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Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home by Jessa Hastings

26 reviews

miahredfern's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

I actually can’t cope. My heart is broken and I keep crying about it 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Car accident

hailiscomet's review against another edition

emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Magnolia and BJ piss me off but I love them at the same time. It’s complicated LOL. The ending of this book had my stomach in knots. I can’t wait to read the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

chloestansifer's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This one did really drag on.

I definitely prefer Daisy's books and those POVs, so it does suck a bit that they go over the same timelines, because there are some sneaky spoilers in this book to what ends up happening. I really wonder if you switched the reading order to daisy before magnolia what would be lost or gained, as obviously the books were written and/or published in a certain order, but just interesting. Daisy and Magnolia obviously are NOT besties and so for them to exist in the same series "equally" with their loosely intertwined stories is very interesting. Excited to hop back into Daisy's POV soon :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Miscarriage, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Grief, and Pregnancy

bee_isreading's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual violence and Vomit

meg_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

I have complicated feelings about this book. I'm going to start with my positives. Similarly to the first book in this series, I still am absolutely obsessed with Magnolia Parks as a character. I think she is vibrant and loveable and even when she is being annoying or has her head up her ass I still love her. I also absolutely loved the relationship within this story between Magnolia and

Julian Haites. I LOVE JULIAN HAITES and I truly feel like he and Magnolia are way better suited for one another. 

As I established within my review of book one, I am not a huge fan of BJ so this was a bit of a struggle to get through for me. I do think that this book provided so much more context for their relationship and the reasons they feel so intricately tied to one another. I also think there was a clear reason established for why BJ did what he did that lead to the end of their relationship that didn't just feel like a flimsy excuse. 

On the negative side, I do think that BJ continued to do things to Magnolia that were objectively toxic. That made it really hard for me to feel happy about the overall arc of this book. Especially with the fact that I freaking love Julian.

I think the reason Julian and Magnolia's relationship ended was really dumb and a cop out. It was done in a way that could have been super damaaging to Magnolia considering her history of being cheated on and never feeling like shse's enough for others

Lastly, this book was way too fucking long. It rambled on for five million years and I feel like so much could have been left out without it impacting the plot too intensely. 

The ending was devastating (as is required with the end of all Magnolia Parks Universe books) and as per usual, I can't wait to read the next one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Car accident

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual assault

folded_between_pages_of_books's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

emmaasbokhylla's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

headinthepages's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

iemilia's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

Please check trigger warnings before picking up this book.

I’m glad I didn’t give up on this series. The first book was okay, I enjoyed it but wasn’t overly impressed. The second book, Daisy Haites, was not for me. Didn’t like the writing style and found it difficult to connect with the characters. This book however exceeded all of my expectations. I loved seeing glimpses from the early days of Magnolia and BJ relationship, their past, all of it. It was an emotional rollercoaster and the ending.. gosh. In a way this book made me want to re-read the first book. 5⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

savbowmer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail