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Malibu Rising

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Start date: July 1, 2022

Finish date: July 31, 2022

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Jul 26, 2021 Haizle The Princess rated it really liked it

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TJR is an amazing author. The way she tells her stories sucks you in. I did feel like there was a lot of build up, but the ending was anticlimactic for me. If not for that, I would have given this book 5 stars.

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Aug 31, 2022 Andreea rated it it was ok

Nothing happens. And it's not the interesting kind of nothing happens book I like to read, it's the kind of... what was the point of this?

Sure, family things blah blah, but throught this novel there was no stake, no nothing! Just meh! Sure I liked the siblings and their interactions but... Again, everything felt flat and pointless and meh.

Boy, am I making sense in this review?

Yes, I am disappointed because I really liked Evelyn Hugo so I had high expectations - I mean everyone's reviews are ama ...more

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