Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Magnolia Parks by Jessa Hastings

280 reviews

strawberrycookies's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Magnolia and BJ ARE the invisible string theory. No matter how many times they hurt each other, they always ended up back together.

And even though Magnolia did find out at the end that the girl BJ cheated on her with was in fact her best friend, I still believe that they will be together no matter what.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Violence

jazful's review against another edition

3.0

challenging slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I’m not entirely sure why I put myself through this. I don’t usually read romance-focused novels. And yet, I did: I followed two self-absorbed, egocentric characters as they kept falling into the same toxic patterns over and over again. As a Young Adult book, it probably works well. But once you’re a bit older, it all just feels a bit overly dramatic.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

lattepixie's review against another edition

4.0

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This was the Monica/Chandler/Richard arc from Friends if Monica was more annoying, Chandler had a LOT more sex and cocaine and is about as likable as Ross, and Richard was still the best of the three. And somehow, all the other friends are inexplicably in love with Monica too. This is also book Blair Waldorf’s relationship every relationship. Mostly with Nate Archibald though. Maybe some TV Chuck and Blair.

So, basically, I couldn’t put it down and also hated myself for that fact…pretty much how Magnolia must feel about BJ is how I feel about this book. It’s a train wreck, and everyone but Tom England, Henry Ballantine, and Bridget Parks is super shitty but I would probably re-read the hell out of this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Alcohol

lcc_xx's review against another edition

5.0

emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Unbelievably toxic but that’s exactly what gets you hooked. Emotional rollercoaster for the head and the heart, super frustrating a lot of the time and I can see why some people would dislike it as a result but I loved it !

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders

jashopes's review against another edition

3.5

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship

Minor: Eating disorder, Vomit

jesssssicurrrrr's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use

meaganrindner's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol

r4v3nx0's review against another edition

4.75

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse

supermormongirl's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit

Minor: Lesbophobia

lfrazier93's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Alcohol

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders