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Moderate: Grief
Minor: Violence, Pregnancy
It seems petty to lower my ratings. I still had a great time reading this book series but I can't in good conscious recommend people pick up this series.
I loved and cried to this book. It was such a perfect end to the Magnolia Parks side of the universe. There were times when I was frustrated with the characters throughout the series but I feel like it payed off in the end.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Abortion, Abandonment, Dysphoria
Moderate: Sexual assault, Vomit, Pregnancy
I will say, this was my fourth attempt getting into this book and now I’ve realised that I just wasn’t in the mood for it before. I am so glad I waited. I also found that reading The Conditions of Will really made me appreciate this book so much more. I also loved that we got to really span Mag’s and BJ’s relationship and wrap it up with a bow. Considering I’m much more of a Daisy girl, this was really good.
Sad- very very sad. But so good!
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy
This series is a journey of character, heartbreak, mourning, tension, betrayal, and found family. The relationships between these characters are so epic yet so fragile. Not just the love between Magnolia and BJ, but also her relationships with Bridget, Henry, Jonah, Christian, JULIAN, and so on. Is she insufferable and a royal pain in the ass most of the time? Sure. But we love her for who she is, and I wouldn’t change a thing.
The grief journey in this book is so deep and gut wrenching, and I cried so many times. The eulogy, the “wedding speech” (God, I could marry BJ myself for that), and the trip they took on her behalf. I am irreversibly changed by it all.
My only wish for this book was that maybe at this point we could’ve had more POVs since the story lines have become so overlapped. I so desperately wanted a Julian chapter at some point so we could get inside his head! But I know book 6 will deliver!
Topics covered in this book:
💎 ADHD/OCD
💎 Mourning/grief
💎 Eating disorders
💎 Adultery
💎 Miscarriage
💎 Toxic family dynamics
💎 Life after death
Some of my favorite quotes:
🔸A love like ours-? Are you joking?" I give her the magic smile. "We're what the poems are about" -give her a little poke in the ribs- "they'll write TV shows about how much I love you.
🔶 She’s the only home I’ve ever been interested in having. Her body is the walls, heart’s the ceiling. I’ll live here forever.
🔶 I feel that it's important for you to know that even if I didn't love you in the sort of stupid, embarrassing way that I do; if I did, hypothetically, have a choice - I would choose you anyway.
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Death, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage
Minor: Gun violence, Sexual content, Car accident, Pregnancy
Moderate: Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Pregnancy
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy
Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Grief
Moderate: Miscarriage, Car accident, Abandonment
Minor: Drug use, Rape, Pregnancy
Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Grief
Moderate: Death, Pregnancy
Minor: Vomit
Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Grief
Moderate: Miscarriage, Car accident
Minor: Pregnancy
Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Grief, Pregnancy