Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

73 reviews

jfield351's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-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

4.25

The first half of the book had me in a chokehold, I could not stop reading. I absolutely love TJR’s signature writing move of introducing the backstory to make you fall in love (or despise) the characters.

In the beginning I thought that Mick and June’s love was so beautiful, that I hoped one of them would die rather than leave each other, for love that pure to exist

. It is ultimately a story about love and family, but it is sometimes painful how much love can hurt. great read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Grief, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Addiction, Cursing, and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual harassment, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Sexism, Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Medical content, and Abortion

gmoneyyyyy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Death, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content and Vomit

livgrayson_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional funny lighthearted relaxing 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Abortion, Death, and Car accident

Minor: Pregnancy and Vomit

stupidforcupid'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

whitneyhockman's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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: Pregnancy, Addiction, Vomit, Cursing, Abandonment, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Alcoholism, Violence, and Death of parent

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-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

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Abandonment, and Addiction

Minor: Abortion, Cursing, Blood, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Car accident, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

nialiversuch's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Suicide, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Abandonment, and Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Cursing, Sexual content, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Classism, and Violence

Minor: Vomit, Gun violence, and Police brutality

kcbatts's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Abandonment, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Gaslighting, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit and Pregnancy

Minor: Car accident

danajoy's review against another edition

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Abandonment, Vomit, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Chronic illness, and Car accident

readwithria's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

Every expectation I had about this book was wrong, and I’m so glad. Go into this book blind, you won’t regret it!

Now onto the real review. I loved this book. I loved the family dynamic, I loved the writing style, I loved the flashbacks, I loved seeing into the lives of the other party guests, and most of all I loved the Riva siblings. They deserve every happiness they can get and then some.

I always find it harder to write positive reviews than negative reviews, so that’s pretty much all I’ve got. My only note to potential readers is that the POV changes all the time, sometimes mid page, with little to no warning and that took about 50 pages to get used to. I don’t see this as a con at all, just an adjustment.

I will be reading this book again in the future. 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Violence, Vomit, Car accident, Blood, and Pregnancy