Daisy Jones & The Six

3.5 stars rounded up.

No one tells a story quite like Taylor Jenkins Reid. Even when you hate the character or his or her story, you can't put the book down.

I've had this on my TBR pile forever and finally decided to give it a listen before Amazon's show is released. Glad I did...I think.

It's fiction, but it reads like something that actually took place. That's kind of Jenkins Reid's brilliance–the story, when reading it, feels real. But, like those kind of stories, such as a “behind the music” or a tell-all biography of a rock star of events behind the scenes, often times the tell-all disappoints because there isn't a lot to “tell.” That's kind of the feeling I got here in places. The characters feel real, but also very predictable best versions of the characters. They're good people who want to make good choices, and for the most part, they do, but struggle with their desires to do otherwise. But the internal struggle isn't that interesting, to me any way. It's the fvck-ups that make the characters real and redeeming.

One of my considerations in giving a rating is how likely I'll be to read it again. It's gonna be five stars when I've already starting reading the book again before I've even marked it as “read.” Four is for books I've enjoyed that I'll probably pick up again in the future. Three is when I found the book entertaining for its duration–it did its job and told me a story, one that's probably not going to stick with me.

This book rates a 3.5 to me because it'll probably stick with me, just because of the unique story-telling, but I'm not probably going to go back and visit these characters again.

**Amended to add that the audiobook is 5 stars. The narrators were amazing. If you're gonna give this book a go, try the audio version!