"Daisy Jones & The Six" by Taylor Jenkins Reid will go down as one of my fav novels of all time. Of. All.Time.

Set in the 1970s, this novel is a fictional biography of a band's journey from its beginnings to its end - but really it is a story of human connection, a need for love, faith, trust and a need to be valued simply for being.

"I am not a muse. I am the somebody. End of fucking story."

Reid is a beautiful writer and the pencil that I stash in all my books went crazy underlining passages. As a reader you can expect a story that explores what happens to souls lost when coming from homes where as kids they went unseen and unloved. What happens to those who have to fight daily to become better than what they fear they are, and to those who love in faith, and brake and heal in it as well.

I felt swept away while reading this novel, as if was the interviewer sitting with this group of musicians telling me their stories.

Jenkins truly nailed building these characters. Their quirks and the way they phrase their words are beautiful, funny and quite direct - much as one can expect from actual song writers. The interview style of the novel suited me really well and vaguely took me back to my first year as a student journalist, going from one pub to the next following bands for interviews. No big ones, mainly college bands, although Hawksley Workman and Serena Ryder were pretty big I guess in Canada at that time! Did any of that matter to me? Heck no! I just loved the process. See, that was my start in writing - I covered the entertainment beat for my University newspaper and got pulled-in to journalism in my second year. 

I think Reid did a great job at capturing experience and creating this band of musicians that are so real.

I give this novel a full ❤️❤️❤️❤️ out of possible 4. I can read this one a thousand times. For more book reviews, following me on insta at https://www.instagram.com/myyearinreading

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