Quick Plot Summary: Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid Let’s take a look inside Malibu Rising and found out why over 13,000 people on Amazon have given this book a near perfect rating. And at the same time, they are both editors picks on Amazon. But how could I confuse these two names as they are nothing alike? And then I see the TJ in each name and realize the subconscious alliterative allure.īut the books are nothing alike. I read An American Marriage more than two years ago and so I couldn’t exactly remember the name of the author.
Sometimes, it may simply be an author I’ve previously enjoyed, or the teaser for the book, or even the title - like Sex & Vanity, a title which drew me in to a book I would otherwise have passed on.Īnd the choice to read Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid? Well, it was actually a mistake.įor some reason that I am only now fathoming, I conflated this author’s name with the author of An American Marriage, a purposeful book I really treasured. If you’ve read any of my other book reviews, you know I do a bit of research on a book before I roll with it.
I always like to tell the reader why I chose a book. In this book review of Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid, we’ll investigate this question: can a novel be simultaneously formulaic yet uniquely appealing?
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