Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Magnolia Parks by Jessa Hastings

8 reviews

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

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

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

eujenia_m's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Drug use, Sexual content, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

headinthepages's review

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

I have absolutely no idea whether I enjoyed this book or not 😂 I found it compelling and easy to read though somehow. It felt like an episode of Made In Chelsea, and I liked reading about the lavish lifestyle but the constant descriptions of what people were wearing got a bit old, though I understand it aided Magnolia’s characterisation. 

The “will they won’t they” element did get old and I felt like there was too much to and fro,

though I liked the twist with Paili at the end, and to be fair, Magnolias obsession with details made that twist fit nicely. I do wish she’d ended up with Tom. I don’t like BJ at all and didn’t see what attracted them to each other. I do wish more showing, rather than telling was done when it came to the characters. We get told endlessly that Magnolia & BJ are magnetic and people are obsessed with them but no actual personality traits came through that would make me believe that other than them being conventionally good looking & rich. The rest was taking the author at their word

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Addiction, Drug use, Mental illness, Infidelity, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

ong's review against another edition

cannot take any of them anymore😍 their names are a joke, their personalities is just Brands & fucking, made me hate the billionaire trope🩷 all those money & yall can’t find a decent discreet therapist? please

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Infidelity

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Drug use, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Gaslighting and Eating disorder

pageafter_paige's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

1.5

I knew going into this book that most people love it and other don’t like it due to the toxicity at all. Well I figured I liked Chuck and Blair from gossip girl so this would be a love for me but I was wrong. Magnolia, and more specifically BJ, are abusive and manipulative toward each other and that all fine and good except it’s romanticized to the nth degree, and there’s nothing romantic about breaking your partner. I found some of this book triggering, especially BJ as he blames Magnolia for everything when it’s pretty clear he’s the root of the problem. Magnolia letting this abuse happen to her and thinking they’re fated hit too close to home since I’ve been in those power dynamic relationships in the past. This book wasn’t cute or fun, but it did have some nice quotes and Tom made it bearable. I will not be continuing the series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Drug abuse, Sexism, Abandonment, Bullying, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Classism, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Toxic friendship

ecravens's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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