Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

6 reviews

emi12's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

issyd23's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

2.0

Loved the characters but the storyline was meh (Carrie Soto being a cunt was literally my favourite part) 2🏄‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

wonderlandiful's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

bookishkale's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious reflective sad slow-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

3.0

I usually really like Taylor Jenkins Reid's work. I really enjoyed the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones and the Six. I don't know if I liked Malibu Rising. Parts of it were fantastic, and I couldn't tear my eyes from the page. Other parts were so dull I didn't know if finishing the book was worth it.

 I like the overarching story, I always appreciate a story that has two different timelines, but I don't know if it worked as well for me in this case. I like the Riva siblings, all of them endearing in their own special way. I liked hearing from each other them. Along the lines of TJR's other books, the characters are really the backbone of this story. Without the Rive siblings being so interesting, the rest of the story doesn't have much merit to me. I know Mick is supposed to be a flawed character, we have seen that in plenty of his other appearances in the TJR cinematic universe, but I don't really care for his and June's love story. I find it a little lackluster. I think TJR just needed to go a little further with everything in this book. Every one of the siblings' emotions are so stunted, and I understand why in the grand scheme of life, but in a book, go further. I felt like everything was just out of the Riva's hands, brushing their hands of everything. I feel like there is no good conclusion to anything, but maybe that's the point? I don't know, it feels a little messy to me. I didn't really like the cuts to random strangers just because they were at this party, I felt like it took away too much from the impact of the story. 

If you like TJR, I would say you should still pick up the book to connect more with her little universe that she has going on. If you want an intro in this, I would go with Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo first. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Gun violence, Police brutality, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

stupidforcupid's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Gun violence, Vomit, and Car accident

himangi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Police brutality, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment