honest to god what the fuck does taylor put in her damn writing, it isn't even the most compelling or detailed-driven, but i consume each word like my life depends on them.

i don't know how to rate this. and i don't know how to review it either. so i'm gunna give myself some time to think about either of those things. hahahahahahahahahahahah. i still don't know. this is her least problematic book though so uhhh.

spoilers littered throughout. you've been warned (:

first things first: ALL the men gave me the ick and i'm not sure if that was on purpose or just my taste. is it me? am I the problem? billy was so delusional, it was infuriating. like i get it, egotistical and overwhelmingly guilty for his actions but pls stop talking. and sorry but graham was ignorant to think him and karen were going to be anything, (view spoiler), considering she told him to keep them a secret, like that’s a big ole sign !! karen was my favourite actually. she knew what she wanted, she was confident, talented and her character was consistently the least annoying.

also women’s body, women’s choice. i do not care how selfish you might think it is, if you aren’t the one carrying an egg, shut up.

eddie was annoying but i did get his frustrations and this gave him character depth than jut being the annoying 'bad guy'. daisy, oh daisy honey. i was slightly in love with her and yes my taste in women is apparently questionable. i definitely thought in my head, i can fix her. just give me a chance . simone was the best character out of them all (i will not be hearing otherwise on this), she deserves the world and i wanted more of her.

as we can all see; there are a lot of characters in this (something tjr does a lot) and it can be hard to have any distinction between them. tjr didn't do all that well in this case, mostly at fault of the interview-style format. honestly i kept forgetting who was who in the beginning and i still couldn't tell you what rod’s job was, or teddy's and who the fuck was hank again? i genuinely forgot pete was even an actual fucking person until it was pointed out right at the end and i realised he hadn't been interviewed. like. i didn't even notice. though that was the point of his character - in it for the fun, just going with the flow until it's time to dip- i don't think it bodes well that i forget about a whole character. because there were so many people, no one felt fleshed out. instead they were all one-dimensional with their one personality trait that propelled them through the narrative and was their reason at the end.

the blurb and tone seems to allude to a mysterious event on July 12 that caused the disbanding of daisy jones & the six, at least that's what i was expecting but it was evidently clear within the first like 30 pages what was going to happen. unsubtle foreshadowing.

did i still inhale daisy jones & the six like it was oxygen? course i fucking did. it's just so easy to read. and i did enjoy it, which could be a shock considering the review lmao. it was emotional and aggravating and believable. i wish i were as cool as daisy fucking jones. minus the substance addiction and sleep deprivation though.

also big up everyone that came on this reading journey with me. i'm sure you all really enjoyed my off-handed comments.