the audiobook and I gotta say, Taylor Jenkins Reid has knocked it out of the park again. I LOVED THIS SO MUCH. This audiobook was one of the best audiobooks I've ever listened to and I am SO GLAD that I decided to take in the story that way. It was narrated by a full cast and I just about died when my girl Judy Greer started speaking in my ear as the voice of Karen Karen. Seriously y'all, so fucking good.

I WILL SAY, the reason I'm giving this a 4 and not a 5 is because the book as a whole ends a little unspectacularly. There's so much build up and tension throughout the course of the book and the ending just did not live up to what came before it. I do still HIGHLY recommend you check it out though, and 100 percent recommend the audiobook. What a wild ride." — Chelsea on Goodreads

"This book was ADDICTIVE.  Please Kill Me  is a book that meant a lot to me and to see Daisy Jones through the same narrative style was so fascinating and felt so real. I was genuinely sad I couldn’t go play some of their music every time I put it down, it felt like being in their fully realized world." —@hella_drella

"Reading 'Daisy Jones and The Six' was like having an all-access pass to hang backstage with the hottest rock band in the world!" —@forthereading

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"What a highly entertaining read! From the pen of the talented @tjenkinsreid comes the story of the rise and fall of a band in the 70s. It is written in the form of interview transcripts and through this unique style, the views and memories of all the different members are captured perfectly....albeit differently. It’s pure 70s sex, drugs, ‘n’ rock and roll...with a nice twist in the end!

Hats off to TJR for actually writing complete songs and including them in the back of the book!! There were many quotable parts for me in the book:

'Men often think they deserve a sticker for treating women like people.'

'We became a democracy instead of a autocracy. And democracy sounds like a great idea, but bands aren’t countries.'

'It’s just rock 'n' roll. None of this really matters.'

'But music is never about music. If it was, we’d be writing songs about guitars. But we don’t. We write songs about women.'

'Passion is fire...Water is how we keep alive...I picked water.'"

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"This is a breeeeezy zip of a book. It’s written in a gossipy, fragmented way, using snippets of  Behind the Music -style interviews to chronicle the rise and fall, the relationships, adventures, and misadventures of a fictional '70s rock band called Daisy Jones & The Six, which is apparently modeled after Fleetwood Mac. Jenkins Reid's frothy trip down imaginary rock and roll lane is shaped as a book-in-the-making, allowing former band members, rock critics, producers, friends, and lovers the opportunity to supply or respond to other participants’ admissions concerning all the steamy behind-the-scenes dirt that is part and parcel of fame’s mythos—the resentments, the sex, the drinking, the drugs, the creative differences, the posturing; the whole roiling emotional toll of the rock and roll lifestyle. There’s a special emphasis on the burdens and perceptions and scrutiny that comes with being a woman in the industry, and in a band numbering seven people, the juggling of egos, and managing status and contribution and consensus becomes a real issue along with the compromises one makes for commercial viability, being an artist vs. being a star, personal/artistic sacrifices made for the good of the band—and things get, as the kids say, complicated. Although Jenkins Reid has to construct these personas using only what is essentially a series of monologues, she does it well and consistently, and there’s some fun to be had in observing who among the characters are forthright, who politely declines to answer, or whose memories differ or contradict the memories of others. This makes for a little subtext of a story about how memories change over time, how situations are interpreted based on a participant’s perspective or the filter of hindsight, or how misunderstandings, when allowed to go unchallenged, often snowball into bigger problems than they ought to have. In a related theme, it’s interesting to see how this phenomenon transcends the interpersonal level and is carried out into the legend of the band—how lyrics are interpreted, misinterpreted, how rumors grow around them, how situations are inflated for a juicier tale, and how the press operates as kingmakers, creating or perpetuating the aura of stardom on the slimmest of pretexts. It’s a fun, light summertime book sprinkled with great lines. The best one? Karen was the kind of person who had more talent in her finger than most people have in their whole body… And don’t you forget it." — Karen on Goodreads

"Even though I was exhausted, I stayed up late last night finishing this book. Everything that can be said about this book has already been said, so here are my personal takeaways:

Recommended for fans of:  Bohemian Rhapsody  (the movie—but also the song!),  Intervention , praying every night for the reunion of The Civil Wars, 'Rehab' by Amy Winehouse." —@shellsnbooks

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Daisy Jones & the Six

By taylor jenkins reid.

Book review, full book summary and synopsis for Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, a fun and breezy story of sex, drugs and rock 'n roll.

In Daisy Jones & the Six , Daisy Jones is young, beautiful, talented and just beginning her ascent into music stardom when a producer pairs her up with The Six, an up-and-coming blues-rock band.

Daisy Jones & the Six tells their story in all its unruly, sex-crazed, drug-fueled glory. Daisy is blessed in every way -- looks, money, talent -- but is also wild, reckless and filled with hubris.

Meanwhile, Billy, the de facto leader of The Six, is capable but controlling and struggling to manage the temptations of the rock and roll lifestyle. When they meet, stars align and legends are born.

(The Full Plot Summary is also available, below)

Full Plot Summary

The story is told as a transcript of a MTV-Behind-the-Music-styled "oral history". Daisy Jones is raised by wealthy and glamorous, but neglectful parents. Daisy is beautiful and free-spirited. She befriends Simone , an older disco star. They party together, and Simone encourages Daisy to pursue a music career. Hank Allen becomes Daisy's manager (and later, her boyfriend). She signs with Runner Records .

In Pittsburgh, the Dunne Brothers are a blues-rock band consisting of Billy and Graham Dunne . Later, they bring on others, drummer Warren Rhodes , bassist Pete Loving , rhythm guitarist Eddie and keyboardist Karen . They change their name to "The Six", Rod Reyes becomes their manager and they meet a producer, Teddy Price . They sign with Runner Records, and Billy proposes to his girlfriend, Camila.

Billy is the obsessive and controlling heart-throb of the group. Camila gets pregnant, so she and Billy get married. When the band goes on a small tour to promote their new album, Billy cheats repeatedly on Camila, but she catches him. He starts abusing heroin, but after their baby Julia is born, Billy goes to rehab and gets clean.

Teddy wants The Six to bring in a female for a duet and suggests Daisy Jones. Billy and Daisy butt heads when Daisy changes up the lyrics to the song, but the song is a hit. The Six goes on tour with Daisy as an opener, but Billy is wary of Daisy because she's an addict and he's clean now. However, when Daisy dumps Hank, he takes her band with him. Billy ends up accompanying her and she joins in on some of The Six's songs. The Rolling Stone does a cover on The Six and suggests adding Daisy. Soon Daisy Jones & The Six is born.

Billy and Daisy start writing songs together for their first album. Despite their bickering, it goes well, but Daisy is still very flaky due to her partying and drug usage. At one point, Daisy kisses Billy, but he pulls back. With a album finished, Daisy jets off to Italy and impulsively marries Nicky , an Italian prince. Simone has to track her down and bring her home. Things are tense with Billy and Daisy afterwards.

The band becomes famous after the release. They go on a big tour, and Nicky is with Daisy and encourages her drug usage. However, when she wakes up in a shower to Nicky trying to wake her (thinking that she has OD'ed), she realizes she needs to leave him and asks for a divorce. Daisy starts trying to get sober. Billy and Daisy's relationship improves, and Daisy realizes she's in love with Billy. Billy has feelings for Daisy, but he knows Camila is the one he wants. When Teddy dies of a heart attack, Daisy starts using again. Camila finds Daisy on the hotel floor crying and advises her to leave the band and get clean. Daisy quits the band the next day, and the rest of the tour is cancelled.

The book reveals that the writer of all of this is Julia, Billy's daughter. Daisy does end up getting clean. 33 years later, before Camila passes away from Lupus, she writes a note to Julia. She instructs Julia to give her father some time, but then to tell him to call Daisy Jones.

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Daisy Jones & the Six is the latest release from Taylor Jenkins Reid (of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo fame) and it’s all about sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll. It tells the story of the rise and fall of a fictional 70’s rock band through an “oral history” (think VH1’s Behind the Scenes ).

It’s also the March selection from Reese’s Book Club. Overall, I think Reese’s selections are pretty good. There’s definitely a hard slant towards more plot-focused books that will work well as movie or TV adaptations — probably because her book club serves as a feeder for her production company — but, clearly there’s an audience for those titles, as evidenced by the popularity of this book. This one in particular is being adapted into a 13-episode series on Amazon .

The Good Stuff

More than anything else, Daisy Jones & the Six is a fun book that evokes the sense of energy that comes with telling a surprisingly uncynical story about uninhibited, young and talented people — it’s entertainment through and through. Upbeat and uncomplicated.

Even from the description on the back cover, you know exactly where this story is going, a bunch of beautiful and blessed people, off to make music, live glamorously and find fame. And it delivers.

In terms of the format, the “oral history”-slash-faux-documentary style works. It provides a breezy and quick way to tell the story from a multiple of angles, though it obviously limits to some extent the more reflective aspects of storytelling. Instead, the onus is on the reader to read between the lines of what’s being said.

I’m usually pretty adverse to literary gimmicks, but I think this format made sense for the type of story Reid is trying to tell. It’s also to her credit that she does a good job of capturing the right tone for the faux documentary format. It comes off as conversational, accessible and believable enough not to be be a distraction.

The More Critical Stuff

I would say that the people who would probably not enjoy this book are the one who are looking for something that delves a bit deeper into the issues it covers or those who are looking for something more contemplative. As mentioned above, I think this is partially a limitation of the format, but I also just don’t think that’s the type of book this is trying to be. This is a book that just wants to have a good time.

In general, it presents an overly rosy view of substance addiction and the road to fame. Neither of these things are particularly difficult battles for any of the characters, and to the extent there are consequences, they are very limited. (The lack of consequences for heavy drug use in this book is especially strange to me; I don’t understand why Reid would choose to write it that way.)

The larger gripe I had with this book had to do with portrayal of female characters, though I realize this may be an unpopular opinion.

Not-Quite-Feminism in Daisy Jones & the Six

In Daisy Jones, the main female characters (Camila, Karen and Daisy) are all clearly meant to be “strong women” — and they all have the same conception of what it means. To put it in Reid’s words, they’re all very “Take me or leave me”. They are all very assertive, don’t take shit, and they put their foot down when they see fit. And while I of course support having female characters who stand up for themselves, something about their characterization occasionally grated at me.

While well-intentioned, Reid’s idea of what a “strong woman” is comes off as too limiting to me. They all sort of just firmly say no if there’s something they don’t like, and for some reason they pretty much always get their way. This seems like a gross oversimplification of what it takes for women to navigate the world.

For example, when their label exec wants Karen to dress more provocatively, the entire situation is covered in one sentence: “ Rod told me to wear low-cut shirts and I said,’Dream on,’ and that was about the end of that. ”

Similarly, when Karen is being underutilized by the otherwise all-male band, her trials and tribulations are covered as follows: “ Karen was the kind of person who had more talent in her finger than most people have in their whole body and The Six was under-utilizing her. She fixed that, though. She fixed that on the next one. ” That’s literally all it says.

And when Daisy wants to write songs, despite Billy having always had all the control, she stakes her claim by just stating her intention, and he’s fine with it. “She was laying down the law early,” Reid writes.

What bothers me about this is that it also promotes the idea that sexism would be solved if women just spoke up once in a while (similar to why Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In philosophy is often criticized). It additionally makes it seem like there’s only one way be a strong woman and that the burden is on women to shape themselves into this ideal “strong woman” figure, which I find problematic. To me, it’s a version of Feminism-Lite — at first glance it seems empowering, but ultimately it’s very hollow version of feminism.

Reid also embraces the idea that Daisy Jones’s willingness to have an album cover of her with her chest visible through her shirt (where you can’t even see her face) is some type of show of strength, which I though was a cop-out.

Let’s face it, most young singers that bare their tits to get sales are being exploited. Telling us “oh no, it’s okay, she was really into it” is just dodging the issue. And it’s easier for a character to feel okay with being exploited when it brings them fame, what about when they agree to things like that and it doesn’t? This book sidesteps all the messiness and hard issues.

(I’m guessing someone out there is gearing up angry comments for me, so I beg you to please be gentle, but I’d welcome contrary opinions in the comments!)

Daisy Jones on Audiobook

It’s also worth noting a lot of people are saying this book is great on audiobook. I haven’t heard it, so I can’t vouch for this but it would make sense given the format. I know that it does use different people to voice the different characters though, which is probably a plus. Check it out on audible .

Read it or Skip it?

If you’re looking for something fun, spirited and entertaining, go for it. Even with my criticisms, I have to admit that the book succeeds at what it’s trying to be. It dons a pair of rose-colored glasses and captures the energy and tone of that period in a faux documentary style that is entertaining and engaging. If you read it uncritically, it would be easy to enjoy as a quick beach read.

Ultimately, there are plenty of people who will like reading this book. As someone who spends my free time learning to code and writing about literary fiction, you can probably guess I’ve never been someone who finds the whole sex, drugs, and rock ‘n roll ethos particularly entrancing, but that’s me.

I had a hard time with the lack of substance in this book. Everything comes so easy for everyone in it, and the characters rarely face consequences for their actions. (And yes, I realize what a boring stick-in-the-mud I sound like right now, haha.) And what passes for feminism here bothered me.

When it comes down to it, I think I was disappointed by the lack of daring and how “safe” this book about rock and roll — once considered a wild and subversive lifestyle — turned out to be.

What did you think? Am I being too harsh? Do you think you’d consider reading this book? Share your thoughts below and happy reading! See it on Amazon .

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P.P.S. Listen to my discussion of this book on the Most Read Books podcast, Ep. 1 The Silent Crawdads & the Six .

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Very nice review and I think that I’ll give this one a miss😕

Thank you! Always sorry to hear that people are dissuaded to read, but thanks for checking out the review!

I loved this book! It’s true that’s its more fun than about dealing with their issues but I just loved all the characters, especially Karen!

I totally understand, and thanks for keeping an open mind about the review even though you liked the book! I appreciate your thoughts! :)

This has been on my tbr for a while because it’s been EVERYWHERE, but now I’m moving it up the list because I’m curious re:the not-quite-feminism! That’s literally why I disliked the “Lean In” philosophy. I’m also not the biggest fan of the whole rock&roll ethos (nor do I know a lot about it), so this’ll be quite the experience haha.

Haha yeah the ubiquity of this book is what prompted me to read it as well — I would love to hear your thoughts when you’re done! Thanks for dropping by! :)

This is a terrific review! Your thoughts about its approach to feminism are really interesting to me. I find that “just stand up to it and it’ll go away” attitude so grating. I love books about the ’70s and especially love books about music in the ’70s, but those “go, girl!” elements sound sufficiently annoying that I might skip it. Hmmm. Either way, thanks for helping me make my decision! I’ve been seeing this one absolutely everywhere.

Hi Maggie, thank you very much! Honestly, if you’re interested in books about music in the 70s, you might like it anyway. The author has previously stated that Linda Rondstadt was a big source of inspiration for the character of Daisy Jones, and there’s definitely a lot going on in the book outside of the feminism angle. Thanks for leaving your thoughts and hope you like it if you end up giving it a shot! :)

Great review! I think i fall into the category of people who are looking for something more contemplative. Thanks for the heads up though, i think i can adjust my expectations and maybe still enjoy it. Because i am quite curious :)

Thank you! Yeah, the nice thing about this book is that it is a pretty quick/easy read so, even if it turns out you don’t love it, it’s not like it was a huge timesink or anything. Hope you do like it if you end up reading it — I’ll be on the lookout for your review! :)

I loved Daisy Jones, but must also admit to it being my first book by TJR, and the format worked beautifully for an audiobook. I thought it was brilliantly written in regards to how authentic the interviews felt. But I can’t compare it to any of her other books. I just go by feel 😁

Ooh yeah, I can totally see this being perfect for an audiobook. And I agree she really made the format work for the type of story she was trying to tell. Thanks for your thoughts! :)

Great review! I can’t tell if I’m going to like this book, especially with all the hype surrounding it which tends to be a turnoff for me, unfortunately! It sounds like I would really need to keep my critical-reader-self at bay with this one.

Hi Hannah and thank you! Yeah, I find that if I know going in what type of book something is going it be, it’s easier for me to just read it and like it for its good parts — hope you enjoy it if you get a chance to read it and thanks for dropping by!

I love and agree with your use of the word uncynical. Which probably carries over throughout the book now that I think about it.

It reminds me a bit of how I’ve heard some people talk about the time period with a kind of nostalgic oh yeah we did all the drugs, we had all the sex, we partied and really knew how to live and then we went off and had our careers, families etc. It’s a very shiny way of looking at it by the people who didn’t suffer any big consequences perhaps but I was more okay with it combined with the idea they were all looking back. If that makes any sense!

I think your review really nails the book!

Hey Gemma, thank you so much! I’m always a little nervous when I post reviews that are going a little against the grain, so I appreciate the feedback.

I think that makes sense — since they’re all looking backwards, perhaps they are all sort of biased towards having a rosier view of things. Though I feel a really interesting contrast in that case would have been to have the author provide facts or something to help clarify the truth, etc. But of course clearly that would turn this into a very different type of book, haha. Thanks for your thoughts! :)

Excellent review! You make a really interesting point about Feminism-Lite. I felt like the female characters were stereotypically feminist; feminist to such a degree it felt one-dimensional and unrealistic. There were many empowering one-liners, and the female characters were quite supportive of each other, so in this way it felt like Reid was trying to write a feminist rallying cry. However, the writing was shallow. It felt like the intention of the plot, characters, and themes was expansive, but the execution never delved deep enough for any of it to resonate with me. Your take on this book is really insightful.

I wonder if the Amazon series will add depth to this story. It seems like it has the potential for more depth in the hands of some good series writers and actors.

Thank you and thanks for your thoughtful comments! Yeah, when I was reading I could tell the depiction of the women was well-intentioned, but something just felt off to me about it. I like your point about how they seem “stereotypically feminist” — I think that’s exactly what it is. I could actually see the adaptation potentially doing a better job with it, especially since they’ll need to fill all the extra time with content. It’ll be interesting to watch!

Excellent review! I’ve been on the fence about reading this one but based on your review and how many books already on my TBR, I’ll probably skip this one!

Thank you and thanks for dropping by! Good luck making a dent on your TBR! :)

It was really good to read and l enjoy the reading.

Thanks for reading!

Wow this is an amazing review! I love how you went through the problematic parts of the plot and found issues in terms of feminism. I believe that many readers won’t be able to see these issues when they read Daisy Jones and your eye for them is greatly appreciated. You managed to review those exact sections of the story that I was hesitant about; as an academic, a bookworm and an introvert I have never been into the sex, drugs and rock n roll scene either. The synopsis of Daisy Jones has seemed to me like it will be a book I have no interest to read, but the crazy hype around it was starting to change my mind. Your review makes me more critical of it, and if I end up reading Daisy Jones after all, I will definitely keep an eye out for these issues. I haven’t read this good of a review in months! Thank you for sharing it.

I haven’t read it yet, but excited to! Though a bit frustrated to find out that it’s driving into the annoying ‘strong woman’ prototype who just says no and things magically happen. *sigh* I can expect that kind of attitude from rockstars, that makes it at least a bit more believable… but I do wish books wouldn’t lean into creating ‘strong women.’ I just want to read books about real women who are, usually, far more interesting. Great review!

Thanks for the review on this book! I’ve been wanting to read it, but I wanted a clear idea about the story.

glad to be of service! hope you enjoy the book!

Jennifer, I’m delighted to know someone else isn’t gushing over this book. It was our book club read for June otherwise I would have put it down at page 10. The two best descriptors: hollow and cliche. I wouldn’t even recommended it as a beach read.

I adored this book and put it in my top 10 favorite books of all time. The contemplation comes from the reader thinking and reading between the lines, not having everything spelled out by the author. Your points about feminism are something I am going to give more thought to – I didn’t need this book to be that deep of a dive into the “issues”: I felt the understanding of how complex relationships can be was the heart of the book and was handled very well.

I’m just glad I wasn’t the only one that found it annoying. I could not finish it because I couldn’t get into it. I tried so hard. Book of the Month readers , Reese Witherspoon’s club readers, everyone was going crazy about this book. I was excited , I love rock and roll and documentaries – maybe that’s why I kept rolling my eyes. I may give the audiobook a try… or just wait for the film version , I can see that being fun.

Thank you for the review. It helped me decide finally not to continue reading this book. I am foreign born and raised and your 70’s are not my 70 s. Two different worlds, two different way of living that time. It is like mine were the 50’s. Your review clarified everything and I dumped the book. The only problem is that now I am reluctant to read other books from the same author.

I loved it. You are probably the first person to ever say exactly what’s needed to say. She is a brat. She is intelligent and stiff very insecure about her life. It seems no one sticks up to her but Revies. Which is why she loves his company. Has off the wall he is. And his massive drug use. She loves his company. It’s her only safety of everything bad that’s happened to her. She does need therapy. She also needs to find stimulation to get her blood flowing. Fame yes. Money yes, however with love and family it’s pretty much same daily routine. Her drug use has been lesser. I love what you said.

thank you for sharing your thoughts! i felt crazy for not loving this book, but your criticisms really resonate with me.

Is this website dead? I hope not! I really love the reviews and plot summaries!

Sometimes it’s just nice to read a book or listen to a story that shares the authors view, no matter how simple or over complicated. Does no one read for pleasure anymore? Does everything have to fit into the ever-smaller box of this new ideology that forces creatives and artists to conform to a rigid new agenda? Not every communication has to be a platform for a cause! And for the record, showing one’s breasts during that time, just moments after women were burning their bras was a symbol of liberation. Times change, people change, values and morals change. This is just a story and an author who tells it her way. If you need a story that is fact checked and issue packed, why don’t you spend your free time warning your own book rather than ugly critiques of others work…

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A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous break up.

Everyone knows Daisy Jones & The Six, but nobody knows the real reason why they split at the absolute height of their popularity…until now.

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.

Another band getting noticed is The Six, 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 the key to supercharged success is to put the two together. What happens next will become the stuff of legend.

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I devoured Daisy Jones & The Six in a day, falling head over heels for it. Taylor Jenkins Reid transported me into the magic of the 70’s music scene in a way I’ll never forget. The characters were beautifully layered and complex...Daisy and the band captured my heart, and they’re sure to capture yours too. Reese Witherspoon

Taylor Jenkins Reid has written a stylish and propulsive if sometimes sentimental novel set against that backdrop, in the stadiums, studios and pool houses of late-1970s L.A…easily her most sophisticated and ambitious novel… In the end, that’s the most surprising gift of Daisy Jones & The Six – it’s a way to love the rock n roll of the 1970s, without apology, without cynicism, bell-bottoms and all. New York Times Book Review

A deep dive into the best band you’ve never heard of. Marie Claire

This dreamy novel follows the rise and fall of an iconic band lead by the enigmatic Daisy, and it's full of a) sex, b) drugs, c) rock n' roll, and d) characters who you'll wish could leap out of the page and into your life. Cosmopolitan

Backstage intrigue is the engine of Daisy Jones & The Six , Los Angeles novelist Taylor Jenkins Reid’s celebration of American mythmaking. The enigmatic Daisy is bound for stardom—and likely to live on beyond the pages of this book. Vogue

Decades after their sudden split, members of a rock band recall their rise to fame in the 1970s—and what wrong. Taylor Jenkins Reid’s fictional tell-all will rock you. Us Weekly

This novel, framed as an oral history, charts the rise of a hard-partying, iconic band in the 1970s. Daisy is an up-and-coming young singer, and after her duet with Billy, the frontman of The Six, becomes a breakout hit, she joins the band full-time. The book is a love story, too: not only of Daisy and Billy’s will-they-won’t-they romance, but also a sentimental appreciation for the era. New York Times

In Daisy Jones & The Six , Taylor Jenkins Reid imagines an oral history of the band’s rise and fall. It’s fictional—though Reid was inspired by Fleetwood Mac and others—but the band and the era are so fully realized you’ll think you’re reading a true story. Real Simple

In an impressive feat of imagination, Taylor Jenkins Reid creates a meticulous history for a ‘70s rock band that never existed — though reading the book, which takes the shape of a transcript from a rock documentary, you might briefly think otherwise. Refinery29

An iconic cover is matched by an iconic story about the effervescent Daisy Jones and the highs-and-lows of the rockstar lifestyle of the late '70s, inventively told through interviews, emails, lyrics, and oral history. Bustle

Wild fun from cover to cover. HelloGiggles

Sex? Check. Drugs? Check. Rock ‘n’ roll? Check. This is the perfect novel for anyone who invariably chooses “Landslide” when doing karaoke…Reid’s wit and gift for telling a perfectly paced story make this one of the most enjoyably readable books of the year. Nylon, “Most Anticipated of 2019”

This oral-history-style page-turner follows the rise and sudden fall of fictional ’70s rocker group Daisy Jones & The Six. InStyle

Daisy Jones & The Six is an explosive, dynamite, down-and-dirty look at a fictional rock band told in an interview style that gives it irresistible surface energy...although the real power of this delicious novel is at its tender beating heart. It’s an anthem and a ballad and a marvel. Elin Hilderbrand, author of The Perfect Couple

Taylor Jenkins Reid is a stunning writer whose characters are unforgettable and stories are deeply emotional. Her new book is her most gripping book yet and takes her writing to a whole new level. Emily Giffin, author of All We Ever Wanted

As a writer, you try to stay in your own lane. Every now and then you come across a book and think 'I wish I had thought of that.' Daisy Jones & The Six is the first book I've read where I thought 'I wish I were cool enough to write that.' Raw, emotive and addictively voyeuristic, Daisy Jones is imbued with the same anguished heart that fuels the very best rock and roll. Like my favorite albums, this book will live with me for a very long time. Steven Rowley, author of Lily and the Octopus

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Rock and roll and love affairs, Taylor Jenkins Reid’s “Daisy Jones and The Six” tells the story of a 1970s rock band’s rise and fall.

The book is told in the format of interviews with members of the band The Six decades after their abrupt split while on tour in 1979. The interviews were conducted with former band members, family, friends and industry professionals who surrounded them at the time.

Daisy Jones, our protagonist, is the fierce and independent it-girl of music. Originally from Hollywood Hills and born to neglectful rich parents, Daisy is a strong-willed singer and songwriter with dreams of becoming a rock star.

The other “Six” include Billy Dunne, the stubborn, passionate, and domineering headman from Pittsburgh, who is also the lead singer of The Six; Graham Dunne, the lead guitarist; Warren Rhodes, drummer; Pete Loving, bassist; Eddie Loving, rhythmic guitarist; and Karen Karen, keyboard player.

Once Daisy joins the band in the mid-1970s, the band exceeds all expectations and garners widespread popularity. However, the two hardheaded personalities of Daisy and Billy cause tension that eventually spirals into rumors of a romance between the two.

Reflective of the real-life rock and roll scene, Daisy’s struggle with addiction makes things incredibly difficult for Billy—a recovering addict who is trying to stay dedicated to keeping his sobriety for the sake of his wife and children.

Though the two often butt heads, they become captivated with one another and consistently try to deny their chemistry, which is evident to the whole world (including Billy’s wife Camila Dunne). The two continue to write together with conflicting feelings that make for an incredible album, “Aurora.”

The collaborative album gains massive acclaim and sets the band on a journey for a world tour. The tour brings up many different problems between Daisy and Billy, as well as other band members like Karen and Graham that ultimately result in the sudden separation of Daisy Jones and The Six.

Reid’s unique style of storytelling raises many ideas with the central question: Is it possible to love more than one person at the same time? Alongside the romance, Reid ensures to include commanding female characters on and off the stage. The story includes ideas of friendship, feminine power, the struggle with addiction, love for music and much more.

Many are quick to compare Daisy Jones and The Six to the real-life band Fleetwood Mac. Reid acknowledges the influence that Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham’s love story had on her growing up, and how she wanted to create a story that is commemorative of the life they shared. Specifically, her desire to create a beloved story that highlights the “blurred lines” of real life and performance.

I was not able to put this book down once I picked it up. I am always one to read/watch/listen to any story that has an amazing collection of characters, specifically women. Reid is an author that never fails to deliver a complex and compelling story with characters that readers are sure to relate to. I’ve read many of her other books like “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo,” “Malibu Rising” and “Carrie Soto is Back.” Reid does an excellent job of establishing female characters as intricate individuals rather than catering to many common female character book tropes like damsels in distress, manic pixie dream girls, the girl next door and more.

The two most stand-out characters in this book are Daisy Jones and Camila Dunne. Both are vastly unlike each other in their lifestyles, yet they share many similar characteristics. Daisy appears to long for stardom, but when it comes down to it, she aspires to be truly loved for who she is. Her journey with romance and self-destructiveness, though difficult to witness, portrays a real-life experience of those struggling with addiction.

Camila is both kind-hearted and a force to be reckoned with. Though she is not a part of the band, she is a driving force behind Billy’s work. She puts all her faith in Billy for the promise of a happy life together. Daisy and Camila create their own paths for their ideal lives, but these visions directly affect one another.

Similarly to the band, the book has received immense attention, earning it a place as a “New York Times” bestseller and an on-screen adaption with Amazon Prime Video. The show stars Riley Keough as Daisy Jones and Sam Claflin as Billy Dunne. The miniseries is set to premiere on March 3, 2023.

As a fan of many book-to-screen movies and shows, I’m excited to see how the story is brought to life in the new series. I have trust in Clafin, a seasoned veteran of movies with book origins, that this adaption will do the book justice.

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A New York Times bestseller. A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup.

Everyone knows Daisy Jones & The Six , but nobody knows the reason behind their split at the absolute height of their popularity ... until now. 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 'n' 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. The making of that legend is chronicled in this riveting and unforgettable novel, written as an oral history of one of the biggest bands of the seventies. Taylor Jenkins Reid is a talented writer who takes her work to a new level with Daisy Jones & The Six, brilliantly capturing a place and time in an utterly distinctive voice.

The Groupie Daisy Jones 1965–­1972

Daisy Jones was born in 1951 and grew up in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, California. The daughter of Frank Jones, the well-­known British painter, and Jeanne LeFevre, a French model, Daisy started to make a name for herself in the late sixties as a young teenager on the Sunset Strip. Elaine Chang (biographer, author of Daisy Jones: Wild Flower): Here is what is so captivating about Daisy Jones even before she was "Daisy Jones." You've got a rich white girl, growing up in L.A. She's gorgeous—­even as a child. She has these stunning big blue eyes—­dark, cobalt blue. One of my favorite anecdotes about her is that in the eighties a colored-­contact company actually created a shade called Daisy Blue. She's got copper-­red hair that is thick and wavy and . . . takes up so much space. And then her cheekbones almost seem swollen, that's how defined they are. And she's got an incredible voice...

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• This book is written in an oral history format. Why do you think the author chose to structure the book this way? How does this approach affect your reading experience?
• At one point Daisy says, "I was just supposed to be the inspiration for some man's great idea... . I had absolutely no interest in being somebody else's muse." How does her experience of being used by others contribute to the decisions she makes when she joins The Six?
• Why do you think Billy has such a strong need to control the group, both early on when they are simply the Dunne Brothers and later when they become Daisy Jones & The Six?
• There are two sets of brothers in The Six: Eddie and Pete Loving, and Billy and Graham Dunne. How do these sibling relationships ...
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Reid's characters are layered and endlessly fascinating, prompting deep emotional investment from the reader. The book is alive with historical detail, creating a vibrant, eclectic atmosphere of 1970s rock 'n' roll. Those who remember the culture of this era of music well will be especially delighted with this trip down memory lane... continued

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If you love the 1970’s, California and Rock ‘N Roll, Taylor Jenkins Reid has crafted a novel you’ll enjoy. Told in the format of a documentary interview, Daisy Jones and the Six tells the story of one of the greatest bands of all time that abruptly broke up at the peak of their fame.

Daisy Jones is gorgeous, talented and fueled by an array of drugs. Billy Dunne is serious, sober and married. When they figure out how to get along, their combined artistry and chemistry results in one amazing album.

The other members of the band, Graham, Karen, Eddie, Warren and Pete, have their own pressures and motivations regarding the band’s success and the differences that each sees for the future.

The rise and inevitable fall of Daisy Jones & the Six is a quick and compelling ride. At times the ride is fun, other times it is frustrating, but it is always compelling. There is a lot of love within this novel: love of fame, love of music, romantic love, familial love. With all of these different types of love, comes inevitable heartbreak. (We know this is the story about a band that abruptly broke up.)

Daisy: I wish someone had told me that love isn’t torture. Because I thought love was this thing that was supposed to tear you in two and leave you heartbroken and make your heart race in the worst way.

There are some surprises in the story that keep the reader guessing and engaged. The interview-style format of Daisy Jones and the Six provides quick dialogue from each character that together comprise one harmonious story.

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The Amazon mini-series about the rise and fall of a 1970s band mixes music, nostalgia, romance and a heavy dose of soap opera.

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The Amazon Prime Video mini-series “Daisy Jones & the Six” has been positioned as the first big-fun hit of the year, a glossy and nostalgic pop-music drama in the vein of “Almost Famous” based in part on the stormy history of Fleetwood Mac. It’s big, all right, but most of the fun seems to have been lost in the mix — someone dialed down the romance and escapism and slid up the knob labeled “solemn tear-jerker.” You’re expecting “Rhiannon,” but what comes out of the speakers is more like “MacArthur Park.”

“Daisy Jones & the Six” doesn’t really work as pure nostalgia, either, despite the jukebox soundtrack (kudos for “Too Late to Turn Back Now”) and the exhaustive fetishization of the early 1970s Los Angeles scene: the Troubadour, Filthy McNasty’s, cocaine, Hare Krishnas. The retro sounds and evocative locations, real or recreated, are appealing in their own right but don’t summon the redolent Sunset Strip-and-Laurel Canyon vibe that they’re supposed to; the flavor is artificial, like rock ’n’ roll surimi.

The series, which premieres on Friday, is based on a best-selling page-turner of the same title by Taylor Jenkins Reid, who was born in the 1980s, the decade after the story takes place. It was developed for television by the talented writing team of Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, and five of its 10 episodes were directed by James Ponsoldt, all of whom were babies during the time when Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours” — the analogue for the breakout album by the show’s fictional band — was saturating the American consciousness. Their lack of direct experience with the period might have something to do with the show’s impulses feeling more curatorial and fannish than dramatic.

(In contemporary style, the show is full of references and in-jokes, some accessible even to a viewer who was old enough to buy “Rumours.” The line “I love us” echoes a greeting card written by the hero of “500 Days of Summer.” In some scenes, a main character is made up and dressed to resemble Phoebe Bridgers, one of the composers of the show’s original songs. The appearance of a cub reporter for Rolling Stone pays homage to “Almost Famous.”)

But Neustadter and Weber have previously shown an ability to bring wit and feeling to the coming-of-age tale, in “500 Days of Summer” and, especially, “The Spectacular Now,” on which they collaborated with Ponsoldt. So it’s disappointing that “Daisy Jones” mostly falls back on rock ’n’ roll clichés and shameless melodrama, though it’s not necessarily surprising given that Neustadter and Weber were also responsible for “The Fault in Our Stars.”

And perhaps they weren’t prepared to deal with the inherent bloat of the streaming drama, which is on dire display in the 10-episode “Daisy Jones.” Echoing the novel’s oral-history format, the series is framed as the reminiscences of the characters while they’re being interviewed years later for a documentary; when the show settles into a dull cycle of drugs-and-sex-fueled bad behavior and recrimination, it feels like nothing so much as a seven-and-a-half-hour episode of “Behind the Music.”

Daisy (Riley Keough), the wild child at the center of the story, writes endless lyrics in a teenager’s notebook, goes in for billowy outfits and likes to hop around in circles onstage; she’s the Stevie Nicks stand-in. She eventually joins the Six, which includes Karen (Suki Waterhouse), a British keyboardist involved with another band member; Karen is a Christine McVie proxy, reinforcing the Fleetwood Mac connection.

The men in the band are nothing like the British blues veterans of the Mac, however. In classic rock-movie style, they’re a group of Pittsburgh high school friends, a callow and, despite the show’s sheen of decadence, very clean-cut bunch led by the dreamy and tortured Billy (Sam Claflin).

“Daisy Jones” has a lot of plot, as the band and Daisy go through the usual struggles while finding each other, becoming sensations and falling apart. But despite the show’s length, everything seems compressed, as if to make more time for windy, fake-poetic self-actualization. (“Let’s be broken together.” “I don’t want to be broken.”) Daisy’s insecurities are repeatedly blamed on her parents, but our evidence for that is one fleeting, risible scene of her gorgon mother telling her she has no talent. We’re told in passing that Billy and his guitarist brother, Graham (Will Harrison), haven’t seen their father in years; when Dad happens to be at one of the band’s gigs, Billy confronts him and then Graham punches him.

While much of what we see onscreen portrays music being made (the assembly-line rockers and ballads were reportedly written by Bridgers, Jackson Browne, Blake Mills and Marcus Mumford), the dramatic heart of the series is the love-hate pairing of the domineering Billy, who sees the band as his fief, and the obstinate, unstoppable Daisy, who wins over the other band members and pushes them all to success. But their relationship, as portrayed, is kind of a drag, and both characters are unlikable in ways that are supposed to lend authenticity but mainly just make it hard to care about them.

Keough is able, for long stretches, to overcome the script’s banalities; she gets Daisy’s mix of swagger covering for uncertainty, and she gives her a prickly, genuine personality. And there is one episode, written by Neustadter, in which the Daisy-Billy collaboration comes alive. Sent away to write songs because no one else can stand to have them around, they slowly figure out how to work together, and the show’s theme — the battle of wills between two talented and controlling people who are devoted to their music — clicks into focus.

But the soap opera of excess, addiction and star-crossed romance quickly reasserts itself, and we aren’t given a whole lot to hold onto besides Keough’s performance. Timothy Olyphant provides notes of humor as the band’s weary road manager, and Nabiyah Be, as Simone, a friend of Daisy’s who finds a career in disco, is the rare cast member who makes her character seem like someone who might have actually been around in the ’70s.

Simone is at the center of one of the show’s lowest points, an extended sequence in which Daisy flees to Greece and marries a European aristocrat, who appears to be introduced solely so he can push Daisy over the brink of addiction (from which she can be rescued by her fellow well-meaning Americans). It’s just another instance of the series’s reliance on hoary Hollywood clichés — as Billy puts it, in a line that’s more true than it’s meant to be: “Same old rock ’n’ roll story. The drinking, the drugs, the loneliness.”

An earlier version of this review described in error a scene in “Daisy Jones & the Six.” The character Billy does not punch his father. It is the character’s brother, Graham, who punches their father.

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Title: Daisy Jones and The Six

Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Genre:  Historical Fiction

First Publication: 2019

Language:  English

Major Characters: Warren Raymond, Billy Dunne, Daisy Jones, Simone Jackson, Graham Dunne, Camila Dunne, Eddie Loving, Karen Karen, Teddy Price

Theme: The evolution of their artistic maturity, drugs and debauchery.

Book Summary: Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Everyone knows Daisy Jones and The Six, but nobody knows the reason behind their split at the absolute height of their popularity . . . until now.

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. 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.

The making of that legend is chronicled in this riveting and unforgettable novel, written as an oral history of one of the biggest bands of the seventies. Taylor Jenkins Reid is a talented writer who takes her work to a new level with Daisy Jones and The Six, brilliantly capturing a place and time in an utterly distinctive voice.

Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid is about a band from the seventies who had a fleeting moment of intense fame, but ironically exploded apart in orgasmic demise. Their music was of such a superb quality that it resonated throughout the decades, despite the band’s short duration. They made the cover of Rolling Stone, rode on two giant tour buses (to separate hostile factions), and won Grammys. The surviving band members are interviewed decades later for this book.

My favorite characters in the book were Billy and Camila Dunne. They were inspiring. Billy was the leader of “The Six” band because of his talent at writing, his magnetic on stage persona, and his prowess at the mixing console. When it was time to make a new album, everyone looked to Billy for guidance. But Billy’s mastery in the studio sometimes limited the musical experimentation and growth of other band members, causing resentment.

In addition, Billy was struggling with alcohol addiction. But when he fell in love with his future wife Camila, she was the kind of woman who made him want to be a better man.

“Men often think they deserve a sticker for treating women like people.”

Daisy Jones was a teenager in the sixties who was free-spirited and beautiful and gravitated to the Sunset Strip. She would manage to slip into rock shows like at the famed Whisky-a-Go Go, sleep with rock dudes and eventually get noticed as a gifted singer herself.

Fate brought The Six and Daisy Jones together on stage and the connection between Billy and Daisy was sizzling. When they sang together, and pointedly at each other…it was as if no one else was in the room. Billy had what he thought was a finished album of songs already written, but Daisy fought mightily (thrusting lyric-filled songbook at him) to co-mingle their writing talents. The result was the iconic album “Aurora”.

Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid reveals simmering conflicts within the band. While Billy was trying to remain strong against his alcohol addiction, Daisy was off the rails with both an alcohol and drug addiction.

There was a secret romance between two band members, and a forbidden attraction between two others. One band member felt stifled artistically; another was very laissez-faire about the whole thing and thought about leaving to be with his girlfriend. The story unfolds very organically to arrive at why the band suddenly broke up at the height of their fame.

Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid was extremely well-written and believable as if you were reading about a real band. The format in this book is very interesting, the majority told in an interview format. At first I was skeptical (I don’t know why) but by the end I was impressed that this story was told so well in that way. It’s an amazing writing accomplishment.

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Adapted from Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestselling 2019 novel of the same name, “Daisy Jones & The Six” uses the tempestuous creative and personal dynamics within the band Fleetwood Mac to tell its own story of a ‘70s band that burned out instead of fading away. They were massive. Why did they break up so quickly? The series has a gorgeous cast of young talents, excellent period detail, and a rich source. But unfortunately, the show succumbs to the same problem as so many streaming series—sagging when it needs to narratively build momentum. Director James Ponsoldt (“ The Spectacular Now ”) establishes a wonderful set for the band in the first few episodes, but the show feels too content to repeat itself, feeling more and more like a cover of a cover.

The first two episodes engender enough goodwill to carry the show through some later rough spots, and it should be said that the cast is uniformly excellent to make even the mistakes tolerable. “Daisy” is initially framed as a documentary made two decades after The Six played their final show. Everyone has been gathered for interviews to explain the band’s rise and fall for the first time since they went their separate ways after a sold-out show at Soldier Field. So the bulk of the drama plays out as a flashback, starting with introductions to Daisy Jones ( Riley Keough ) and Billy Dunne ( Sam Claflin ), the Stevie Nicks & Lindsey Buckingham of this dynamic. The interviews establish the older versions of these characters and their bandmates as people with skeletons in their closets, and then the show reveals how they got buried.

The vibrant early episodes present young people on a collision course with creative destiny, two people tired of being underestimated by the people around them. They will be compared to “ Almost Famous ,” of course, but that’s not a criticism in that the show echoes that film’s joyous creative spirit at its best in these first chapters. As Billy gets his band together—guitarist brother Graham ( Will Harrison ), bassist Eddie Roundtree ( Josh Whitehouse ), drummer Warren Rojas ( Sebastian Chacon ), and keyboardist Karen Sirko ( Suki Waterhouse )—while Daisy is being used by all of the men around her that don’t see her talent, there’s joy from the anticipation of their creative fusion. Ponsoldt and his team give these episodes a buoyancy, and Claflin and Keough really understand the “hungry artist” chapters best of all, making that blend of ambition and anxiety that often coalesces into creative genius. If anything, I wish the show spent more time before getting the title band together, letting The Six struggle in Pittsburgh and Daisy fight her way through the California music scene. It also would have helped define the other band members more before the focus becomes all about Daisy & Billy.

However, there’s definite magic when they get together, pushed by a famous producer named Teddy Price ( Tom Wright ). When Claflin and Keough’s voices harmonize in the studio on the earworm “Look at Us Now”—the original music in the show, often a problem in a project like this, is very strong—there’s power in just seeing the creative fusion work so well. The bulk of “Daisy Jones and The Six” consists of the band recording their only album Aurora , which means Daisy and Billy get close in ways that blur creative and personal lines, threatening Dunne’s marriage to Camila (the excellent Camila Morrone ).

This is where “Daisy Jones” starts to lose its momentum. When Billy and Daisy get together on that breakthrough track, it’s fire. When they’re still bouncing writing ideas off each other and making goo-goo eyes at one another three hours later, the flame has fizzled a bit. And it’s here where it starts to lose something by being so focused on its two admittedly wonderful leads. It’s not a criticism of Keough and Claflin to say that the show falters by not giving more members of the band time in the spotlight. Yes, the arc of the drama for some of them is that they get pushed to the background, but they’re barely defined before that happens, so it lessens the impact. 

There’s also an increasing sense that the show wastes its setting and period by staying in the studio or Billy’s house for such long stretches of time. When the series explores the life of Daisy’s best friend Simone ( Nabiyah Be ) and how her sexuality has to be hidden from the public eye while Daisy & Billy’s potential romance becomes a selling point for The Six, there are rich ideas about fame and double standards that should give a superficial show depth. But the writers don’t do enough with it, quickly returning to the love triangle at the center. Ultimately, it's a show that feels small for a band that was reportedly so big.

Later in the series, a wonderful Timothy Olyphant , as the band’s tour manager, tells Billy and Daisy that they should consider some pyrotechnics in their show. Daisy responds, “I’m the fire.” By that time, I didn’t believe her. I wanted that passion of the first few episodes to sustain. And, yes, that’s part of the point—this is a story of creative fires put out by personal waters—but perhaps that point works better in a tighter format or on the printed page.

Lester Bangs famously said in “Almost Famous,” “The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you’re uncool.” “Daisy Jones & The Six” is too concerned about being cool instead of finding the true currency underneath the façade of rock history.

Whole series was screened for review. The first three episodes of "Daisy Jones & the Six" are now playing on Prime Video.

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Daisy Jones & the Six will turn you into a fan of a band that never was. This novel is not only well-written and captivating but has become a beloved pick of book clubs everywhere. Taylor Jenkins Reid creates flawed characters and puts them in situations where they have to deal with love, addiction, and the dark side of the music industry – all of it results in a book you can’t put down.

Our Daisy Jones & the Six Discussion Guide is the perfect place to begin your next conversation at book club. We have carefully compiled a synopsis and a list of Daisy Jones & the Six book club questions to get your group talking about Reid’s captivating story and its complicated characters.

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Daisy Jones & The Six , Taylor Jenkins Reid

Everyone knows DAISY JONES & THE SIX, but nobody knows the reason behind their split at the absolute height of their popularity . . . until now. 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 ’n’ 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.

The making of that legend is chronicled in this riveting and unforgettable novel, written as an oral history of one of the biggest bands of the seventies. Taylor Jenkins Reid is a talented writer who takes her work to a new level with  Daisy Jones & The Six,  brilliantly capturing a place and time in an utterly distinctive voice.

10 Daisy Jones and the Six Book Club Questions

• Author Reid chose to tell this story in an unconventional format. What did you think of the interview format?
• At one point, Daisy says, “I had absolutely no interest in being somebody else’s muse. I am not a muse. I am the somebody. End of f-ing story.” What do you think she means by this? Do you agree with her? Is there sexism in the mere notion of “muse”?
• What do you think of the relationship between Billy and Camilla? If you were Camilla, would you have stayed in the relationship?
• “We love broken, beautiful people. And it doesn’t get much more obviously broken and more classically beautiful than Daisy Jones.” Why do you think Daisy Jones was so broken?
• Daisy abuses drugs throughout her life. Why do you think she turned to drugs? Do you think she was using drugs to fill a void in her life, and if so, what was the void?
• Why do you think Billy and Daisy fought so much? Do you see similarities between the two?
• Do you think Billy loved Daisy? Is it possible to love two people at once?
• An then there’s the relationship between Karen and Graham? What did you make of it? Do you think Karen made the right decision for her when she decided not to have the baby?
• Did the reveal of the interviewer surprise you? Why or why not?
• In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Reid is quoted as saying, “it is such a heartbreaking thing to be othered the way that we other beautiful women – that they are not so much people to us as things to possess in one way or another.” What does this mean to you? How do you see this play out in Daisy Jones?

Selected Reviews for Daisy Jones and the Six

“Taylor Jenkins Reid’s strength lies in her ability to write realistic characters and relationships and take you through a whole life journey. This book has all the elements that we love about Evelyn Hugo (another Reid novel); a unique storytelling format, a life story, a notorious historical setting, an iconic main character, a tumultuous and very human relationship etc… I think I felt lukewarm for this book due to having spent most of my life mentally blocking out family and friends who deal with addiction and tumultuous relationships as a survival tactic.”

“I expected this to a good because of the hype but this was truly one of the best things I’ve read in a long time. And it was MADE to be an audiobook. I’d love to write something like this someday.”

“Sex, Drugs, Rock and Roll! I mean, that’s what the seventies were all about, man! Right? Taylor Jenkins Reid has done an admirable job at creating the atmosphere and mindset of the seventies and the rock banks that were catapulted to success beyond their wildest dreams… Overall, although this one didn’t have the impact on me, I’d hoped, I still enjoyed it for the most part.” 

“Have you ever watched a ‘mockumentary’ and got annoyed at how fake and forced everyone sounds? This sums up this ‘novel’, where everything is told to you by a variety of characters who all sound exactly the same… The marketed feminist aspects of the book would not even fill two pages. It was an interesting premise and I would love for this to be a well-developed, well-written, character-led novel about a complex relationship during an amazing time period of the ’70s, but it just wasn’t at all…”

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3 Books Like Daisy Jones & The Six

If your book group really likes books by Taylor Jenkins Reid , then you can spend the year working through her catalog, like our book club guide for The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo , Carrie Soto is Back and Malibu Rising . Daisy Jones as also a featured pic from Reese’s Book Club, you can scan our Reese’s guides here . One book on that list that also features tricky romantic relationships is Next Year in Havana .

One other idea is that if you like the fictional biography format, then you may be interested in The Personal Librarian . It’s a fictionalized take on Belle da Costa Green, who was the chief Librarian and Curator for the JP Morgan library….and who was also passing as white. Get our Personal Librarian reading guide for more info.

But if you want more of the sex, drugs and rock and roll angle, here are three more books like Daisy Jones & The Six that will help you scratch that particular itch.

The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes by Elissa R. Sloan

The world is reeling from the unexpected news that Cassidy Holes, also known as “Sassy Gloss,” has committed suicide. Fifteen years ago, Cassidy was the fourth member of Gloss, the hottest pop group America had ever seen, and after Cassidy’s death, the remaining three members are left wondering what they could have done.

If you loved Daisy Jones because of the beautiful but tragic main character, you’ll love The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes. 

Fast Lane by Kristen Ashley

If you loved Daisy Jones because of the rock and roll interview format, your next read should be Fast Lane. This novel follows the rock band The Roadmasters, how they came to be, and how lead singer Preacher McCade falls in love with his muse, Lyla. 

How to Kill a Rock Star by Tiffanie DeBartolo

Described as honest, edgy, passionate, and often hilarious, How to Kill a Rock Star is your next read if you love rock and roll. This novel tells the story of Eliza Caelum as she moves to New York City for her career as a music journalist. Through her work, she meets the lead singer of the band Bananafish, Paul Hudson, and the two fall in love. After his corporate label threatens their relationship, Paul mysteriously disappears.

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I read Daisy Jones & the Six way back when it first came out in 2019. My copy — signed by author Taylor Jenkins Reid , after I went to a reading of hers in London — is one of my prized possessions, and I largely consider it to be my favorite novel of all time. (Followed closely by her 2021 follow-up, Malibu Rising .) There’s no one who does it quite like Reid, no one who, in her words from that reading, captures “women that won’t be told what to do” the way she does.

So, naturally, I was a bit cautious going into Prime Video’s adaptation of that seminal novel. In a landscape of so many adaptations hitting television these days (hey there, The Last of Us) , it’s easy to become jaded about the lack of original material, or protective of the work being adapted, whether it’s novels or video games or anything else. I happen to be both, particularly when it comes to Daisy Jones , the story of the fictional, eponymous 1970s rock band who soared to great heights before everything came crashing down around them. It’s a story I love dearly, and one I had concerns about, considering the unique nature of the novel — a series of interview transcripts, rather than straight prose.

Unfortunately, Reid’s novel seems to have set standards too high for an adaptation — much delayed, after its announcement in 2019 — to reach. Despite being led by powerhouses in Sam Claflin and Riley Keough as Billy Dunne and Daisy Jones, from the get-go, the series is slow and bogged down, which morphs into something that’s difficult to care about, even as The Six hits it big, going from playing basements in Pittsburgh to stadiums in Los Angeles, dragging Daisy along for the ride. Punches are pulled as though this isn’t meant to be a story about sex, drugs, and rock’n’roll, and I find my mind wandering when I should be captivated, even (and especially) when we get to the juiciest parts of the story, when Billy and Daisy are so at odds that it's obvious they’re each other's mirrors.

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The show’s acting leaves a bit to be desired, particularly (and unfortunately) from the women, who feel like they’re merely perfunctory pieces of the story, phoning it in just enough to pass the test. It’s a stark shock against a powerhouse performance from Claflin, and the playfulness of Sebastian Chacon , who looks like he’s having a goddamn blast simply because his character hardly has an impact on the narrative. Timothy Olyphant , too, strikes an entertaining chord as the band’s enigmatic manager, echoing the zaniness and devil-may-care attitude he brought to the gone-too-soon Santa Clarita Diet . There’s even a surprise appearance from Gavin Drea — if you know my feelings on Wedding Season , you’ll understand why that excites me.

Keough’s Daisy is an excellent performer on stage — no surprises there, given she’s Elvis Presley ’s granddaughter — and her icy camaraderie with Claflin’s Billy fills out some of the missing pieces of their relationship, but on her own, she drowns in the size of the shoes she’s trying to fill, one of the many complex, emotional women that Reid’s become known for. The script, in tandem, does her no favors by taking away so much of the edge present in Reid’s prose, most egregiously when Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber ’s pilot script takes her most iconic line — "I am not the muse. I am the somebody. End of f**king story." — and turns it from a statement of her own self-confidence into a desperate plea to a man, effectively missing what the point of the line was in the first place.

It’s a misstep that the show makes multiple times, lifting the wrong parts of the book verbatim, as though it’ll make up for misunderstanding the venomous bite Reid injected into Daisy and Billy and so many of her other characters. Worst, perhaps, is the fact that Camila Dunne, Billy’s loving wife and a no-holds-barred badass, is turned from the glue that holds the narrative together into a doting waif and the jealous, petty third in a love triangle, which itself is reduced to shock-value basics from its existence in the novel. Even worse is that it’s difficult to tell whether that’s the fault of the writing, which strips her of her character, or simply Camila Morrone ’s subpar acting skills — which pale in comparison to every person she shares the screen with — leaving me to wonder whether the show’s emotional core might have been saved had they cast someone else.

The songs are easily what carry the show from beginning to end, the only piece of Prime Video’s adaptation that improves on its source material. The Fleetwood Mac influence is obvious in the arrangements, and maybe bogs them down too much in The Six’s supposed inspiration, but they’re too catchy for me to care, especially considering they’re about the only thing driving the narrative and keeping me interested. The choice to release singles ahead of the full album was a smart one, and the fact that I have no intention of ever rewatching this show doesn’t mean that I don’t have “Honeycomb” on repeat as I write this review. The needle drops, too, punch up many a sequence that wouldn’t have worked without them. (I see you, “Gold Dust Woman.”) Daisy Jones is at its best when it’s leaning into the 1970s of it all, the glitz, glam, and questionably styled polyester, instead of trying to reinvent a wheel Reid already perfectly crafted on her own. The band is electric when it embraces all of that, and it’s in those moments — mostly in the back half of the show — that it nearly feels like they caught up to the clip that the novel moves at.

But just because Daisy is an adaptation of the novel doesn’t mean it’s telling the same story. In fact, the series is playing a twisted game of telephone with Reid’s original tale, and so warped is Prime’s version that it’s almost unrecognizable. Sure, it’s serviceable as a decent binge for people who get off on reading about how much Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham hated each other, but at no point does it even come close to the heights reached by the original novel, ones that went past the simple shock value of overdoses and infidelity and whatever else the writers of the show could scrounge up. Key events are altered, changed just enough that the chain reactions are now less nuclear and more Mentos in a Coke bottle: fun for a bit, but fizzling out fast, with no real, lasting impact.

Things that were once bombshells in the novel are either erased or reduced to plot points that make no sense without the novel’s original context, and Daisy Jones loses its teeth as quickly as they come in. Much of what gets lost in the translation from page to screen is the idea that the truth is a gray area — that it lies “unclaimed, somewhere in the middle” of two people’s perception of a situation. The inner voice is a difficult (some would say impossible) thing to represent on screen, and Daisy Jones loses much of its push and pull when it directly represents a situation, rather than someone’s spoken memory of it. That gray area, that muddled messiness that makes it impossible to discern reality, is lost, and as a result, the narrative slows dramatically, spread out over 10 episodes that could easily have been eight or fewer.

It’s clear that, if nothing else, Daisy Jones was a valiant effort from all involved — or at least the cast, who seem like they had a blast, screaming catfights and all. There are glimpses of what could have been, dips into a pool filled with the slick rainbows of an oil spill, the peeling back of a lurid curtain into an alternate version of the 1970s. But it’s too little too late, and in the battle of the bands between The Six on the page and the one on screen, it’s more than obvious who wins. (And it’s a damn shame we never got to meet Mick Riva.)

Daisy Jones and the Six premieres on Prime Video on March 3 with its first three episodes.

Riley Keough to Save Mother Lisa Marie Presley's Legacy With Book About Her Life

Riley Keough is gearing up to save her late mother’s legacy !

According to an insider, the 35-year-old Daisy Jones & The Six star has gone through Lisa Marie Presley ’s old tapes and notebooks in order to finish the singer’s autobiography .

“There are hundreds of hours of Lisa’s thoughts and dreams,” a source shared of the untitled book, which is set to release on October 15. “And Riley has to frame the book in a way that is both accurate and compassionate."

“Riley is a super busy actress, producer and mom, and she’s not only had to listen to her mom’s thoughts , but has to decide how to package that into this book … It’s a Herculean effort. She’s going to have a lot of input on how people perceive Lisa’s legacy forever. That’s how difficult this is,” they added.

Lisa Marie, who is the daughter of Priscilla and Elvis Presley , passed away due to a bowel obstruction in January 2023. The songwriter is now buried in Graceland alongside her father and her son Benjamin Keough , who took his own life in 2020.

After Lisa Marie’s sudden death, Riley became the sole executor of the estate causing her and grandmother Priscilla to get into a legal battle.

“When my mom passed, there was a lot of chaos in every aspect of our lives. Everything felt like the carpet had been ripped out and the floor had melted from under us…” Riley told Vanity Fair last August.

“We are a family, but there’s also a huge business side of our family,” she explained, “So I think that there was clarity that needed to be had.”

In May 2023, the Presley women came to an agreement on Lisa Marie’s trust.

"They have reached a settlement. Families are happy ," Pricilla’s attorney said at the time. "Everyone is happy. Unified and together and excited for the future."

The matriarch also released a statement clearing up rumors that she and Riley had bad blood over the situation.

"My family has resolved all confusion as it relates to our plea to the court and request for document interpretation after my daughter Lisa Marie's untimely passing," Priscilla said. "Although some media identified such a plea as a lawsuit , I want to make clear that there was never any lawsuit filed against my beloved granddaughter."

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"As a family, we are pleased that we resolved this together," she continued. "My family and I hope that everyone will grant us the privacy we have needed to properly grieve Lisa Marie and spend personal time together. We love and appreciate all of you and the Presley family is stronger than ever."

Page Six reported on the source's claims about the book.

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Denim & rock ‘n’ roll, campaigns /  march 2023.

It’s kind of impossible to think about rock music and not think about blue jeans. So when Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestselling 2019 novel, Daisy Jones & The Six, was turned into a TV limited series, it just makes sense that Levi’s® and Prime Video would join forces to take viewers to a world of arena rock, backstage drama and iconic denim looks.

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Based on the New York Times best-selling novel, Daisy Jones & the Six follows the story of a 1970s band fronted by two feuding yet charismatic lead singers, Daisy Jones and Billy Dunne. Set to the soundtrack of original music, this is the story of how this iconic band imploded at the height of its powers.

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