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Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

102 reviews

saara_ilona_muu's review against another edition

tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

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

kirstenpod_'s review against another edition

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug use and Sexual content

Minor: Gun violence, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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: Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content and Toxic relationship

Minor: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

babsi_222's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective medium-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

4.25

Taylor Jenkins Reid is one of my favourite authors, I think, and I’ve only read two of her books!
So this book is about a family and their history and you really get to see into each of the siblings/ and every family members mind. they’re a family who live near the ocean and I’ve never read a book that’s about surfers, which was really cool.
So there is a famous party where every hollywood star is and like the author said in the Q&A it’s really inspired by the great Gatsby. It was quite interesting, but it just kind of felt like one of those romance movies (Love Actually), because sometimes in between the chapters about the family you have like two pages where there’s a random star who hooks up with someone else or who finds the love of their life at this party, which is just so random, but kind of fun tbh
literally all of the men in this book are red flags!!!

  Oh my God the women (June and Nina) get pushed around by them, but there’s some very good character development in the end which is everything I ever wanted while reading! God I hate Mick Riva so much how can you be such a horrible person?? 

 
 To be honest I’m not sure if I’m going to read ‘Carrie Soto is back’ any time soon because she does not seem like a great person in this book. I’m sure that it’s going to be interesting but I think I just don’t wanna read it right now. 
Junes story makes me so mad omg :((( 
There’s soooo much drama at the party btw holy shit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Gun violence, Miscarriage, Violence, Vomit, Car accident, and Outing

mstlove90's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Read this book if you're looking for: historical fiction, 80s vibes, different timelines, family drama, badass women MC

*Look up trigger warnings because there are a lot of sensitive topics*

I really enjoyed this book but honestly I was expecting to love it like I’ve loved all of TJRs books so far. 

That’s not to say it wasn’t great, I really enjoyed reading about the Riva children and the MANY struggles that they faced. I liked how we got to see everything that happened on one single night told from everyone’s points of view. BUT in my opinion there were TOO MANY points of view. I found it very hard to keep track. It would bounce not only between the 4 main characters but then also side characters too and that got very confusing.

One thing I did really enjoy about this book (not a spoiler) was the perspective of the Riva kids and their love for their siblings. Each wanted to be better, stronger, and more resilient because they thought they had to be. In the end it really showed how the family bonded and saw the unconditional love they had for each other. 

I like family stories, especially siblings. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Gun violence

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

ellelockley's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

It's August 1983 and Nina Riva's annual end-of-summer party is underway. By 12am it is out of control, by the morning it will have gone up in flames. Taylor Jenkins Reid is an amazing world builder, the way all her books link to one another is absolutely fascinating. The characters are always so well written, whether they're terrible people or not. The Riva siblings are some of the most amazing character written in modern literature and I just adored this book so much. I loved the two different time periods going on at the start, and how it makes you want to keep reading further. Safe to say I will be reading more TJR books. I recommend this book to everyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit, Car accident, and Pregnancy

Minor: Gun violence

madeleine22's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Minor: Gun violence, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Police brutality, and Car accident

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