Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home by Jessa Hastings

29 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

keidyolo's review against another edition

no trigger warnings

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

kayinae's review

• 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

First the baby and the tree absolutely sent me, then the fact that Julian was actually falling in love with her but knew she’d never not love BJ, then the car accident (which I KNOW was not an accident and it was definitely a hit to hurt magnolia), then HER SISTER are you kidding me, I’m wrecked Bridget was one of my favorites and I think she might have got poisoned and the worst part about it is I guarantee it was supposed to be magnolia that died and not Bridget. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Sexual assault, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

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

elizabeth_helmer's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Infidelity

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Child death

miahredfern's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

I actually can’t cope. My heart is broken and I keep crying about it 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Car accident, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content

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

maddyjb's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

4.0

Cried 3 times in the first 96 pages.

Still processing that ending, I am in shock.

The Long Way Home was a stronger story then book 1. I do find myself getting a little annoyed by the writing style and choice of phrases “he let out a breath I didn’t realise he was holding” girl, be for real. There’s also a lot of repetition about the boys running their hands through their hair, licking their bottom lip, pushing their tongue into their side of their mouth that it had me rolling their eyes.

I think Magnolias “thing” of needing to list of the clothing brand and style is meant to make her quirky but it comes across as shallow and vain. I think, similar to the phrases above, it’s just over done.

I loved the development of Taura, she’s the MVP along with Bridget if you ask me.

Despite the flaws there is something about this series that I cannot get enough of.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Miscarriage, and Sexual assault

tmlong's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely loved this book so much. My favorite of the series so far & I simply cannot wait to read book 5 when it comes out next month! Any qualms I had with the first book were resolved here & I simply cannot get over BJ’s growth and dedication to Magnolia. I was absolutely LIVING for their moments together and sweet thoughts about one another. I’ve never smiled so big like a dork reading any other book as I did while reading this. I felt so many emotions sooo deeply while reading this, giving huge credit to Jessa Hastings for writing so well and to the narrators for speaking the story into existence so well. The growth, the love, the drama, the pain, I’m sooooo here for all of it. Obsessed

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content, Car accident, and Death

Minor: Sexual assault