A review by bitsandbobsdivination
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective 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

5.0

This BOOK!! wow *trying to form thoughts* I just… wow… this was written so beautifully and reminded me a lot of the show ‘This is Us’ in how we see multiple generations within one family and go forward and backwards in time. The layers are so honest and the trauma so evident when you see it threaded through these generations. We all have to sort through the boxes of inherited beliefs, values, dreams, pain, etc. from our parents and family, but we don’t have to keep it all and it’s healing to do the work to sort through it all in the end. I don’t know what I thought this book was going to be, but I am definitely going to need to own it, to reread it again and again soaking up all the nuances I missed. Beautifully flawed characters that make a truly honest story we can all relate to in some way. I loved it!