Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

162 reviews

celery's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Violence, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Lesbophobia, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Car accident, Excrement, Sexual assault, Vomit, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

darkwood's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Abandonment

Moderate: Violence

nova123'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

5.0

another book in which tjr proves that shitty cheating men are the root of all our problems

(lesbian kit I love you)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Abandonment

Moderate: Drug use and Infidelity

Minor: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

maybeimali's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.0

Good read. I found I started to care for the characters.

Did not expect the book to go back and forth over their whole lives.

Nice read if you're in a slump or want something light. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Abandonment, Drug use, Alcohol, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexism, Child abuse, and Violence

violetbentbackwards1036's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Grief, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Violence, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Abandonment, Addiction, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, and Cursing

maureenlessreen's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

I really liked the structure! I feel like the climax and ending were pretty rushed. Some character development made sense in a 24 hour period but others didn’t as much. Also, aside from the main character siblings, there were a lot of people to keep straight. I liked the little vignettes of other people’s experiences at the party, but everyone was too forgettable for me to keep track of who was who.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Death of parent and Abandonment

Minor: Violence, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

ksamaine95's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was everything. I laugh, cried, you name it. New favorite TJR novel. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Drug abuse

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Addiction, Blood, and Car accident

eleos01's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Violence

aymboi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

2.0

I liked it at the beginning but about halfway through when the party started I got sick of it and just couldn't care about any of the characters anymore 🤐

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Abandonment, Eating disorder, Cursing, Death of parent, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

dearbhlanoonan's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Infidelity, Drug use, Violence, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, and Car accident

Minor: Abortion