Reviews tagging Panic attacks/disorders

Malibu Rising, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

3 reviews

kalemottison's review

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

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

eglizmas'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, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Death, and Alcoholism

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

Minor: Gun violence, Car accident, and Vomit

himangi's review

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