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sas_ram's review
- 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
Graphic: Sexism, Abandonment, Grief, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Sexual content, Suicide, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Miscarriage and Car accident
soshereads_'s review against another edition
- 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
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
carlytait98's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Alcoholism and Death of parent
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Infertility, and Grief
Minor: Emotional abuse, Addiction, and Domestic abuse
Focuses on toxic relationships, alcohol addiction and death of parents quite a lotalyssadavis's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Malibu catches fire.
It is simply what Malibu does from time to time.
…
The Malibu fire of 1983 started not in the dry hills but on the coastline. It began at 28150 Cliffside Drive on Saturday, August 27—at the home of Nina Riva—during one of the most notorious parties in Los Angeles history. The annual party grew wildly out of control sometime around midnight. By 7:00 A.M., the coastline of Malibu was engulfed in flames.
Because, just as it is in Malibu’s nature to burn, so was it in one particular person’s nature to set fire and walk away.
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Pregnancy
Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury
gkgkgk's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, and Alcohol
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Car accident, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Death, and Sexual content
jessdoe's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Grief and Death of parent
Moderate: Abandonment, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, and Drug use
Minor: Sexual content, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse
saara_ilona_muu's review against another edition
- 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
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
- 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
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.
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
milenasbooknook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Nina Riva!!! Ever since we got to see her as a five year old, I was in love. She was definitely not perfect and made some difficult and questionable decisions, but it was so interesting to see why she did the things she did and how she provided for her family. She devoted her life to caring for her siblings, and she set boundaries that needed to be set.
The characters all grew so much! Their pasts made huge impacts on their lives, but there was so much character development and generational cycles were broken 👏🏻
The sexual content did get annoying, but it wasn’t graphic enough for me to stop the book. I just wish it was more brief/implied
Overall, this book surpassed my expectations and I can see myself rereading this one in the future
Graphic: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity
Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Sexual content, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, and Addiction
Minor: Vomit, Blood, and Abortion
reb_vo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
This book is about who we choose to love and who we don’t
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Grief, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, and Death of parent
Minor: Car accident, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Infidelity, and Sexism