Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Malibu Rising, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

191 reviews

ellelockley's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

It's August 1983 and Nina Riva's annual end-of-summer party is underway. By 12am it is out of control, by the morning it will have gone up in flames. Taylor Jenkins Reid is an amazing world builder, the way all her books link to one another is absolutely fascinating. The characters are always so well written, whether they're terrible people or not. The Riva siblings are some of the most amazing character written in modern literature and I just adored this book so much. I loved the two different time periods going on at the start, and how it makes you want to keep reading further. Safe to say I will be reading more TJR books. I recommend this book to everyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Death, and Infidelity

Moderate: Vomit, Sexual content, Car accident, and Pregnancy

Minor: Gun violence

juliebrd's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Grief and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Car accident

dkgreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-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

The thing about Taylor Jenkins Reid’s books is that they sink their claws into you. They’re ridiculously engaging, her characters are whole and terribly real, and you can’t help becoming so invested in the story unfolding on the page in front of you that you can hardly breathe. This might be the only TJR book that hasn’t made me cry, but it made my chest ache in a way that only deep connection and an abundance of feels can.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual content, Abandonment, Alcohol, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/injury detail

athena10257's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Abortion, Car accident, and Miscarriage

madeleine22's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Minor: Miscarriage, Gun violence, Police brutality, Car accident, and Sexual content

rbudd24's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Drug use, Death of parent, Addiction, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Cursing

saramcaps's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

Structurally, I think this was set up beautifully—telling the stories of each family member beginning and ending with the night of the party. In practice, it was kind of forgettable for me and I didn’t connect with it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Alcoholism

Minor: Car accident

kaddyren's review against another edition

reflective fast-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

3.5

so fun and quick to read… but the writing just felt very rough drafty and tjr uses cheating way too much as a plot device (i don’t think that’s a huge spoiler)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use and Grief

Minor: Car accident and Miscarriage

nicatniss's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-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

4.0

taylor jenkins reid's books always flow with a simplicity that i love so much!

as much as i loved the side characters during the riva family party, the switching of perspectives to them just really annoyed me... i need more content of the riva siblings!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Abandonment, and Death of parent

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Car accident

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

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