Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Magnolia Parks by Jessa Hastings

197 reviews

donari's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Infidelity and Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

kcbas1's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.25

This book is kind of so bad it's good? I don't think I would actively recommend it to anyone but it is addictive and I will be reading the others in the series lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Infidelity

isabellaklucia's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

janemkelly's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

3.75

This book is like when your best friend keeps going back to the guy that did her dirty but a thousand times worse. At first I wasn’t sure I would finish this book, the characters are so inherently flawed that it’s quite frustrating to just feel like they are going around in circles - making terrible decisions. Towards the end I felt the pace really went up a gear and a lot of things started shifting and I was hopeful but ultimately I was left down by their decision making skills again!  I do feel where the book has left of gives a good scope for things that could happen in the next part of the series so I will more than likely continue the saga. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Violence

iambookmad's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective 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

3.0

This was a fun read, especially while I wasn’t in a real reading mood. The characters are all pretty much horrible humans but it scratched the itch that gossip girl left. Will still continue the series though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

rachellbc's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

xnolakola's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

dasachelley's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

leni1306's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

kajasversion's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-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

4.75

Genuinely one of the most frustrating books I’ve ever read. I hated the characters so much, they kept doing the same fucked up shit and they learned nothing, but somehow it had me hooked and i read almost the whole thing in one sitting. The plot twist at the end was completely unexpected and I hope for Magnolia’s sake that she picks Tom because he is the better man in every sense of the word. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Eating disorder and Panic attacks/disorders