Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Daisy Haites by Jessa Hastings

6 reviews

amalas_bookstop's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I love this universe so much! 

I am honestly trying to figure out why these are considered contemporary romance novels. I honestly think these are just adult fictions with heavy coming of age themes. I felt that a little with the first book and I feel it even more now. Especially since none of the relationships are anything to really aspire to. I think her brother Julian is more drama than BJ. 

I had to read about halfway before I got comfortable with Daisy. I found myself still looking for Magnolia in the beginning, because I truly think she is my favorite. However where Magnolia had me in my fluttery feels, Daisy keeps you extremely grounded. Which is isn’t a bad thing! 

I am giving this 4.5 stars, there were just a few things (like the footnotes in Daisy perspective) that kept me from completely lingering in Daisy’ viewpoint, like I did in Magnolia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Drug use

suzelarson's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail

The whole series is about the most awful, toxic people in harmful relationships. I can’t believe I finished two of them. Won’t fool me again.

stienelodts's review

emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, and Drug use

savbowmer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Gun violence, Trafficking, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Drug use, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Violence, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Death of parent, Murder, Death, Alcohol, Addiction, Grief, Gore, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Cursing, and Blood

isabel_hanna's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Not quite as addictive as magnolia parks but Jessa Hastings has some sort of secret sauce in her books. I never can stay up late reading a book and I literally could not make myself go to bed with the last 30% of my book. These characters are seriously messed up morally gray people and yet I am so invested? I think I hate them but I love to read the mess they’re making. I highlight and tab these books like no other. Her metaphors just get me every time. 

Overall takeaways: this book is about bad people doing bad toxic things - it’s entertaining af but do not read if you are going to be annoyed by that lol 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Violence, Blood, and Toxic relationship

toofondofbooks_'s review

adventurous dark emotional funny informative lighthearted 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

This book had everything that I loved about MP1 and more. I fucking love the MPU because it is just pure escapism for me. I lose myself in the pages and for awhile I simply don't think about the things that are hurting me in my real life and cry over these fictional british messes. It's everything to me. The books aren't objectively perfect (no book is, not even most of my favorites), and you're entitled to your opinion, but they make ME happy.

With that portion out of the way - this book took me a little longer to read because 1. it's a big boi and 2. I just started a new job and I'm tired all the time. However, I loved my time with Daisy. I thought the three unique perspectives (Daisy, Christian & Julian) were intriguing and often heartbreaking as well as soooo funny. I loved getting to know the characters in Daisy's world better, as well as getting to know Daisy herself. There is so much about her to love, and like the other characters - a lot about her to hate, but that's what I love even more about her. She's just a person living in extraordinary circumstances, and really, that's what all of these characters are. They are so messy and half the time they're doing things you can't stand, but you still want them to win.

I am both excited and afraid to read MP: The Long Way Home. 😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Homophobia, and Drug use

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Trafficking, and Child death

Minor: Sexual assault, War, Animal cruelty, and Slavery