2nd Read - yeah I still completely adore this book

1st Read - Absolutely stunning.

Just as it said on the cover I completely devoured this book. I felt as though I was sitting there interviewing their story of their band.
What was so interesting was how Taylor Jenkins Reid wrote about singing songs and even the song lyrics at the back of the book! I am dying for them to be turned into real songs because the way in which she describes them is unlike anything I have ever read before.
I'll be honest I started crying when the news came in that Teddy had died. It was like then that even though I knew they were going to break up from the start, the realisation made it like I hadn't seen it coming.
I have to say definite favourite character would be Camila, the way in which she described her love and trust for Billy was unlike anything I have ever heard of in a book before. This made more sense at the end, when we're shown that Julia (Billy and Camila's oldest kid) was the one interviewing everyone throughout the book. This made sense as it felt as though Billy, Camila and Daisy really dove into the deep parts of their characteristics and it was because it was Julia.
The unspoken romance between Daisy and Billy was enchanting. Daisy knew it was off bounds and even though they made nothing official not even a little slit between Daisy and Billy, this just made it as though they had had a little affair as they both knew it but no one said it.
What's so remarkable about this book, is that all we get is the dialogues between the characters, years after the band was together. Yet through this all the tensions, romances and plain platonic friendships were so easy to see.
The chapters were pretty long, but I felt as though when I was reading it, definitely because it's done like a script I was right there as they said things. Also especially in the way Graham and Karen revealed certain details about each other, you could tell in that scene that it was an interview not just everything happened as it was happening. It was so cool to have those two contrasting bits of storytelling in the same chapter as each other.
Of course there was the 70s rock n' roll mention of drugs, sex and partying but it made this book more authentic I feel. The writing about Billy almost going off the rails but then getting better mostly for Camila's sake was so refreshing to read about. Daisy's addiction with drugs and alcohol was also pretty interesting to read about, as there are so many artists even now who have to deal with addiction at the beginnning and even throughout their music careers.
That point moves nicely on to the fact that every character had flaws. They were jealous, in love with the wrong person, had different desires compared to their partner, addictions, sadness, guilt, depression. Every single character in this book had two sides to them and the interactions they had with family and friends made them so intriguing to read about.
If anything I would have liked a little bit more to Simone, Daisy's friend. She played a key part in the beginning, in Daisy's first way to success but from then on it was only in times of desperate need that Daisy would call on her. It made it supportive for the reader to read knowing that Daisy did have someone to fall back on, but Simone didn't have a huge backstory compared to everyone else and I feel as though Simone could have had more depth to her.
Anyways overall, this book was breathtaking. It was my first book written in an oral history and I loved it despite feeling a little out of my comfort zone. I also LOVED Taylor Jenkins Reid's style of writing and I will definitely be picking up some of her other works soon!
--- also there's supposed to be an American TV show coming out and I am SUPER hyped even if we have to wait forever. This story was so intense, part of me thought it was real and I went on a google hunt for the real Daisy Jones.