Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home by Jessa Hastings

3 reviews

headinthepages's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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Content Warnings

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

savbowmer's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Blood, Emotional abuse, Rape, Medical trauma, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Alcohol, Vomit, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Cursing, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, and Grief

lunaisreading's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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

2.0

As per my review of book one, it's written like a fanfic. The main female character is not like the other girls, main male character is the hottest man alive. Too long, even longer than the first one, lacks editing. Repetitive plot lines once again. Not my personal taste but this series seems to be generally liked so if you're into toxic romances with easy writing this might be for you. 

This is just a pet peeve of mine but I really dislike the pregnancy trope, or in this case the miscarriage trope, especially in the way it was used. It added nothing to the overall conclusion of the story and was just thrown in there as a form to give the main couple even more shared trauma. Did not make me root for them more, and was brushed over by all the characters very quickly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Blood, and Drug use