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Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

123 reviews

laurajeangrace's review against another edition

emotional 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: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Sexual content, Drug use, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Infidelity, and Grief

galaech's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

I really enjoyed seeing the four siblings' relationship and how "family" as a subject is treated in this book. I liked how June's and her kids' personalities are shown, how the same situation can affect them so differently and which role each of them turn out to play in their family.

I found the second half of the book a bit slower, but apart from that, this book is such a good read. Taylor is a brilliant writer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Abandonment, Death of parent, Drug use, and Grief

Moderate: Vomit and Sexism

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

hopeful 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, Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Infidelity, Abandonment, Death of parent, Car accident, and Addiction

woolgathering_jane's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-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

4.5

“Must be nice. To be able to be weak. I wouldn’t know.” 

This book managed to pleasantly surprise me and disappoint me at the same time. TJR is such a good writer, I had goosebumps many times while reading, simply from individual sentences. But that's the thing - I feel like the writing was so dramatic that I came to expect something quite different from the story. The story itself is lovely and - just like Daisy Jones and Evelyn Hugo - so real, but I couldn't help but want something more. But it was such a good read anyway! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Abandonment, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Pregnancy and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexism, Terminal illness, and Car accident

pun1sher's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring relaxing medium-paced

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

4.25

Everytime I read tjr i feel like a middle aged mum but i have a soft spot for her books ngl. There's not enough historical fiction set in the XXth and not about war.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Sexism

kateyjay's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

Stunning story spanning multiple generations of a family who have known love and loss. 

Nina Riva deserves the world and you cannot tell me otherwise. Nina sacrifices everything for her family, losing herself in the process until her family also become her salvation. 

Seemingly doomed to repeat the mistakes of her mother until she learns she can stand up for herself. 

This book had me laughing and crying and having to look away feeling second hand embarrassment on multiple occasions. TJR has done it again

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Police brutality, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Minor: Abortion, Body shaming, Car accident, Cursing, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Vomit

just_klaudia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad slow-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

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

spongebobbiii's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense fast-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

While this may not be the best Taylor Jenkins Reid book, it certainly was very much my time to read. Going into this, I was super skeptical. The reviews for this were not great, and they carried a similar sentiment that this was not TJR's best book. After having read Malibu Rising, definitely gave the reviews too much weight. To think I almost missed an entirely enjoyable book! *gasp* Now do I think warranted terrible reviews? No I don't, but I can understand why some folks were displeased. I just wasn't one of them. 

So then why not a 5 star review? Wellll, to be honest this was a SOLID 4 star book, but it lacked that extra specialness that other TJR books have. The plot was fairly predictable, especially if addiction and/or abandonment has touched your life story. With that said, the depiction of addiction and abandonment is INTENSE, which why they are my most important trigger warnings. It very much activated my recent experiences with abandonment. 

The beauty of the story is the ways in which is showcases how unhealed generational trauma can really fuck up your kids. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Sexism

Moderate: Death of parent

mandaraffe's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Alcohol, Sexism, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Violence, Abandonment, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, and Addiction

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Abortion, Miscarriage, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Police brutality, and Vomit

ludmireads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexism, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Drug use and Fire/Fire injury