Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home by Jessa Hastings

13 reviews

jakirby's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Sexual content

hollyleapurtill's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Addiction, Grief, Death, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Vomit, and Infidelity

kayinae's review against another edition

• 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

First the baby and the tree absolutely sent me, then the fact that Julian was actually falling in love with her but knew she’d never not love BJ, then the car accident (which I KNOW was not an accident and it was definitely a hit to hurt magnolia), then HER SISTER are you kidding me, I’m wrecked Bridget was one of my favorites and I think she might have got poisoned and the worst part about it is I guarantee it was supposed to be magnolia that died and not Bridget. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Sexual assault, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

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

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, Miscarriage, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

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

jessmoon's review against another edition

emotional funny sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Cursing, Grief, Alcohol, Car accident, Miscarriage, and Toxic relationship

kryfrh's review against another edition

emotional sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Miscarriage, and Infidelity

Moderate: Grief and Death

Minor: Eating disorder and Pregnancy

headinthepages's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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Content Warnings

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

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

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