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Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

80 reviews

jfield351's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.25

The first half of the book had me in a chokehold, I could not stop reading. I absolutely love TJR’s signature writing move of introducing the backstory to make you fall in love (or despise) the characters.

In the beginning I thought that Mick and June’s love was so beautiful, that I hoped one of them would die rather than leave each other, for love that pure to exist

. It is ultimately a story about love and family, but it is sometimes painful how much love can hurt. great read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexism, Police brutality, Medical content, Car accident, Abortion, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

erinbarton's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

taylor jenkins reid just delivers every time - malibu rising has overtaken daisy jones as my favourite of the tjr universe. absolutely cannot wait for carrie soto is back after reading her brief appearance in this book and to see how tjr expands her universe
loved all the riva siblings and was just as invested in each of their storylines, which is often a rarity in multiple pov stories

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

charnyreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing tense fast-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

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Racism, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Child abuse and Car accident

btrz7's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

hannalizzy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was a masterpiece. I don’t know how TJR got me to love and hate so many characters in such a short amount of time! Their characterization is deep; the reader truly feels like they know each character at their core. The story is brutally sad, inspiring, alluring, and in the end, hopeful. 

The climax of the party when Mick shows up is one of the most exciting few pages I have ever read. The whole book led up to a few pivotal, fascinating chapters towards the end and they were delicious and satisfying. 

I loved it. TJR is my new writing idol. I don’t know how she does it but I wish I could be just like her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

mel_sh's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

3.75

 once again begging goodreads to let you rate books with half star ratings because four seems too high and 3 seems too low so im a bit torn.
but i had a lot of fun reading this! of the three taylor jenkins reid books that ive read, this one definitely impact me the least but was undoubtedly the most fun reading experience. i read this at a much faster pace than i normally do because i was just so excited to see how things would wrap up. i felt very strongly for the riva kids and i think my main qualm with this book was the way other people's perspectives began being shared by the end. i forgot about most of them almost immediately and i felt like it made the ending a bit messy. i would have rathered skipping their parts and focusing more on the conclusion of the story and the actual fire since despite the fact that it's part of the synopsis, it felt very rushed. all in all, i adore tjr's stroy-telling. i think she has a gift for crafting stories and characters that you're immediately attached to and this was no different. my next book of her's is going to be "daisy jones and the six" and i might bump malibu rising to a 4 star depending on how much i enjoy that.

edit: oh i also wanted to mention Julia Whelan! she narrates a lot of books and a few of them are tjr books and she's so good and definitely enhanced my reading experience! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Gun violence, Infidelity, Vomit, Car accident, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Classism

veronicats's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.0

Didn't live up to all the hype, but well written. TJR you're still my girl tho

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Mental illness, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Eating disorder, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexism, Violence, Police brutality, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

mommarex1221's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Blood, Car accident, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

nosophiesallowed'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

i waited 6 months to read this book because i just knew i’d like it more in the summer. Not as emotional or engaging as The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo but i still enjoyed it. i think it’s a fun book that has darker threads running throughout, dealing with a lot of cheating, failed relationships and marriages, death, alcoholism etc. i loved the first half where the perspective switched between the parents relationship and then the effects it had on their children, however the second half was mainly focused on the party and a bunch of side characters which was entertaining but i wasn’t emotionally invested in the side characters. overall i liked it.

(I received my copy for free from Penguin, this has not influenced my thoughts or opinions in any way) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Car accident and Fire/Fire injury