Daisy Jones & The Six

I had a hard time getting into this one at first, but once I did, I was totally rapt with the story. The oral history/interview storytelling, though it's been done well before (e.g. World War Z) was the perfect form for this narrative. At first, it felt cliche; the character building was so expected, and the plot like any other “making of the band” movie/show/etc I've seen. But once it got going, there started to be some complexity to the characters that made it interesting and very real, and I found myself emotionally invested. I had to remind myself that this band never existed, so there's no diving into a research hole of Google images and old magazine or Times articles like I might after, say, watching Bohemian Rhapsody. I think there were some missed opportunities at the end to do something unexpected or subversive but I realize this isn't that kind of book, so all in all, it was an entertaining read. Rock n' Roll!!!! \m/