Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

53 reviews

findleydunn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

3.25

Kind of slow until 3/4 through, then fast and exciting. I like the morals at the end, but it's a little hard to get there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Vomit, Car accident, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail

budderfly_reads28's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

I absolutely loved the story line in this book. The past and present timelines explaining how the characters came to be. I love Nina, all the obstacles she overcame and her love for her family. Jay & Hud, brothers. Thick as thieves. Kit the Lone Ranger but never really alone. 

Wow! It’s been a while for me but this book was 5 stars. I loved the audiobook. I’ll need the paper copy to add to my book shelves. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, and Abortion

ninatw's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood

ashleyvaleria's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-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

5.0

tjr is incapable of writing a bad book. she just has a way of writing that draws you in completely to the world and writes characters so complex it’s hard to fully hate any of them even if they are a “villain”. the riva family has my whole heart and reading each one of their individual stories had my heart beaming and breaking throughout the book. the way she wrote the generational trauma and sibling dynamics was amazing to read and the siblings are all just so lovable despite some faults. i loved the different povs and timelines it really kept me engaged. reading back and forth between june and mick and the kids was fun to read and was able to demonstrate the mirroring of each others lives as well as the differences. so so many quotes stood out to me about how you have to choose what u carry from your parents and what u let go of, is it really worth it trying to break the cycle or is it inevitable that the cycle continues? ugh just such a great demonstration of family dynamics and how past generations affect you and your life while also using the backdrop of 1960s-80s Malibu, CA and the culture and lives of its stars to make the story that much more engaging and interesting. another hit by tjr and i cannot wait to read carrie soto !!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

ellaraeread's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage, Vomit, and Abortion

sleepywhippetbookclub's review against another edition

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

daniofthewood's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, and Classism

celery's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

its_van_vulpen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Miscarriage

Minor: Abortion

nullah's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment