Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Magnolia Parks by Jessa Hastings

52 reviews

letterpress's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

How is the weather over there, Parks?

I am going to try and explain why this was a 5⭐️ read for me, because this relationship was one of mutual destruction and quite honestly I should hate it, but I don’t.

First off Jessa Hastings writing is absolutely amazing, the way she is able to describe feelings without straight saying them is so buttery smooth to my synapses.” Pine trees of mistakes so tall we can’t see over them and rivers of things we didn't say so wide we can’t get around.” I can hardly believe his is her debut novel, I am going to need to buy more tabs, because I don’t know if I can handle the rest of the series.

Our two main characters are Magnolia “Parks” and BJ Ballentine “Beej”. They have pretty much grown up together. Magnolia literally does not remember a time she did not know him. Throughout the whole story you watch them dance around the topic of why they are no longer together. They have created an amazing family of found friends from boarding school. At times when they did not have parents to count on they could count on each other. My absolute favorite relationship was between Magnolia and her sister Bridget (she is my fav). I loved the way they talked to each other so much. Bridget is pretty much our voice of reason in the book, she is constantly calling out Magnolia and BJ on their dysfunction.

Their relationship is absolutely something I would never want a friend/sister/brother to ever go through. They both use other people as objects when they get upset with each other. BJ sleeps around and Magnolia fake dates. However, I can understand how fear can make you go to a level you never thought you reach. Magnolia is so relatable, I can be the exact same way and say things are “fine” when they are so far from it not only does she lie to everyone in that sense, but she also lies to her self and creates this false narrative of how she really is doing. I hope that as I continue to read the series she is able to grow as a woman, find her self worth, and demand that from others.

This is the first book in a long time where I tabbed and spent time looking up merch. Of course I would love the not romance/romance book. There is just something about the depth of feelings that they have for each other, that is so believable, where they cannot face a reality that they don’t have each other in it.

I would totally recommend this to someone who has experience loss, not just in relationships. I think you would be able to relate to the feeling of not being able to let go. I cannot wait to move on to the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Toxic relationship, Classism, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Death

0live_tr33's review against another edition

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Violence, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Grief

mooncraftbujo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Drug use, and Addiction

Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders

ljp817's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This was entire book was so painful and my chest hurts???? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Violence, Drug abuse, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abandonment

elizabeth_helmer's review against another edition

fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, and Alcohol

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

kcmg710's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, Alcohol, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Infidelity

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, Medical content, Child death, and Vomit

theinstabookworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny sad tense slow-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

3.0

Not quite sure I get the hype around this series, but maybe I'll like Daisy and Christian better. I did order the first Daisy Haites book, so we'll see.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, and Death

lxndrsn's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Cursing, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Mass/school shootings

sebradley29's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Addiction, Drug abuse, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Physical abuse, Blood, Eating disorder, Abandonment, and Death

babsi_222's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny slow-paced

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

5.0

 emotional rollercoaster delixe but easily one of my favourite books!! 
I fully anticipated the plot twist

in the last couple pages with BJ and Paili, when he first talked about the cheating and it not being Taura Saxe

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Violence

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders