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Magnolia Parks

Jessa Hastings

3.71 AVERAGE

cjuntunen's review against another edition

3.25

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Loveable characters: Complicated

karsab22's review against another edition

3.0

one word…TOXIC.

wilmut's review against another edition

2.5

lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

macsayswhat's review against another edition

3.75

emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Half of the time I was I like I get it, they have this all consuming love and will always be tethered to one another. However, I was also like both of you are so fucked up and codependent please separate whatever you see in each other this relationship is not healthy. But, I guess that's kind of the point.

luluophie's review against another edition

2.5

emotional lighthearted sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Personally, I found this book difficult to get through. While I would say the story gets interesting at times, it is similar to the feeling of scandalous gossip. I thought it was repetitive, sometimes a bit jumpy in storyline, and it seems like all characters are constantly willing to overlook anything if it means keeping the status quo. There is a small glimmer of hope throughout for the story to go on a different direction, but I also consistently felt the dread of the characters’ choices.

Content Warnings

oac's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 15%

Magnolia just “smacked” BJ while he was in the hospital for overdosing on cocaine that he seemingly took because he was jealous of her having a nice dinner with another guy. (Who Magnolia is dating, btw, not BJ).

I have no desire to continue reading a book where the main characters are acting this immature.

bhaavyab's review against another edition

3.75

reflective tense 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

cameliagrace7's review against another edition

3.0

At times, this was so hard to get through because I was so annoyed with Magnolia. Poor Tom England. Poor any boy who she crossed paths with honestly.

I kept forgetting this book is about ADULTS because they act like they’re in high school, but I guess that doesn’t matter.

I’m hoping this is just a case where the first book is meh and the rest of the series is amazing because I truly want to understand the hype. Also, I don’t necessarily think this reminds me of Gossip Girl (for those who say this on TikTok). The only commonalities I recognize is that it’s about rich kid drama, but these aren’t even kids. Definitely dramatic though …

leyavly's review against another edition

2.75

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mc_sheena's review against another edition

4.0

emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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