Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

257 reviews

bluedilly's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Infidelity

Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Police brutality, Death, Drug use, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Chronic illness

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Sexism, Violence, Abortion, Blood, Car accident, Misogyny, and Racism

bubblepig's review against another edition

4.75

If that man shows his face in a book ever again... I don't know what I'll do 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Minor: Sexual harassment, Racism, Pregnancy, and Domestic abuse

a_alves00's review against another edition

emotional sad 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: Alcohol, Drug use, Abandonment, Car accident, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

issyd23's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense slow-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

2.0

Loved the characters but the storyline was meh (Carrie Soto being a cunt was literally my favourite part) 2🏄‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

sas_ram's review

emotional inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

emotional sad medium-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

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

daringreader13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Abandonment, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Alcohol, Mental illness, Death, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

Minor: Homophobia, Abortion, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

ashlikes's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Cursing, Sexual content, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Alcohol, and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion, Blood, Car accident, Miscarriage, Racism, Vomit, Cancer, and Medical content

odette_tbdk's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.5

Trata sobre temas delicados como la negligencia parental, el trabajo infantil, casamiento a temprana edad, lo hace de manera delicada y respetuosa. También tenemos varios dilemas morales entre los mismos hermanos Riva, quiénes no en todas las ocasiones se comunican de la mejor manera y eso lleva a conflictos.

Nina Riva es la protagonista principal, y está muy bien desarrollada, la conocemos desde que nace hasta su edad actual, podemos ver como una sola noche puede cambiar tanto a una persona, como ella se cansa de complacer a la gente sin decir lo que realmente piensa, siempre poniendo a los demás por encima de sus propias necesidades.

Un punto malo que vería en el libro es que te introducen a muchos personajes, y aunque algunos si tienen relevancia en la historia, otros simplemente no vuelven a aparecer, o hasta vemos su punto de vista en varias secciones del libro, que realmente no es interesante y llega a ser tedioso cuando queremos saber qué pasó con los protagonistas.

En general, un libro con personajes femeninos muy bien desarrollados, una ambientación muy buena, y personajes de otros libros que en este podemos llegar a conocer a profundidad, como Mick Riva.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Misogyny

Minor: Car accident, Eating disorder, and Racism

alyssadavis's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful sad 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

3.0

Malibu catches fire. 
It is simply what Malibu does from time to time. 
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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.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury