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A review by cody_crumley
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
5.0
Taylor Jenkins Reid has moved into a category that I really reserve for just a handful of writers, someone who I will try to read any book that they published because of how amazing and unique each story is.
The latest one I have read of her work is Malibu Rising, the story of the Riva family told within the backdrop of twenty-four hours, culminating with the famous Riva Family party. While reading this I could not help but to relate it to my own family's trauma and how the mistakes that our parents make cause trauma and hurt, just like it did with their own parents. That unless corrected, family trauma has a cascading effect on the next generation.
I am still wrapping my head around my thoughts with this book in full, seeing as when I am writing this I have only been finished for about 15 minutes. I will say that this book goes at a neck-break pace that I normally would think is too much, but with the emotional rollercoaster that these characters find themselves in, it fits perfectly. Reid uses fire as a sort of personification of this, and I think that it is absolutely brilliant.
Unless something comes out to really blow my mind, Malibu Rising is in the top 3 of books I have read this year, and if you asked me right now it could be number one
The latest one I have read of her work is Malibu Rising, the story of the Riva family told within the backdrop of twenty-four hours, culminating with the famous Riva Family party. While reading this I could not help but to relate it to my own family's trauma and how the mistakes that our parents make cause trauma and hurt, just like it did with their own parents. That unless corrected, family trauma has a cascading effect on the next generation.
I am still wrapping my head around my thoughts with this book in full, seeing as when I am writing this I have only been finished for about 15 minutes. I will say that this book goes at a neck-break pace that I normally would think is too much, but with the emotional rollercoaster that these characters find themselves in, it fits perfectly. Reid uses fire as a sort of personification of this, and I think that it is absolutely brilliant.
Unless something comes out to really blow my mind, Malibu Rising is in the top 3 of books I have read this year, and if you asked me right now it could be number one