Daisy Jones and the Six - Outside of a Dog

No cover — Daisy Jones and the Six (2019, Penguin Random House)

368 pages

English language

Published Sept. 28, 2019 by Penguin Random House.

ISBN:: 9781786331502

(1 review)

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 …

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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Review of 'Daisy Jones ve The Six' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

The audiobook was incredible, with a full voice cast it was super immersive!

The book itself I feel kind of middling about. I'm not really sure what to make of it but it was an enjoyable read. I powered through it in one day just because I could, so it was compelling enough that I didn't want to hit pause.

It feels almost too realistic in a lot of ways, because it feels like it has less of a clear message or theme, but maybe there's stuff I'm not seeing.

Four stars mostly because it's so well written and most of the characters felt so real, but definitely not a new favourite or anything unfortunately

Subjects

Musicians, fiction
Fiction, women
Los angeles (calif.), fiction
Man-woman relationships, fiction
Fiction, historical