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Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

97 reviews

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

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

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

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, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Abandonment

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

Minor: Eating disorder, Racism, and Car accident

jessdoe's review against another edition

hopeful reflective tense 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: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

sherlene_06's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• 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

As much as I loved TJR books, this one didn't particularly hit me as hard as 'The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. It was a good read, but not a great one. There were a lot of tear-jerking and thought-provoking parts of the book that made me love it and it delved into serious life issues and choices. 
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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Gun violence, Vomit, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

meaghanslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Book doesn’t have the same spunk of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s other books. It’s pretty good but just not great. I do appreciate the Easter eggs that are not too early or books. It makes me feel like I am a part of a secret circle. I thought the book was clever yet at the same time little predictable. I was clever because of the fact that it took over span of 24 hours. They booked out with some harsh themes from alcoholism to cheating to what it means to be a good person. It definitely made me think but by the end of the book I was ready for it to be over  where is the authors other books 
I didn’t want them to end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Cursing, Car accident, and Classism

Minor: Police brutality, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail

emablackburnreads's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

naturally's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

now that i've completed TJR's big three (evelyn hugo, daisy jones, malibu rising) i've come to the conclusions that there is a huge difference in quality in how they write white characters vs characters of colour. caucasian chaos is what TJR is a lot better at. there's nothing wrong with sticking to the rivers and the lakes that we're used to.

the rivas are a great family. the moments between the siblings were so tender and heartfelt. the ordering of the timeline (interweaving past and present) was fab. it was nice to finally put a face to the name re: nick riva - because he was referenced in the other books in the TJR literary universe.

to me, nina was the stand out character of the book. her arc really spoke to me as an eldest daughter and sister - she had to grow up so fast because of her circumstances; the weight of that was depicted v well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Sexism, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood

raelinton's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

The pacing was a little slow, it almost felt as though the book didn't begin until half way through. However, the characters are interesting and the ending is supremely satisfying. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism and Abortion

dkgreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.5

The thing about Taylor Jenkins Reid’s books is that they sink their claws into you. They’re ridiculously engaging, her characters are whole and terribly real, and you can’t help becoming so invested in the story unfolding on the page in front of you that you can hardly breathe. This might be the only TJR book that hasn’t made me cry, but it made my chest ache in a way that only deep connection and an abundance of feels can.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Infidelity, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

s_caldecott's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Gun violence, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail