Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

70 reviews

gracedunne's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Suicide

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

saraxsheehan's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

Minor: Pregnancy and Abortion

lmcr21's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, and Infidelity

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

jessy_reads's review against another edition

emotional medium-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 and Suicide

Moderate: Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Pregnancy

olivia1007's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Infidelity, Death of parent, Vomit, Drug use, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

jane_austyn's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Alcohol, Infidelity, Grief, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Gaslighting, and Suicide

emmalouisereads's review against another edition

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

1.0

I don’t know if this is just not my genre or I completely missed the point of this book, but honestly I was bored. 90% of this book seems to be them planning a party which you know ends up on fire. Then they have the party and it ends up on fire. So if you want to read a book about people planning a party whilst men be cheating dirtbags, this is the book for you… I guess? For me, not so much. I think this could have easily been an episode of 90210.

Read this for a book club, so bare in mind I wouldn’t have picked this book for myself ordinarily and as such my rating was bound to be low.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

ginadapooh's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident, Drug use, Pregnancy, Suicide, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Violence

bookishlittleme's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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

5.0

After reading all "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo," "Daisy Jones and the Six," and now "Malibu Rising," I can confidently say I'm destroyed! 🥰 Taylor Jenkins Reid is an absolutely fantastic author and I loved all three of these stories. Evelyn made me cry, Daisy entertained me greatly, and Malibu Rising really made me think. The themes about family, love, and what our parents pass on to us are all extremely well written. A relatively fast read as the story takes place over the course of 1 day and is explained over many years.

Also!! I absolutely love the way that the very first page talks about fire not only connects  to the literal fire at the end of the novel but also the turmoil between characters and within themselves.

Definitely worth the read after those other two books 😉

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Suicide

Moderate: Infidelity and Sexual harassment

okrasbookclub's review against another edition

Huge bummer of a story about a broken family. I couldn't keep reading as it got more depressing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicide, and Alcoholism