Malibu Rising Book Reviews

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Awesome. Honestly one of my favorite bookd

Beach read. Sort of a crazy story but a really great beach read. Enjoyed it and kept me wanting to read more.

Malibu Rising. A fun summer read.

A - F Scale: B. Easy Read. Interesting. Ending: Blah.

Such an amazing story!. this book is such an amazing summer read. Every time I picked this book up, I struggled to put it down.

Malibu Rising. Not usually a fiction reader but this was phenomenal! Definite page-turner. You won’t be able to put the book down.

Choppy and way too many characters. The initial premise about the family started well. But this book is all over the place, and has so much is fluff and unnecessary tangents.The whole party scene is so disjointed and goes off on so many tangents that I found myself skipping through paragraphs.

Malibu Rising. Is the perfect title.. this book had a lot of family lessons and defining moments. This is the first book I’ve read from this author; I will look forward to reading another one. Definitely worth the read..

Great story.. A fun read with a great story!

This book was ok. Not great but I finished it. I did skip through some of the long drawn out parts. I do agree with a previous reviewer that there were too many characters and too much information about them.

What is the point of this book?. Waste of time

Rising. A perfect story about how you do not need to be blood related to love someone unconditionally and be a family.

Disappointed. Not my favorite from TJR- just okay. I did enjoy the Rivas family and their back stories but the introductions of the random characters in the second half was unnecessary and added nothing to the story.

This book wrecked me.. As an eldest daughter as an older sister — this book rocked me to my core. A phenomenal read, it’ll break your heart and give you hope in a full swoop. This book took me back in time and painted Malibu under a new light. The characters are so individualistic yet share a thread of commonality due to trauma — it didn’t feel forced or in authentic. In fact it was the thing that brought me to tears. Definitely a must read!

Loved it.. Loved this book. The ending was perfect.

Disappointing. After reading Daisy and The Six and Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, I was excited for this read. I’m not quite sure why I’m not really feeling it, I think it might be the numerous people that was hard to get a feel for their character and a lot of what felt like pointless dialogue. The romances were also icky, the only part of the book that I enjoyed was how the parents relationship panned out. Otherwise it was very mid.

Light but clever and moving. I read this in 48hrs and I’d read it again.

kind of boring. i don’t think there’s even a plot to this

Malibu Rising. I loved this book. I thought the family story was very credible and the character development great. I’m anxious to read more from this authoe

Would be a Great Series/ Soap Opera. I loved it, until I didn't. The beginning really sucked me in with the back and forth between the parents story and the kids story. The second half of the book was filled with random stories of people we had no idea who they were, and their point in the story. I found they were pointless and unnecessary and took away from the main characters. I did finish it, and if this story would be turned into a series or cheesy soap opera, I would 100% watch it.

Intriguing from start to finish. Both story lines were equally entertaining. I couldn’t wait to see how it all enfolded.

Calming, Feel-Good Read. This book was a breath of fresh air. The characters are so easy to love, the storyline is well paced, and the ending is satisfying. Would definitely recommend this book!

Entertaining and easy. Fun characters, twisted family histories, surprise ending. What’s not to like?

Good book about family dynamics! I didn’t want it to end!. This is a good book with a great story of family and sacrifice. And what you will do and won’t do for your family. The glamorous life of fame and surfing vibe made you feel like you were in California! I didn’t want it to end!

Long and Boring. Fell short of expectations. Took weeks to get though this book.

Good book…besides the ending. Honestly I really liked this book a lot… until the last couple of chapter. The scenes with mick and the fire just felt super rushed and it wasn’t satisfying honestly, wish there was more to the end tbh.

Good read. It was good but some parts dragged on a bit and a lot of the story lines of characters at the party seemed unnecessary.

Don’t be afraid to work hard!. Such strength in two woman who had been wronged! Enjoyed the family dynamics!

Satisfying. Really enjoyed reading this book. It was heartbreaking and heartwarming. Had some good lessons tucked in as well.

Part 1 5 Stars | Part 2 1 Star. What the heck?! Part 1 was a Marvelous summer read; part 2 made little to no sense. Lame

Good but…. I enjoyed this book a lot. Especially growing up not far from Malibu pulled at my heartstrings and I connected with the main character but I feel like the ending was rushed and expected more. Good read but I will say I enjoyed Daisy and the Six more.

Great beach read!. Loved the story. Cried, laughed, cheered for them.

Loved it. Great summer read!

well…. it was good and the story was sad and happy at the same time, to me it was slower read but it was good loved the happy ending

Shameless but with money?. This felt like 14 seasons of Shameless put into 350 pages of a book. But instead of the dad being broke, dad is rich. I love the author, but this didn’t do it for me.

It’s about family…... I was caught up In these four lost souls , a love story to Family, whatever form or may take, and the many ways it can lift you up.

Don’t waste your time……. This book was horrible. I forced myself to finish it & skipped through so much of the boring dialogue. There was no depth to the story. It read like a teenage novel.

Loved the book. Loved the book but expected more in the end.

Love. Summer in a book

So Disappointing. I had high hopes for this book because a lot of people had been hyping this author and I’d seen people reading this book while I was on vacation. But When I finished this book I literally threw it across my room and exclaimed, “what a waste of time!” I want to love every book I read, but this had zero plot, introduced a number of unnecessary characters and had the most disappointing, anti-climactic ending I’ve ever read.

Mixed Feelings. I kind of feel like this book was all over the place especially at the end. It was going so good then the ending just went completely off the rails, like introducing Casey?? Weird. The fire? Weird.

Malibu rising. Easy entertaining summer read

Malibu Rising is Incredible!. I couldn’t put this book down and stayed up all night until I finished it. And what a finish! I could identify with so many elements in this story as a native southern Californian who grew up during the same years. I felt like the author truly understood and was able to write so eloquently about what it was really like back then and similar hurtful experiences, pain endured, and growth enjoyed during those years. I loved it and, for some reason, my soul feels cleansed. The ending was perfect!

Great read. Easy and light. Great characters and I liked the day in the life plot

Perfect summer read. A page turner of a family origin family set in the middle of a coming of age summer blockbuster. Read in the course of two days.

Could have been so much more. I’m torn about this book. On the one hand I was into it because I visited Malibu a few years back and really loved it. I guess I was hoping Malibu would take center stage but it really didn’t. Aside from mentioning some hot spots I didn’t feel the author truly captured the setting. It could have been atmospheric but it fell short and with the name of the town in the title I expected a bit more on that front. As far as the kids go…I didn’t really get a feel for each of them as strongly as they could’ve been painted. Nina was fleshed out a bit but how much is there to say about ages 25 and under? They were all just kind of boring. I understand that TJR’s characters show up in her other novels so perhaps we’ve not seen the end of all of these people? What bothers me is Mitch Rivas is deplorable but yet he gets to walk away unscathed and on top of it all he causes the fire that ruined people’s homes as a result of his not thinking about anyone but himself. He lives in Malibu - they all know better than to carelessly flick away a burning cigarette but he’s so full of himself it’s no shocker he gives no concern about the area he inhabits. Are we better off knowing about any of these vapid folks? Not really. It kept my interest but it could have been so much better. I agree with the other reviewers that all the introduced characters in the second half were completely unnecessary and I’m puzzled as to why the author included them. This won’t change your life but it had all the elements of a great book so that’s why it’s hugely disappointing that it wasn’t fleshed out more. There’s a story there but it isn’t this one. I’d love to read this story in the hands of a more skilled writer.

4 stars. Good book, not as good as the husbands of Evelyn Hugo.

Malibu Rising. A great tribute to us all as human beings.. Being great, or small, being kind or ugly,, all of it, in one excellently crafted novel.

Great Storytelling. I really enjoyed this book. I found the story and the characters to be well developed and interesting. The timeline was fun, the backstory of the parents helped to build the siblings bond. I did wonder about the detail given to some side characters later on, but it’s makes the ending more memorable. All in all great book. Highly recommend.

Lots of detail, good story. I thought it had too many characters and unnecessary details that detracted from the story. I like the Rivas and I couldn’t wait to see how it turned out.

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