Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Antagal bago ko natapos! I even attended a birthday party and talked about this book before I went on a slump. Reading a fiction in an oral history with all the characters written is a very tricky style, it dies the hype and the joy of just reading. It's different from plays, when the intent is speaking on a first-person POV. Oral histories shouldn't have even insertion of an author notes, it will somehow be converted as a dissertation.
At least that's how I felt with the gimmicky writing, a dissertation trying hard to be an oral history. That's why it became boring at the mid-part. It gets repetitive.
It's my first time reading Taylor Jenkins Reid, and I actually applaud her for fleshing out women characters in a setting filled with men. Rock-and-roll is about men and them dominating music in a rugged muddy and Americana style while taking drugs and alcohol and getting their high, before deciding to settle down. That's how the world was before— it was all about them. It also toned the character of Daisy being born out of burgis pribilej, being a prodigy with less effort because she wasn't thinking about rent or the money she will spend on what healthy food to eat. She has an access to a lot of things. And even so, she has to claw her way just to be recognized and seen.
I am still a bias of Jennifer Egan and Sally Rooney being the GenX and Millenial female writers, but maybe this Taylor thrives in the GenZ demographic, especially with her songwriting savviness and able to translate her book with all other forms of media. She was able to put content in Spotify and Amazon prime by merely rehashing her slam poetry into Americana-esque songs with the vibes of that Taylor's Folklore, and reaped tons of royalties and rights with it.
I am envious of the utility of her creations, and she is really a talented Zennial/GenZ writer. Looking forward to her other works, but lesser of the gimmick.
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