Reviews with content warning for Eating disorder - Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home

Would rate this one like a 3.8!! Honestly super stressful and a bit repetitive. Preferred the cycles this time around to the first one but they felt a little played out. but nonetheless enjoyed it! Was warned by TikTok it didn’t end without a cliffhanger, and despite the fact that I predicted a lot of the book, I did NOT see the ending coming!!

What the hellllllll happened to the psychiatrist?? BJ was being emotionally challenged and healthy and then he just … stopped seeing her?

Also I kinda wish the books were written from multi perspective with the Haites instead of separate books because now I know the ending with Julian and I have to go back and read it in real time? Ugh.

Anxious to know about who causes the car accident, & obviously will riot if Bridget and or Julian are not ok!!

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kryfrh's review

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emotional sad

4.0

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d_dubzz's review against another edition

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emotional sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

You had me in the first half I can’t lie

I thought I might actually LIKE BJ Ballentine in this book but alas I still despise that man! He’s the definition of gaslight gatekeep and I wasn’t rooting for them for one second which is Impressive in itself for a self proclaimed romance novel!! I missed Christian this book and surprisingly Daisy too but getting more Julian was a perk!

This book just didn’t hit as well as the first two and I’m sad!

Also I’ve watched too much greys anatomy to not see the ending from a mile off (rip bridge)

The trigger warnings for this book are heavy so please look them up as I haven’t suffered from a lot of the themes presented but I struggled to read some of them! (TW: Baby Loss, Family member death, allusions to eating disorders)

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toofondofbooks_'s review

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emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

Another roller coaster of a book from the Magnolia Parks Universe and while I am extremely emotionally compromised (Jessa, I'll be sending you my therapy bills <3) I cannot say that I am disappointed. When I say I'm emotionally compromised, I mean it, like, I'm not going to sleep tonight, in all likelihood, and if I didn't care about spacing these books out so that they last me longer, I would be picking up Jessa's latest immediately. HOWEVER I'm going to exercise self control and just continue crying and singing the praises of these dumbass characters that I love way too much for my own good. I don't know if this is so much a review as it is just me having a mental breakdown....but I'm going to try and write something actually constructive.

I love how much more in depth BJ and Magnolia were explored as characters, particularly the focus on the shared trauma they've been through as well as individual traumas. I feel like prior to this book neither of them really looked their problems in the eye and saw shit for what it was but they started to make some headway in that department here and I was thrilled to see it. Sure, it was messy as well, but doesn't that make it more delicious?

bj ballentine you are my beloved and you are so important btw *blows a kiss for him*

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