Aubrey Wong

An award-winning novel, most recently a successful Prime original, Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, has garnered a dedicated fan base since its initial publication in March 2019. Jenkins Reid tells the story against the backdrop of the 1970s. Before the television series made waves across the internet for the concept and cast, the book appealed to many as a piece of historical fiction based on one of the world’s most infamous bands: Fleetwood Mac. 

Set in the style of an interview, the novel thrusts together Daisy––a prodigious hippie with a complicated familial history––and The Six––a similarly complicated group of musicians just barely walking the line of success. Each member has a secret, and each star has a different plan, pressurizing their rise to fame and eventual collapse on the night of the band’s final show. The pages read like a memoir, romance, betrayal, and mystery sharing center stage.

The novel more than exceeds the high expectations of fans of the television show, imbedded with sharp emotion and strong characterization. Each member of the strikingly familiar band is indefinitely brought to life through their individual storylines, allowing the reader to feel connected along each step of the way. 

While the story is narrated through the doubtlessly unreliable lenses of multiple characters, the uncertainty of each moment only makes this fictional world more real. Daisy Jones and the Six is a book for fans of the dramatic: stories so enveloping that the reader is left to wonder where the line is drawn between fiction and reality. 

I would, without a doubt, recommend this book to anyone in search of a 5-star read.