Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home by Jessa Hastings

8 reviews

lemonsforyu's review

slow-paced

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

Hated it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

jelkebooks's review

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

3.0

After really enjoying Daisy Haites I was really excited to read this book. However, I completely forgot just how exhausting BJ and Magnolia can be, ugh. They just keep going in circles, and this book feels incredibly repetetive because of that. It definitely need to be this long. It is especially frustrating because if they actually communicated for once without running away, or overdramatising everything, this whole book could have been reduced to like 50 pages. It's just incredibly frustrating.
I'm going to be completely fair here though, I feel like BJ in particular really goes through a lot of developement in this book. I like that he's in therapy, and actively working to be a better human. He's still a piece of shit, but at least he's learned to take accountability for his actions. BJ's progression also makes it able for the relationship to start to feel less exhausting. It just feels nice to see someone recognize the issues in their relationship, and try to make them better or even fix them completely. It was an extreme contrast to Magnolia, who did not change at all throughout the book. In fact, she might have even gotten worse. The constant ass kissing by side characters, and their inability to see any flaws in Magnolia are still incredibly exhausting. That's maybe why I love Daisy so much because as little as she appears in this book she does not put up with Magnolia's bullshit, and I ADORE it.
Anyway, besides all those issues I did still enjoy this book fine enough. There's just something about this trainwreck that I absolutely cannot look away from. It is so incredibly drama filled, and entertaining. I also like that in this book we get to see more of the friend group, and their drama as well. It just felt refreshing dealing with other people's shit than Magnolia and BJ even if it's done through their perspective. The ending was incredibly wild though. Maybe a bit too much, but also at the same time it had my heart racing, and I can't wait to continue with this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism and Miscarriage

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Rape

Minor: Drug abuse

organizedxchaos's review

emotional hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Drug use, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Miscarriage

Minor: Sexual assault

raegandrust's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

jessa hastings, they will never make me hate you

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Car accident

Moderate: Pregnancy and Infidelity

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Vomit

izzyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy's review

medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug abuse and Sexual assault

hailiscomet's review

emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Magnolia and BJ piss me off but I love them at the same time. It’s complicated LOL. The ending of this book had my stomach in knots. I can’t wait to read the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Grief, and Addiction

tarnaflake's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

avigayil's review

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Car accident, and Drug use