Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

76 reviews

chaos_and_chapters's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring relaxing slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Misogyny and Sexual harassment

mandaraffe's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Death of parent, Death, Alcohol, Sexism, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Violence, Abandonment, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, and Addiction

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Abortion, Miscarriage, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Police brutality, and Vomit

jessicaludden's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-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

“June was gone. Yet here she was, living on through her children.”

I’ve said it once before and I’ll say it again, Taylor Jenkins Reid is a genius. I thought nothing could top Daisy Jones & the Six, but wow this really exceeded my expectations. Every single character was so complex. I loved every single one of them and TJR made them all feel so real. She always does that with her characters. You finish the book and can’t believe those weren’t real people. Everyone had their own internal struggles and their own relationship dynamic with other characters. I LOVED Nina. She deserves the world and I loved how her siblings finally did something for her at the end. I loved Kit. I love how bold she is and how she’s just at the start of figuring out who she is. I loved Hud. I love how loyal he is and how him and Nina always seemed to have an unspoken understanding. I loved Jay. I loved his internal conflict with the new diagnosis he had and what that meant for who he was as a person and what his measure of success is. June and Mick’s story was so tragic and as much as I hate Mick I did feel bad for him near the end of the book. TJR did a great job of making me feel the exact feelings Nina was feeling. I couldn’t help feeling a tiny bit bad for Mick as he spoke about his childhood and his regrets, but ultimately my hate for him won out. I want to go to the Riva party. TJR made it feel so real with all the side characters and their mini plot lines. It added to the chaos perfectly. Overall, I loved this so much. Definitely a top read of the year. Definitely a new favorite book of all time.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Child abuse, Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

emilo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective relaxing 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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, and Child abuse

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Infidelity, Grief, Alcoholism, Addiction, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Violence, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual harassment, Miscarriage, Sexism, Racism, Chronic illness, Car accident, and Abortion

breeinreadingland's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-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: Alcohol, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, and Addiction

Moderate: Death of parent, Infidelity, Violence, Death, and Grief

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Abortion, Blood, Child abuse, Car accident, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Vomit

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

erinbarton's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

taylor jenkins reid just delivers every time - malibu rising has overtaken daisy jones as my favourite of the tjr universe. absolutely cannot wait for carrie soto is back after reading her brief appearance in this book and to see how tjr expands her universe
loved all the riva siblings and was just as invested in each of their storylines, which is often a rarity in multiple pov stories

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Drug use

Moderate: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

charnyreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Racism, Infidelity, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Police brutality

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Car accident and Child abuse

btrz7's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Drug use, Infidelity, and Sexual content