Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Malibu Rising, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

279 reviews

amirez1043's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Addiction, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Child abuse, and Drug abuse

sas_ram's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Death, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Minor: Car accident and Miscarriage

sophiemagill's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

I truly have to commend TJR for her ability to seamlessly tell this story from so many different perspectives. If was different and really refreshing to not necessarily only have one “main” character. Everyone was a main character in their own right whether you loved them or hated them. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

lordfarquaadthehottie_reader's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

mmd78903's review against another edition

emotional slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use

carlytait98's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Really enjoyed the summer vibes and focus on family relationships 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Death of parent

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Infertility, and Grief

Minor: Emotional abuse, Addiction, and Domestic abuse

Focuses on toxic relationships, alcohol addiction and death of parents quite a lot

saintsauvage's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

3.5

Spoiler

The first third is basically the same idea as 'Daisy Jones and The Six' but with different characters which I found a bit disappointing. Even if Mick had been something like a travel TV show presenter instead of a pop star we could have had the same ideas just explored differently.

All in all a quick read with great pacing, but it felt so much like Daisy Jones and The Six from another angle that I felt like I
 had read it before.

If you love good, healthy and  sibling dynamics a splash of found family you may enjoy this. Worth a read but not in a way that I'd encourage you to actively seek out a copy.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol and Addiction

Minor: Abandonment

nottoolame's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Drug use

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual harassment

ashlikes's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death of parent, Abandonment, Cursing, Infidelity, Sexual content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Police brutality, Violence, Drug use, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Car accident, Medical content, Abortion, Racism, Vomit, Blood, and Miscarriage

zulliekinz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

My first Taylor Jenkins Reid - and what a fantastic book to pop my cherry. Couldn't put it down and was engrossed in how quickly TJR made every character so real and authentic. I loved the pace of us experiencing just one whole day and the inserts of the past felt so well placed within this telling of the story. 

My only gripe was somehow how neatly tied up and finished it all was... It just felt a little too much like a neat bow around what was an incredibly messy package just moments before. Seemed unecessary for things to be that neat, and sadly unrealistic. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, and Drug abuse

Minor: Body shaming