Malibu Rising

This was a hard NO from me!!!

I started reading this book a month ago and DNFed it. But I continued to see rave reviews so I picked it up again because maybe I didn't give it enough of a chance. I have now finished it and am confused at all the 4 and 5 star reviews. Did I read the same book as everyone else??

The writing was fine, it was engaging enough that I was able to finish it despite not liking it.

The thing that annoyed me the most about Malibu Rising was the characters. This was very much a character driven story and I just found it difficult to relate to or like any of the main characters. Maybe it was because I was distracted by all of the other unimportant side characters and storylines that I just didn't understand the point of. Why should I care about some Hollywood producer and cocktail waitress? There were way too many characters and I just couldn't keep track of all of their story lines.

Clearly I'm in the minority, but this one just missed the mark for me. I much preferred Daisy Jones and the Six and the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.