Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Magnolia Parks by Jessa Hastings

11 reviews

meaghanslibrary's review

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Aahh this is oh so very close to five stars, and maybe it could be a five stars series.

What brought down the rating for me was the descriptions of fancy clothes, like I get it’s Magnolia’s thing but I found it very distracting and it would take me out of the book.

I liked the dual POVs and learning about the characters through their past and present. 

There are great lines in this book that are borderline too cheesy but I ate them up.

I highly recommend this book if Blair and Chuck were your favorite couple and characters in the Gossip Girl tv show.  If you didn’t like Blair and Chuck you won’t like this book. This is top level toxicity that is entertaining to read about, but not good for the real world.  Excited to read the rest in this series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Child death, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

mooncraftbujo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Drug use, and Addiction

Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders

sebradley29's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Addiction, Drug abuse, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Physical abuse, Blood, Eating disorder, Abandonment, and Death

babsi_222's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny slow-paced

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

5.0

 emotional rollercoaster delixe but easily one of my favourite books!! 
I fully anticipated the plot twist

in the last couple pages with BJ and Paili, when he first talked about the cheating and it not being Taura Saxe

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Violence

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

sdoner23's review against another edition

emotional tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse and Physical abuse

eujenia_m's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Drug use, Sexual content, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

overbookedmama's review

emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Violence

mah454's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

Minor: Eating disorder

madisonsp's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Classism, Addiction, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide, Physical abuse, Medical content, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Vomit, and Eating disorder

brookewithbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

THAT ENDING?!?!?!?! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, and Cursing