Malibu Rising

Malibu Rising

1988 • 369 pages

Ratings351

Average rating4.1

15

This started out great, with raw and honest personalities and the writing style I loved so much in ‘daisy jones'. I was deeply immersed in family drama and rich peoples problems and then it just ... unravels? The second half is so unintentional and longwinded, sappy and melodramatic that it feels like a different book.

Also hated the way the men got so much more space in a story that supposedly wanted to center the generational trauma of the women. I know way too much about Mick Riva and way too little about June.

I love that she is building up her own little extended universe though, it's fun.

November 8, 2022