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Daisy Jones & the Six

Published: 5, March 2019

Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid

Genres: Adult, Domestic Life, Family, Fiction, Literary, Sagas, Women's


This is the story of a fictional rock band from the seventies, the rise and fall, the drug use, the sex, the rock ‘n roll, and all of this is like reading an interview and it took me some time to get used to it, but once I was settled, it became a great page-turner. I know some readers are not going to like the style but I feel this was one of the best ways to introduce the band and all the characters. It comes out as personable, approachable, and believable enough to not be a hindrance.

The story is more than anything else a joyful book that conjures the sensation of excitement that comes with telling a refreshingly uplifting story about unrestrained, young, and creative people; it's pure entertainment. Upbeat and straightforward.

The “oral history”-meets-faux-documentary style works well in terms of the format. It's a light and breezy method to tell the narrative from a variety of perspectives; however, it certainly limits the more contemplative components of storytelling to some extent. Instead, it is up to the reader to decipher what is being communicated between the lines.

The idea of strong women is good but in some places, it felt kind of strange because a strong woman is not just what this story is telling us. But again, it may be unintentional because the way this book is written, actually limits many things and the writer can’t explain everything properly. As I mentioned earlier, this is like reading an interview and this style limits the storytelling.

Synopsis:

“NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup—from the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and the new novel Malibu Rising, available now!

REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • IN DEVELOPMENT AS AN ORIGINAL STREAMING SERIES EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY REESE WITHERSPOON

“An explosive, dynamite, down-and-dirty look at a fictional rock band told in an interview style that gives it irresistible surface energy.”—Elin Hilderbrand

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • The Washington Post • Esquire • Glamour • Real Simple • Good Housekeeping • Marie Claire • Parade • Paste • Shelf Awareness • BookRiot

Everyone knows DAISY JONES & THE SIX, but nobody knows the reason behind their split at the absolute height of their popularity . . . until now.

Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it’s the rock ’n’ roll she loves most. By the time she’s twenty, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things.

Also getting noticed is The Six, a band led by the brooding Billy Dunne. On the eve of their first tour, his girlfriend Camila finds out she’s pregnant, and with the pressure of impending fatherhood and fame, Billy goes a little wild on the road.

Daisy and Billy cross paths when a producer realizes that the key to supercharged success is to put the two together. What happens next will become the stuff of legend.

The making of that legend is chronicled in this riveting and unforgettable novel, written as an oral history of one of the biggest bands of the seventies. Taylor Jenkins Reid is a talented writer who takes her work to a new level with Daisy Jones & The Six, brilliantly capturing a place and time in an utterly distinctive voice.”

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Rating: 90/100
Recommended: 100/100 Yes.


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Matrix

Published: 7, September 2021

Author: Lauren Groff

Genres: Fiction, Historical, Literary, Literature, Medieval, Religious, Women's


In simple words, this book is the story of a woman’s rise from the bottom to the top against all odds in medieval times. It is a breathtaking and unique perspective on the natural world, used to illustrate a personal historical view of women in power.

I am not a fan of this genre but sometimes I read for the sake of reading and find great books like this, not for everyone, but fans of the genre and author Lauren Groff are surely going to love it.

The characters are not perfect but that is what makes it a good read and makes the reader want to read and know more. The writing style is awesome as well and drags you in for more page turns, but it was the combination of both writing and characters that kept me on the quest to reach the final page.

The novel looks back in time to make astute observations on the world as we know it, delving into big ideas like individualism, community, gender, and faith. The author brings to Matrix a courageous sense of authenticity as well as compassion for her characters, no matter how abrasive they may be. This is a heartwarming story about one woman's ambition and innovation thriving in the face of adversity.


Synopsis:
“AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION

“A relentless exhibition of Groff’s freakish talent. In just over 250 pages, she gives us a character study to rival Hilary Mantel’s Thomas Cromwell .” – USA Today

“An electric reimagining . . . feminist, sensual . . . unforgettable.” – O, The Oprah Magazine

“Thrilling and heartbreaking.” –Time Magazine

“[A] page-by-page pleasure as we soar with her.” –New York Times

One of our best American writers, Lauren Groff returns with her exhilarating first new novel since the groundbreaking Fates and Furies.

Cast out of the royal court by Eleanor of Aquitaine, deemed too coarse and rough-hewn for marriage or courtly life, seventeen-year-old Marie de France is sent to England to be the new prioress of an impoverished abbey, its nuns on the brink of starvation and beset by disease.

At first taken aback by the severity of her new life, Marie finds focus and love in collective life with her singular and mercurial sisters. In this crucible, Marie steadily supplants her desire for family, for her homeland, for the passions of her youth with something new to her: devotion to her sisters, and a conviction in her own divine visions. Marie, born the last in a long line of women warriors and crusaders, is determined to chart a bold new course for the women she now leads and protects. But in a world that is shifting and corroding in frightening ways, one that can never reconcile itself with her existence, will the sheer force of Marie’s vision be bulwark enough?

Equally alive to the sacred and the profane, Matrix gathers currents of violence, sensuality, and religious ecstasy in a mesmerizing portrait of consuming passion, aberrant faith, and a woman that history moves both through and around. Lauren Groff’s new novel, her first since Fates and Furies, is a defiant and timely exploration of the raw power of female creativity in a corrupted world.”

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Rating: 85/100
Recommended: 95/100 Yes.


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Fates and Furies

Published: 15, September 2015

Author: Lauren Groff

Genres: Contemporary, Women's, Crime, Fiction, Romance, Literary, Coming Of Age, Family Life, Domestic Life, Adult


First and foremost, author Lauren Groff is a talented writer. The story is well-written and well-considered. The story revolves around marriage, with the first half told by the husband and the second half by the wife. Their viewpoints are so dissimilar that it feels like two separate books. However, it's an intriguing concept that's eye-opening where their stories intersect. The plot has a few twists and turns that will surprise you, but nothing that will take your breath away.

In her first two novels, The Monsters of Templeton and Arcadia, Lauren Groff addressed the benefits of community. This time she focuses on the ultimate microcosm, a marriage as I mentioned earlier.

Many readers are surely going to hate this book, not because the writing is flawed or the story is bad, no, no and no, it is just because of the characters in the story, they are narcissistic, dysfunctional, and shallow, with no purpose or goal. As a reader, you are exposed to their early damage, which I assume is intended to set the tone for future conduct. You just want to hate them and that is why you feel that you hate this book, otherwise, this is an amazing novel.

The story tells us something that many of us don’t even want to think but it is so true and close to our reality. It can be a very good read and sometimes you may feel it is very difficult to continue reading. Some characters were just in the book for no reason at all like some of the “friends” and you can feel they are just “fillers.”

I think the ending is what I needed to read at the end of this story and I liked it a lot. Just think of this book as two books in one with an ending where it all comes as one. Sometimes we don’t get what the writer is trying to say and in this book, you are dealing with the same issue. The classic stuff is in front of the reader’s eyes but it looks strange and out of place but if you open your mind and give it a try, you’ll be shocked to see what the author did, and that is why it became a best seller.


Synopsis:

“NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: THE WASHINGTON POST, NPR, TIME, THE SEATTLE TIMES, MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE, SLATE, LIBRARY JOURNAL, KIRKUS, AND MANY MORE

“Lauren Groff is a writer of rare gifts, and Fates and Furies is an unabashedly ambitious novel that delivers – with comedy, tragedy, well-deployed erudition and unmistakable glimmers of brilliance throughout.” —The New York Times Book Review (cover review)

From the award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of The Monsters of Templeton, Arcadia, Florida and Matrix, an exhilarating novel about marriage, creativity, art, and perception.

Fates and Furies is a literary masterpiece that defies expectation. A dazzling examination of a marriage, it is also a portrait of creative partnership written by one of the best writers of her generation.

Every story has two sides. Every relationship has two perspectives. And sometimes, it turns out, the key to a great marriage is not its truths but its secrets. At the core of this rich, expansive, layered novel, Lauren Groff presents the story of one such marriage over the course of twenty-four years.

At age twenty-two, Lotto and Mathilde are tall, glamorous, madly in love, and destined for greatness. A decade later, their marriage is still the envy of their friends, but with an electric thrill we understand that things are even more complicated and remarkable than they have seemed. With stunning revelations and multiple threads, and in prose that is vibrantly alive and original, Groff delivers a deeply satisfying novel about love, art, creativity, and power that is unlike anything that has come before it. Profound, surprising, propulsive, and emotionally riveting, it stirs both the mind and the heart.”

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Rating: 75/100
Recommended: 90/100 Yes.


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