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Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

199 reviews

ninawilson's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual harassment

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Chronic illness, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexism, Car accident, Abortion, and Sexual harassment

carysn's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Violence, and Sexual harassment

lolamosk's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Car accident

jessicax941's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Car accident

bookishlittleme's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

5.0

After reading all "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo," "Daisy Jones and the Six," and now "Malibu Rising," I can confidently say I'm destroyed! 🥰 Taylor Jenkins Reid is an absolutely fantastic author and I loved all three of these stories. Evelyn made me cry, Daisy entertained me greatly, and Malibu Rising really made me think. The themes about family, love, and what our parents pass on to us are all extremely well written. A relatively fast read as the story takes place over the course of 1 day and is explained over many years.

Also!! I absolutely love the way that the very first page talks about fire not only connects  to the literal fire at the end of the novel but also the turmoil between characters and within themselves.

Definitely worth the read after those other two books 😉

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicide, and Abandonment

Moderate: Infidelity and Sexual harassment

laurendenton's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Medical content, Car accident, Abortion, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Gun violence

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

hayleygray's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

This book was a bit of a slow-burner, for me. After reading (and loving) TJR's previous novels, I felt a little bit disappointed at how long it took for me to get into this one – it actually took me a couple of months to finish it because I didnt have the urge to keep picking it up. However, when I got to the middle of the story, I really enjoyed it and it didnt take me long to finish it. 
This is a story about family – more specifically, the power and love of siblings – and overall, I really enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexual harassment

fatalisticshrug's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment