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Malibu Rising, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

35 reviews

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.75

men are terrible lol.
i most enjoyed the plots concerning the core four siblings and, later, their plus-one. you'd think they be the majority of the plot, but there are a lot of subplots that have little-to-no bearing on the main storyline, and i understand wanting to make this gigantic party with all these interesting people feel more alive, but after a while i stopped caring and just wanted to skip to the Rivas. it was overall pretty good though
book cover discussion: the British one is so much better than that of the United States, like the pretty sunset/fire (👀) colors, the serif font. unfortunately it doesn't carry over perfectly to the square aspect ratio for the audiobook.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, Drug use, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Grief

Moderate: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Blood, Violence, Child abuse, Cursing, and Death

Minor: Body shaming, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Vomit, Car accident, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Miscarriage, and Police brutality

eviecanactuallyread's review

dark emotional funny reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death of parent, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Violence

Moderate: Death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Body shaming

abbrillopezz's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Abortion, Ableism, Vomit, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Body shaming, Alcoholism, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Injury/injury detail, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Child abuse, Misogyny, Mental illness, Classism, and Alcohol

karineadly's review

adventurous emotional reflective relaxing sad

• 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: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Body shaming, and Terminal illness

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

dweedwee's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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 just that your love doesn't mean very much" 😫

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body shaming and Sexual harassment

s_elsted's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Miscarriage, Abortion, Body shaming, Car accident, Drug use, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Injury/injury detail, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Blood

kateyjay's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

Stunning story spanning multiple generations of a family who have known love and loss. 

Nina Riva deserves the world and you cannot tell me otherwise. Nina sacrifices everything for her family, losing herself in the process until her family also become her salvation. 

Seemingly doomed to repeat the mistakes of her mother until she learns she can stand up for herself. 

This book had me laughing and crying and having to look away feeling second hand embarrassment on multiple occasions. TJR has done it again

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Police brutality, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Minor: Abortion, Body shaming, Car accident, Cursing, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/injury detail, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Vomit

martapsalvado's review

emotional mysterious tense 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

4.25

Character building ✔️
Character development ✔️
Lots and lots of drama ✔️
Coherent and captivating story ✔️
Summer vibes ✔️

After the disappointment that was Daisy Jones & The Six for me, I have restored my faith in Taylor Jenkins Reid. I had so much fun reading this, especially towards the middle/ending of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Addiction

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Death, Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Pregnancy

Minor: Gun violence, Infertility, and Abortion

agirlnamedellie's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-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

5.0

I loved this book!! I really liked the fact that the book was set over one night with each chapter being a new hour. This for me kept the pace of the story. I liked that from the blurb you knew that the tip of the story would be the fire so all events escalated towards that point, but you didn't know when that would occur. The events leading up to/during the party were intertwined with the story of the Riva parents love story and the childhood of the Riva children. The story was so heartbreaking in so many ways but the strength of the eldest sibling Nina shone through. I especially liked the character of Kit and her sarcastic dry humour brought light moments to the book. Enjoyed the story more than Daisy Jones and the Six and I read it in just over 2 days. Couldn't put it down!  Loved the writing style and the fact that characters from her other novels are featured. Can't wait to read more of her books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Body shaming, Car accident, Drug use, and Gun violence

dianaschmidty's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Police brutality, Gun violence, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, and Abortion