Late last night I finished reading “Daisy Jones & The Six” by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Initially I was drawn to this book by it’s unique (to fiction) format. The story of a fictional band and the history behind it’s demise is told in subsequent interviews by band members, love interests, producers, managers and journalists. Years ago Aerosmith used this format for their memoir in “Walk this Way”. It moves you through the history with everyone re-telling from their own perspective. Daisy, is an interesting strong-willed mess of a girl but she’s talented. Billy, the lead singer of The Six, is equal in ego, charisma and talent as she. Throughout the book, I saw traces of real musicians from arena rock bands of note mixed within the characters, I won’t list them but they were there. She did do a good job of hitting all the realistic ego based infighting that inevitably goes on within a successful band…everyone can’t truly have a say. Although I did enjoy reading it, I found the ending unsatisfying – if you read it you very well may disagree thinking it ended as it should. I felt for a main character, especially such a interesting wild child of a character, Daisy came to a rather dull resolution. If you read or have read this book, I’d like to hear your take in the comments.
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Sorrow’s Eclipse
A long held dream of mine was realized late last night when I published my first E-book on Amazon. I have written three novel length books but this is the first one that’s seen the light of day. To say I’m over the moon is an understatement. Sorrow’s Eclipse is the story of a young woman who is forced to pick up the pieces of her broken world and make a new life for herself – a better life. I’ll link it below if you’d like to check it out. I hope you do!
Photograph: Ashton Bingham
Just Under the Surface 