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A review by bedrotten
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
5.0
mick riva has always been a scene stealer. i've always know he was a turbulent person, but knowing his story, his children's story gave me a glimpse of the part of their universe.
it made me think how people really have a tendency to let lust overcome them because they are too afraid to settle in a simple life. especially in his case, when he has all this fame and looks. he has issues like everyone less, it's just that he never made an effort to work on them. he didn't really deserved a redemption arc, not when he hasn't done anything substantial, and especially not when it's already too late.
Mick Riva is just a prat of this novel, the main character are his children AND they grew up really nicely even though their upbringing was problematic. their mom was an alcoholic to cope, but she was still there. The Rivas (children) owns up to their individuality and at the same time has this solid camaraderie because they know how hard life has been for them. A runaway father, a present but alcoholic mom who died early -they were all each other have.
They had issues on their own but found a way to come up with a solution. I really liked how they masked nina's moving as death. The fire in Malibu really did meant a lot of things, one of them being that it was also a signal fire to their new lives, that is unchained from the past.
it made me think how people really have a tendency to let lust overcome them because they are too afraid to settle in a simple life. especially in his case, when he has all this fame and looks. he has issues like everyone less, it's just that he never made an effort to work on them. he didn't really deserved a redemption arc, not when he hasn't done anything substantial, and especially not when it's already too late.
Mick Riva is just a prat of this novel, the main character are his children AND they grew up really nicely even though their upbringing was problematic. their mom was an alcoholic to cope, but she was still there. The Rivas (children) owns up to their individuality and at the same time has this solid camaraderie because they know how hard life has been for them. A runaway father, a present but alcoholic mom who died early -they were all each other have.
They had issues on their own but found a way to come up with a solution. I really liked how they masked nina's moving as death. The fire in Malibu really did meant a lot of things, one of them being that it was also a signal fire to their new lives, that is unchained from the past.