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2.5. This book continued to have timing issues. Is it morning, afternoon, or evening? The context was all over the place. How can a structured successful lawyer constantly be late or skipping appointments? Keeping a 3yo up until 10pm for dinner just does not work. Then we get to the completely implausible storyline. Maybe an 18yo would think it is a good idea to intentionally try to get pregnant, but not someone like Helen. It just doesn’t make sense.

I think I’m going to skip the rest of the books in this series. It seems pretty depressing that to find true happiness every character has to be cheated on or have some other major life struggle.

faerietears's review against another edition

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medium-paced

2.5

I feel like every book in this series is less interesting than the last.
I’m very much a “The book was better” person, but with this series I can’t say the same. If you watch the TV show for the complex characters and stories, you won’t find that here.

I may keep listening to the audiobooks, but we’ll see.

terratay's review

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emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

bmpicc's review against another edition

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2.0

Ugh... third book was about the third friend. Supposedly the super intelligent friend (the "high-powered" divorce attorney). The choices she made, the things she said were SO frustrating! This book also made me dislike a character I liked in the first couple books. I wasn't expecting that. *meh*

lectorliber04's review against another edition

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4.0

*SPOILERS*

Second time around. Or third? Don't remember. I love these books and Helen is one of my favourite characters in the series. However she went a bit too far as far as wanting a baby so bad she actually used poor Erik. It all turned out well, of course. One thing I noticed this time around is that Karen's story felt more like a filler than anything else. It was distracting. I would have liked a bit more time with Erik and Helen as a married couple.

One thing did annoy me. I understand the friendship between the Sweet Magnolias, however, there's a limit to how much interfering in personal lives should be allowed. Maddie threatening to tell Erik about Helen's pregnancy is absolutely wrong and Helen should have said so. Meddling in your friends's lives is not friendship is just that, meddling. But, I do enjoy small town stories and happy endings so shall revisit the rest of the books.

missy_evanko's review against another edition

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3.0

Didn't like how a couple characters took a mean turn in order to force a conflict. Otherwise, drama was good on this one! All about Helen.

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