Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

98 reviews

chqrmspoken's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective fast-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

3.5

I really enjoyed the first part of the book where the reader found out mostly about the back stories of the characters in several flashbacks. When it came to the party, a lot of new characters were introduced in a short amount of time, which I suppose was done to mimick the way parties are - quick-paced, messy, overwhelming. If that was the goal, it was done phenomenally well, because I could not keep track of all these people for the life of me. I wanted to flip back a few pages to check if we'd been introduced to this person before, or not, but quite frankly, I did not care about any of them enough. 
I did care a lot about Nina, maybe I saw myself in her a little bit (too much?) and I understand that this is a realistic ending, as a reader it felt slightly anti-climatic. 
All in all: This was an okay book that I really enjoyed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Drug use, and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence and Sexual content

Minor: Gun violence

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: Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Alcoholism, and Grief

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

clairew97's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Abandonment, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Car accident, Fatphobia, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Addiction, Death of parent, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Death, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

bluedilly's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Police brutality, Death, Drug use, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Chronic illness

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Sexism, Violence, Abortion, Blood, Car accident, Misogyny, and Racism

clarissa22's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-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

Minor: Gun violence

soshereads_'s review against another edition

emotional sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Infidelity, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Classism, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Abandonment, Sexism, Medical content, and Car accident

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Sexual harassment, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abortion, Gun violence, Miscarriage, and Body shaming

saara_ilona_muu's review against another edition

tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexism, Gun violence, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Death, Cursing, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Sexual content, and Medical content

Minor: Abortion

lilith_hmr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

As much as I loved TJR books, this one didn't particularly hit me as hard as 'The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. It was a good read, but not a great one. There were a lot of tear-jerking and thought-provoking parts of the book that made me love it and it delved into serious life issues and choices. 
It was slow-paced compared to other books of TJR. The second half focused a bit on characters that weren't relevant to the story and so that was a bit of a turn-off. The ending was incomplete and I would like to have a sequel to it. There's so much that was left unfinished. However, the most remarkable thing about the book was the time switch in the first half. It was absolutely intriguing and written so amazingly well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Vomit, Abandonment, Death, Deadnaming, Cursing, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, and Alcoholism

kirstenpod_'s review against another edition

hopeful reflective fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual content and Drug use

Minor: Gun violence, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual content and Toxic relationship

Minor: Cursing, Gore, Car accident, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence