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Daisy Haites: The Great Undoing: Book 4 by Jessa Hastings

9 reviews

ewatt33's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Death of parent, Drug use, Car accident, and Medical content

maddyjb's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The majority of this book is just filling in gaps for Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home. It would probably be more enjoyable as a tandem read because you already know how the story goes so there’s nothing really new or surprising.

Daisy is an absolute badass though and I am here for it. Loved seeing the softer side of Christian (and Julian).

The development of Daisy's and Magnolia’s relationship is the hero of this book for me. Was so nice to see Magnolia be able to help and support Daisy despite how guarded Daisy is around her.

The final two chapters are heart wrenching, which all MPU books seem to be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Drug use, Medical trauma, Cursing, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Child death and Pedophilia

Minor: Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

meg_'s review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I have a deep love for these books and this one did not disappoint. I am obsessed with Julian Haites. Like I want every good thing in the world for him and there is just absolutely no way that I can root for the other man in Magnolia's life after reading this book and these moments from Julian's perspective. I also think Daisy Haites is an absolute badass and Christian is the sweetest male main character in this fictional world. But if I'm being honest, I'm reading these books solely for Magnolia and Julian at this point. I love Magnolia and the fact that other people love her so much and understand her magnetism and angel status, while internally she is constantly questioning herself. And I especially love the dynamic between Daisy and Magnolia because of all of this. 

This was great, I love these books, I will forever be obsessed. And Julian Haites deserves to get the girl. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug use, and Injury/Injury detail

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

 am laying here in my bed, fresh off of finishing this book, staring at the ceiling and simply asking: jessa WHY?????

Anyway, I have never loved a series as much as I love the MPU, at least not as an adult. The last time I loved a series like this, I was 14 and had just read Twilight. Nothing else ever stuck in my head that long until last year when I read the first book and everything changed.

so obviously I loved this installment, it made me cry, I annotated the hell out of it, and I'm (sort of) patiently awaiting the next one. In the meantime, I just got some merch so I'm really excited about that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Alcohol, Car accident, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Murder

folded_between_pages_of_books's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Grief, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Vomit, Infidelity, Medical content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

taylorswiftobsessed's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Drug use

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, and Medical content

Minor: Eating disorder, Pedophilia, and Child death

midnightrose_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Daisy Haites: The Great Undoing is the 4th book in the Magnolia Parks Universe series. Daisy has moved out of The Compound with her brother and is now living on her own. She’s trying to live the normal life she desperately wants, and that includes dating sexy NCA agent Killian Tiller.  She’s also on year 3 of med school. She often thinks of Christian and that leaves her conflicted about her relationship with Tiller. Not to mention that she misses her brother Julian, even though they are mad at each other at the beginning of the book.

This fourth book really ramps up the angst and drama, as well as the suspense.  Jessa Hastings has successfully woven together elements of the third book in the series The Long Way Home and this book into a action packed ending. Can’t wait for the next book!

My only complaint is that there are certain phrases that get over used: jaw goes tight, squint, sniffs a laugh, eyes go round, etc that gets used way too frequently. It reminds me of Jennifer L. Armentrout’s  uses of some words and/or phrases. It got frustrating to read and took me out of the book. That’s why I couldn’t give it a full 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Drug use

Moderate: Car accident, Sexual content, Blood, and Medical content

Minor: Eating disorder, Child death, and Pedophilia

anna_m16's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, Drug use, Gun violence, Medical content, and Car accident

Minor: Eating disorder and Child death

lyla_wicks's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

i will never get tired of jessa hastings’ writing. i read this book in one sitting, and was hooked on it from the first page. this book was insane in the best way, and i absolutely adore seeing christian and daisy together. it was also extremely interesting to see julians pov of magnolia and i felt so bad for him throughout the whole book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Car accident

Minor: Pedophilia