Adapted from the BookTok sensation, Daisy Jones and the Six is now available to stream on Prime Video. This adaptation has been highly awaited as Taylor Jenkins Reid, also author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, has a huge fanbase. 

The cast consists of stars such as Sam Claflin, who plays Billy Dunne, most notably known as Finick Odair in the Hunger Games movies, Riley Keough, as Daisy Jones herself, Karen Sirko played by Suki Waterhouse, an actress, model, and singer, and Camila Dunne played by Camila Morrone, an argentine-american model and actress. The show also consists of rising stars Will Harrison, as Grahm Dunne, Sebastian Chacon, as Warren Rhodes, and Josh Whitehouse, as Eddie Roundtree. 

Only the first three episodes were made available on March 3, however, these three episodes set the foundation for the show. 

The first episode ‘Come and Get It’ was all about the origins of the band. We see ‘The Six’ originally start out as just a couple of teenagers practicing out of a garage and performing at whatever gig they could book. Daisy Jones on the other hand never fully expressed herself in the beginning. We see her dreams and hopes crushed by her passive parents and innocence taken away by older men. However, Daisy starts channeling all of her built up emotions into her songs. She is constantly seen writing in her journal. 

Daisy’s lines are poetic. She’s seen as a muse, and that leads to other people stealing her work. But she is not meant to be anyone’s muse, she’s the somebody. The Dunne brothers are still working to chase their dreams. This is when we get to meet our Camila. From the beginning there is an instant spark between them. Camila even ends up moving to LA with them. 

As Daisy spreads her wings in the second episode, with the help of Simone, played by Nabiyah Be, we see the start of her spiral. She’s seen heavily drinking, snorting drugs, and doing some more than questionable activities. However, one thing is still clear: her love for music. 

When the Dunne Brothers get to LA they meet Teddy Price who gets them started. They changed their name to The Six and recorded their first album. Camila reveals to Billy that she’s pregnant and the two get married. Then The Six are off on tour. During this tour Billy cheats on Camila with multiple women and is out of his mind on drugs and alcohol. Camila, sets the record straight and gives him an ultimatum. 

In episode three Billy finally straightens out and The Six are back in the studio. Teddy Price, however, is not sure of the new song Billy has written. Now this is when Daisy Jones is introduced to The Six. Billy of course hates this idea but can’t help but fall in love with her voice. 

The show is in no way perfect. While the adaptation has done the book justice for the most part, there have been minor details, seemingly changed for no reason, that is bothersome. For example The Six is actually The Five. Pete was cut out of the band and the only explanation given for why the group is called The Six is because Camila is an honorary member. Speaking of unnecessary changes to the storyline, Chuck was not sent off to war, he went on to become a dentist. 

Camilla’s characterization has also been slightly altered as well. Unlike the independent and strong willed woman in the books, who does not take disrespect from anyone, Camila has more become a watered down version of her. While she does force Billy into behaving, lines and actions done in the book were cut, so we never got to see those parts of her. 

Karen Sirko is now also British. While it’s understandable that Suki Waterhosue, a British actress, may be more comfortable speaking like herself, it does not make sense to change an entire storyline to fit something else. The ‘Karen Karen’ joke was also cute from the show. This may seem small but as it is one of the most memorable scene from the books it should not have been altered. 

Daisy’s drug and alcohol addiction, especially for the time period 60s-70s, was toned down immensely. Daisy in the book is characterized as a party girl who’s out of control, but show daisy was anything but. Yes, she was seen in a few shots doing a line here and there, but ti was nowhere near the “out of control”, “wild child”, she was made out to be. 

Finally the soundtrack. The soundtrack is absolutely phenomenal. There were some lyric changes made by producers, however, as Taylor Jenkins Reid is an author not a lyricist, it is understandable. The songs do seem more modern than bands actually inspired from that era such as Fleetwood Mac, teh guitar riffs and the drum beats emulate that nostalgic feeling of the rock and roll seventies. 

Daisy Jones and The Six, may be one of the best book-to-screen adaptations done thus far. The casting, the script, and the music was so incredibly executed and, even better, is that there is more to come.