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hollyleapurtill's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Addiction, Grief, Death, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Vomit, and Infidelity
elizabeth_helmer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Car accident, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Infidelity
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Child death
mstlove90's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I want to start off by saying that I REALLY love the Magnolia Parks Universe and by no means was this book bad
BUT I just really felt like it was way too back and forth this time around.
I get it… that’s part of the Magnolia/BJ relationship but it’s just so hard to read when you wanna just throw the book at the wall and be like OMG GET TOGETHER ALREADY!
*** spoiler stuff coming ***
I will say that Bridget made the book for me. She is the star of this book. The ending though.. no way do I believe it… not true.. not happening.. nope.
Guess I’m going to have to wait and see what actually happened because there’s no way I read that ending correctly 😅
Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, Gun violence, and Death
chloestansifer's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
I definitely prefer Daisy's books and those POVs, so it does suck a bit that they go over the same timelines, because there are some sneaky spoilers in this book to what ends up happening. I really wonder if you switched the reading order to daisy before magnolia what would be lost or gained, as obviously the books were written and/or published in a certain order, but just interesting. Daisy and Magnolia obviously are NOT besties and so for them to exist in the same series "equally" with their loosely intertwined stories is very interesting. Excited to hop back into Daisy's POV soon :)
Graphic: Child death, Miscarriage, Drug use, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Grief, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Pregnancy
bee_isreading's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Gun violence
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Child death, Car accident, Alcoholism, and Alcohol
Minor: Sexual violence and Vomit
folkofthebook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
She and I, we’re forever waiting for green. It’s always the red man.
i couldn't stand them in the first book.
i much preferred daisy & Christian in book 2.
and i can't believe it, but i really enjoyed this one 😂
to be fair, i always enjoyed jessa hasting's writing. i was just incredibly frustrated with their back and forth - not that that doesn't change in this book, in fact that only increases in occurrence and severity, but this time the curtains are pulled back on the masterpiece that is bj and magnolia and we learn more and more of their shared history, fully seeing just how intertwined the two are, heart and soul.
“Do you think I’m crazy?” she asked, quietly.
“No.” I shook my head. “I think you’re the best.”
“Even though you know the worst parts of me?”
“I don’t know the worst parts of you.”
I ran my thumb over her scar. “I just know you, Parks.”
There’s a hole in the bottom of the cup where I broke her and all the ways I want her fall through it.
this time around, i learned to just enjoy the ride. these two make chuck and blaire feel like a kiddie ride compared to their emotional rollercoaster. buckle up and have fun. you're never sure who else they pull into their tangled web is just collateral damage, or a real threat to their happy ending.
“In another life I reckon I could have loved you.”
I tilt my head, looking up at him.
“In another life I would have let you."
“That’s Julian Haites. I couldn’t break his heart if I hit it with a sledgehammer.”
“Baby girl—” Gus gives me a look. “You are the sledgehammer.”
“You love him. I love no one. Yeah?”
I shrug, a bit confused. “Okay?”
“Okay.” He nods and drops his weight on me.
And the thought rattles through my mind only for a second, but I wonder whether perhaps I’ve had more loves than I knew of in this lifetime.
i do love magnolia's (and, i'm assuming, hastings's) fashion obsession (i have 129 highlights of clothing descriptions alone) and i really appreciate the dry humor that manages to sneak in to bring some comedic relief to this modern-day, elitist soap opera.
“About as subtle as a brick in the face, you are.”
“You know,” I hear Bridget say as I leave the room, “she can’t spell ‘parallel’ either.”
“I’ll have you know that I am a breeze to live with.”
“She told me you put all her vegetables she just bought into the dishwasher.”
“I was trying to clean them!”
“What the fuck happens to you and I in the next fifteen years that we devolve so heavily that we’re forced to buy our own milk?”
frankly, i was more emotionally devastated by the first ~30% or so than the ending. i don't know how to feel about it... i feel like i've had the rug ripped out from under me. i don't like the decision personally, though i can see why hastings made it storytelling-wise.
i guess i have to see in the next book what comes of it...
Graphic: Pregnancy, Death, and Miscarriage
Minor: Gun violence, Child death, and Death of parent
matildaesandell's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Child death
emmaasbokhylla's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Abortion, Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, and Child death
headinthepages's review against another edition
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment, Alcohol, Car accident, Child death, Sexual violence, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy
iemilia's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I’m glad I didn’t give up on this series. The first book was okay, I enjoyed it but wasn’t overly impressed. The second book, Daisy Haites, was not for me. Didn’t like the writing style and found it difficult to connect with the characters. This book however exceeded all of my expectations. I loved seeing glimpses from the early days of Magnolia and BJ relationship, their past, all of it. It was an emotional rollercoaster and the ending.. gosh. In a way this book made me want to re-read the first book. 5⭐️
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Death, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Car accident, Miscarriage, Alcohol, and Child death