Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Malibu Rising, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

121 reviews

naturally's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

now that i've completed TJR's big three (evelyn hugo, daisy jones, malibu rising) i've come to the conclusions that there is a huge difference in quality in how they write white characters vs characters of colour. caucasian chaos is what TJR is a lot better at. there's nothing wrong with sticking to the rivers and the lakes that we're used to.

the rivas are a great family. the moments between the siblings were so tender and heartfelt. the ordering of the timeline (interweaving past and present) was fab. it was nice to finally put a face to the name re: nick riva - because he was referenced in the other books in the TJR literary universe.

to me, nina was the stand out character of the book. her arc really spoke to me as an eldest daughter and sister - she had to grow up so fast because of her circumstances; the weight of that was depicted v well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Sexism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Cursing, and Violence

Minor: Blood

raelinton's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

The pacing was a little slow, it almost felt as though the book didn't begin until half way through. However, the characters are interesting and the ending is supremely satisfying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Addiction, Abandonment, Death of parent, Drug use, Alcohol, and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual content, Injury/injury detail, Cursing, Violence, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Car accident

Minor: Abortion and Racism

aljavi's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Violence, and Toxic relationship

bookedwithbrie's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infidelity, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Violence

ptitirodactyle's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Death of parent, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexism, and Sexual content

Minor: Gun violence, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Cursing, Body shaming, Blood, Car accident, Chronic illness, and Eating disorder

sampadaac's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Violence

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Grief, Violence, Death, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Addiction, Drug use, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse, Police brutality, and Car accident

amgarrido's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Abandonment, Alcohol, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Blood, and Violence

juvonh's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Abandonment, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/injury detail, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Infidelity

Moderate: Abandonment, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, and Vomit

kaitlynnnng's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Mick Riva is a piece of garbage.

Spoiler

I found myself incredibly angry every time Mick and Brandon’s infidelity was brought up. I hate cheaters in real life, and I hated reading about cheaters.

Some of the chapters about other people at the party were interesting, but I found most of them to be confusing and unnecessary.

To me, this book didn’t have a “wow” factor, but I did enjoy reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, and Infidelity

Moderate: Abandonment, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Abortion, Gun violence, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Car accident, and Domestic abuse