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Magnolia Parks by Jessa Hastings

104 reviews

dpearson5257's review

challenging emotional funny informative reflective tense medium-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

4.5

I feel like I shouldn’t like this as much as I actually did but if you know me you know I love mess and drama that’s not mine🫣that being said this was everything I wanted minus the amount of obnoxious name dropping and price tags thrown around, I could definitely do with out. So those details took me a while to just get over because the flashy pretentiousness is what the characters are. But once you get past that you really get to figure out what the heck is going on with these characters, point blank periodt - they have too much access to mommy and daddy’s money and hunny they don’t know what to do with it!!

There was a point where Christian literally had me cackling, looooorrrddtt that man!!!🤣 there are a lot of names of friends being thrown about and so you really only get maaaaybe 4 or 5 vaguely fleshed out characters, so I’m hoping we get a better grasp on whose who in the next installment.

This is by no means a “love story”, it’s toxic AF, it’s messy, there’s constant backstabbing, there’s a lack of communication and bitterness and grudges held. We could also say we need better friends lol

There is heavy drug affiliation in here and drug abuse, potential OD, lots of mental health/anxiety rep with these characters.

I can’t wait for my hold on book 2 comes in 🥹🥹

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__lucebrennan's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

The perfect Gossip girl-esque, drama-filled book! Absolutely incredible, audibly gasped at parts and the ending…. Way better than I imagined, can’t wait to read more

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meetgala's review against another edition

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sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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megspiteri's review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

I have such mixed emotions - I can’t tell if I loved it or hated it or probably both. It is very made in chelsea and there’s a lot of drama but not much really happens and by the end it’s kind of repetitive. Occasionally something outside the main will-they-won’t-they happens but then that plot point just fades away. It is kinda 2010s fanfic in the way stuff is described, but the most jarring thing is the odd description or word that doesn’t fit the London/UK setting: ie referring to school years as grades etc. I saw the ending coming

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because the way it was a secret meant it could only be her sister or best friend

and it was a bit unsatisfying but overall I read it on holiday in a swimming pool so it definitely did what it needed to

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lizzieundercovers's review

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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

3.5

It’s super toxic so if you don’t romanticize it and understand that this is not what a real life relationship should look like, it’s a good angsty/pining read!

But also, justice for Tom, man 🥲

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kryfrh's review against another edition

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emotional funny

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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chrleee's review against another edition

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emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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linaboa's review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

So addicting but so annoying. It’s just a endless cycle over and over again, but it’s juicy lol.

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torihutchinson's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.5

bj ballentine is the worst character i have ever read. he makes me sick. magnolia also has her problems but bj is just horrible. book is only getting 3.5 stars because although it is beautifully written, it was very repetitive for me. will probably read the rest of the mp universe though!

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brookewithbooks's review against another edition

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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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