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mollybee175 's review for:
Daisy Haites
by Jessa Hastings
2/5 stars
when I tell you it took so much personal conviction to finish this book. I think when I first read "Magnolia Parks," I read it through these rose-tinted lenses and quickly brushed over my negative feelings about it because it was highly rated and had such a pretty book cover.
but now that I've started to become more critical of books, I can say with certainty that "Daisy Haites" was not a good book. obviously there's aspects of it that I did like, seeing as I gave it 2 stars rather than 1, with those being some aspects of the plot and some of the side characters. but other than that, it took me so long to get through this book because I was too busy rolling my eyes at the poor decisions the characters made.
for starters, both our main characters are insufferable. Daisy is a selfish heiress type that is used to getting her way. she apparently doesn't like "hanging out with" or "being friends with other girls" which is always a red flag to me in books. especially when they speak down to any woman they come into proximity with, which Daisy does. she also utilizes men's attraction to her for her own personal benefits, only to dump them once they fill her purpose. seriously, it seems like every man in this universe is in love with her, and they all eventually get used by Daisy by the end. but she still somehow maintains her morals for her brother.
christian on the other hand is a misogynistic piece of trash that thinks that any woman he is attracted to should worship the ground he walks on. and while I do pity him at times for having to watch the woman he loves parade around with a guy that treats her like trash, it doesn't excuse the language he uses against Magnolia. he literally says in the book he likes to tear her down and use derogatory language towards her, but then hates to see her cry/upset? like WHAT?! you literally have no right to get mad when Magnolia has made it extremely clear that she doesn't want to be with you and will never be with you. and the scene where he asks her to make him stop loving her, like sir that's something you gotta do. it's not her fault you're a needy ex. same with Daisy. he gets mad at her for sleeping with other men when she's LITERALLY SINGLE.
in terms of the love story between Christian and Daisy, I totally did not buy into it. I felt like they both had so much going on behind the scenes that there wasn't enough senes of the two of them actually developing a relationship. like the both of them realized they were in love, but I was like WHERE?! where was the progression? where was the build-up? they were both seeing other people and then though "oh, maybe I love this person?" plus, Daisy had so many love interests throughout the book (I think it was 4 in total) that I wasn't entirely sure if I should be rooting for them or for her other relationship, or the other one, etc.
Julian was fine. I wasn't quite sure why there were so many chapters about him and his work, especially when the chapters didn't involve either of the main characters. I felt like his chapters were just added in to add page numbers. and, this just might be something I'm not well-versed in, but if a detective were to be looking into a gang lord's crimes, WHY WOULD HE BE TELLING THAT GANG LORD'S SISTER THAT HE WAS DOING THAT? or why would he show up to the gang lord's house just to get information from her?! isn't that just showing your plans to the world? Tiller basically gives the Haites warning enough to cover up their tracks well enough since they now know they're being watched.
overall, I do not recommend this book unless you're looking for one that you can throw across the room in frustration. and if you do read it, SKIP THE FOOTNOTES. THEY'RE USELESS
when I tell you it took so much personal conviction to finish this book. I think when I first read "Magnolia Parks," I read it through these rose-tinted lenses and quickly brushed over my negative feelings about it because it was highly rated and had such a pretty book cover.
but now that I've started to become more critical of books, I can say with certainty that "Daisy Haites" was not a good book. obviously there's aspects of it that I did like, seeing as I gave it 2 stars rather than 1, with those being some aspects of the plot and some of the side characters. but other than that, it took me so long to get through this book because I was too busy rolling my eyes at the poor decisions the characters made.
for starters, both our main characters are insufferable. Daisy is a selfish heiress type that is used to getting her way. she apparently doesn't like "hanging out with" or "being friends with other girls" which is always a red flag to me in books. especially when they speak down to any woman they come into proximity with, which Daisy does. she also utilizes men's attraction to her for her own personal benefits, only to dump them once they fill her purpose. seriously, it seems like every man in this universe is in love with her, and they all eventually get used by Daisy by the end. but she still somehow maintains her morals for her brother.
christian on the other hand is a misogynistic piece of trash that thinks that any woman he is attracted to should worship the ground he walks on. and while I do pity him at times for having to watch the woman he loves parade around with a guy that treats her like trash, it doesn't excuse the language he uses against Magnolia. he literally says in the book he likes to tear her down and use derogatory language towards her, but then hates to see her cry/upset? like WHAT?! you literally have no right to get mad when Magnolia has made it extremely clear that she doesn't want to be with you and will never be with you. and the scene where he asks her to make him stop loving her, like sir that's something you gotta do. it's not her fault you're a needy ex. same with Daisy. he gets mad at her for sleeping with other men when she's LITERALLY SINGLE.
in terms of the love story between Christian and Daisy, I totally did not buy into it. I felt like they both had so much going on behind the scenes that there wasn't enough senes of the two of them actually developing a relationship. like the both of them realized they were in love, but I was like WHERE?! where was the progression? where was the build-up? they were both seeing other people and then though "oh, maybe I love this person?" plus, Daisy had so many love interests throughout the book (I think it was 4 in total) that I wasn't entirely sure if I should be rooting for them or for her other relationship, or the other one, etc.
Julian was fine. I wasn't quite sure why there were so many chapters about him and his work, especially when the chapters didn't involve either of the main characters. I felt like his chapters were just added in to add page numbers. and, this just might be something I'm not well-versed in, but if a detective were to be looking into a gang lord's crimes, WHY WOULD HE BE TELLING THAT GANG LORD'S SISTER THAT HE WAS DOING THAT? or why would he show up to the gang lord's house just to get information from her?! isn't that just showing your plans to the world? Tiller basically gives the Haites warning enough to cover up their tracks well enough since they now know they're being watched.
overall, I do not recommend this book unless you're looking for one that you can throw across the room in frustration. and if you do read it, SKIP THE FOOTNOTES. THEY'RE USELESS