Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

191 reviews

kaitray16's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Suicide, and Death of parent

lynchca's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

moonbin's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Police brutality, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cursing, Infertility, Car accident, and Pregnancy

dhutton1997's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

From about a fifth of the way into the book, I knew I was going to love it. The story had me hooked from the beginning and I didn’t want to put it down. I loved learning the stories of all of the siblings and the parents. It was amazing. I will be suprised if I read another book this year that I loved so quickly and furiously as this one. Wow. Absolutely recommend. 

also i loved that Kit turned out to be a lesbian. The book being set in the 1980s makes it even more special. I truly enjoyed reading her realization and coming out storyline.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Drug abuse, Car accident, and Pregnancy

police brutality against two women

hannahstvns's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

2.0

I’m bummed there wasn’t more of Mick and June’s story! Without the party scenes that dragged on forever, the random sexual exploits, and the repetitive plotlines, I think I would have liked this book more. The first half was actually fairly engaging but I just didn’t feel emotionally attached to any of the characters (maybe bc there was like a hundred of them).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

meliroo's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Alcohol

ninahuynh's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

Would have been 5/5 except for one part where the character names were written wrong and details got confused.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Chronic illness, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

shesreadthat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely loved this book. It’s been years since a book kept me up late reading, but I could not put this one down. The way TJR managed to create an upbeat, interesting novel with darker tones and underlying themes of generational patterns…. Incredible. I’m obsessed and I can’t wait to read more of her novels now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent

wellreadjill_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

wormgirl's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, and Abandonment