- Author
- Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Narrator
- Jennifer Beals
- Length
- 9 hr 3 min
- Publisher
- Random House Audio
Best for: Music lovers and anyone new to full cast recordings.
The novel is written entirely as interviews, so a full cast is the obvious choice, and this recording takes full advantage. Each band member has their own actor, and the conversation between them feels like a real documentary edit.
Jennifer Beals plays Daisy with exactly the right mix of charisma and damage. The male lead, Billy, is the perfect counterpart: earnest, controlling and a little too sure of himself.
There is no actual music, which could have been a gimmick. Instead, the cast describes the songs so vividly you can almost hear them.
At nine hours it is the right length to binge over a weekend.
What we loved
- ✓Superb ensemble cast
- ✓Format perfectly suited to audio
- ✓Easy, addictive listen
Worth knowing
- –Large cast takes a chapter to learn
- –Some characters thinly drawn
The verdict
A model for how full cast audio should work. Choose it over print.
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