Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

33 reviews

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

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

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

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

Minor: Chronic illness, Pregnancy, and Police brutality

cepbreed's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

I sooooo love books set within a day. There's so much compact action and drama it makes everything just a bit more ridiculous. I would love to see this turned into a movie one day (it reminds me of Project X to a degree). After catching a few references to her other books I'm kind of disappointed I chose to pick up Malibu Rising first, no one told me they were interconnected 🥲 Its wonderful that a book can be so fun, include so many characters and debaucherous behavior, and still hold lots of meaningful character development. When we were introduced to Nina Riva I felt a connection in my SOUL. I so badly wanted to rate this a five, but somehow my is heart just is not into it.

Song: 

• Heatwaves - Glass Animals 
• Dancing On Quicksand - Bad Suns 
• the  last great american dynasty - Taylor swift 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Chronic illness and Cursing

Minor: Gun violence and Blood

himangi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Alcoholism, Car accident, Drug abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Police brutality, and Sexual content

addie's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Chronic illness

monareadsbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

It was a good book, Taylor Jenkins Reid never disappoints, but sometimes there was too much happening at the same time which was overwhelming. But overall I really enjoyed it. I related to Nina so much, I loved Kit and the book made me SOB a few times, not just a few tears, I was fun on sobbing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Death, Cursing, and Chronic illness

lindseyhall44's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

Taylor Jekins Reid quickly became one of my favorite authors, and her lastest novel didn’t disappoint.
Immediately we are thrown into the life of Malibu, a once quiet fishing area which transforms into a trendy beach town durring the 80’s. The story follows Nina, Kit, Hud, and Jay as they live out one day which will define the rest of their lives and those around them: the day Malibu catches fire. All four of the characters are connected by blood as the children of famous singer Mick Riva (his name might sound familiar if you have read the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo). With the author weaving in his back story along with the plot progression, the readers develop a better understanding of the siblings lives, and how the close knit bond formed. It is a family drama, but one so tension filled that I kept obsessively reading. Reid has a talent for making her characters seem so real and fleshed out, to the point where I had to check on google that the events portrayed were fictional.
While Daisy Jones is probably my favorite of her best sellers, and the reason I didn’t rate this book five stars, it is definitely worth your time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Miscarriage

mariamoi's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Chronic illness

maggie_hamel's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.25

This book was amazing how everything tied together. I was expecting a different kind of story with stuck-up rich characters from the description, but I was pleasantly surprised. I just hope Lara and Jay get a good ending. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child abuse and Death