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Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic relationship
i most enjoyed the plots concerning the core four siblings and, later, their plus-one. you'd think they be the majority of the plot, but there are a lot of subplots that have little-to-no bearing on the main storyline, and i understand wanting to make this gigantic party with all these interesting people feel more alive, but after a while i stopped caring and just wanted to skip to the Rivas. it was overall pretty good though
book cover discussion: the British one is so much better than that of the United States, like the pretty sunset/fire (đź‘€) colors, the serif font. unfortunately it doesn't carry over perfectly to the square aspect ratio for the audiobook.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Car accident, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury
Graphic: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Alcohol
Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Pregnancy
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol
Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Miscarriage, Racism, Blood, Police brutality, Car accident, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Abandonment
Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content
Minor: Violence, Car accident
Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide, Violence
Minor: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol
Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Grief, Pregnancy
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Car accident, Abortion
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
But when Taylor Jenkins Reid writes it, I will apparently still enjoy it. A lot. Her characters are some of the best fleshed out characters I've ever read. Her writing is super immersive. I swear, for 2 days I was part of this family. I was happy with them, sad with them. I laughed and cried with them. All of her characters just feel like real people and once the book is over, it's hard to comprehend that you just left a fictional group of people and need to return to the real world.
Warning, though, the subtitle of this book should be: The AUDACITY of shitty men!
I have never rolled my eyes SO much in my life. The things these men did and the way they reacted to those things and what they expected afterwords. I'm speechless. I get this is intentionally over the top... but truly, it reads pretty accurate.
The women, though: Take my heart, I adore you. Nina is an angel and she deserves the world. Nina's best friend? Marry me, please? Kit is amazing! Can we get a sequel focusing on her? That tennis player? SLAY GIRL!
Although I think the small party episodes were entertaining and great for the atmosphere, there were just too many side characters and names being thrown around. By the end of the party, I was super confused. But then again... that's probably how you feel after these kinds of parties.
And I'm a little confused about the role of the fire in the story. The marketing and how people talked about it made me believe it would play a bigger part in the plot. So my expectations were off, and I think this also contributed to me missing something in the end.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol
Moderate: Sexual content, Police brutality
Minor: Medical content, Car accident
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Abandonment
Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content
Minor: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury