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Magnolia Parks by Jessa Hastings

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xbrunagomesx's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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lilhappyhermit's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This book had me in a chokehold. It is as if Gossip Girl and Sex in the City had a baby in the UK, and I loved EVERY SECOND OF IT. The means of which you get to know Magnolia and BJ, them currently and their history together, was so raw and venerable while simultaneously being so gripping and jaw-dropping. As an outsider, watching how they both cope with all that has happened, I was in this state of rooting for them and hoping there would be a moment of forgiveness so they could live their happily ever after (but it's never that simple). The ending of this book, and the cliff hanger we were left with, had my jaw on the floor and my heart in disarray.

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helsbels_'s review against another edition

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sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

This was a painful read. The MMC is toxic and emotionally abusive and the FMC is a depiction of a woman who has been so degraded by her partner that she has no self respect left. Both main characters are deeply unlikeable and all of the side characters aside from the FMC’s sister and the secondary love interest are essentially the same character with different names. The fact that this is advertised as a love story is insane to me, as are the comparisons to gossip girl- this book had more in common with American Psycho with its ridiculous descriptions of the characters outfits and it’s over confident narcissistic characters.

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musicmagician823's review against another edition

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emotional sad slow-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

2.5

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obiwan's review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced

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

3.25

jesus god this book frustrated me but somehow i was really into it?? all of the characters made such bad decisions and were such bad friends to each other i simply did not know how they stood each other at all! magnolia and bj… just. god. how they managed to make that seem like they were both equally bad i won’t understand. bj was just the worst person alive i think. i could not stand him at all.

genuinely wished that the author would pull a fast one on us and have her end up with tom. please come back tom the kids miss you!!!

also the writing style didn’t do a lot for me, and a lot of the really dramatic phrases about love and how many loves do you get got a bit old and slightly cringe. honestly a lot of this book was just repeating cycles — magnolia and bj start in a good place, almost get back together, she finds him with someone else, they fall apart again, and rinse and repeat. how many times can she run out of hotels crying about him?? and the end was just. ugh i do need to read the rest bc unfortunately i am invested now even with how annoying everyone is. so i suppose the book did succeed at being somewhat interesting in the end.

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madsreadsbooks17's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

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frog4earth's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I rarely ever read romance but someone finally convinced me to start this book and can I just say how much I HATE Magnolia and BJ’s “relationship.” Like for the love of god if you had just been honest from the start maybe y’all could’ve been doing something about it instead of playing games with each other for THREE YEARS. However, I am disappointed to say that I probably will continue reading the series, because for whatever reason I actually somewhat enjoyed being in their world… unfortunately. Very much like Gossip Girl tbh.

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annatl4's review against another edition

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challenging dark 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

3.5

there is no way this needed to be 450 pages… it didn’t even really get interesting until page 250. it was very repetitive and lacked plot. some things were very confusing and i didn’t like how flashbacks were thrown in between present events, it was hard to follow. all the characters were pretty insufferable and the issues between parks and bj didn’t seem serious enough for that long of a book. i also do not care about what anyone is wearing. full paragraphs descriptions of designer cloths is crazy. i did enjoy the secondary characters, tom, bridget and the humor of the families. i also thought it was a nice touch to have anecdotes speaking to the audience - “you get it don’t you”. i do want to continue reading the series since things got interesting towards the end.

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toriibrooke33's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Modern day gossip girl (definitely Blair and Chuck) set in high society London.

Magnolia is the It girl of London and has been madly in love with BJ but he’s broken her heart over and over. So she schemes to make him jealous while he continues to do dumb boy things. Classic toxic relationships. Will love conquer all?

Tropes: fake dating, love triangle, millionaire, dual POV, mutual pining, second chance
🌶️ (alluded too, never in detail)

Trigger warnings: drug use, cheating

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dmackreads's review against another edition

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emotional fast-paced

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Idk what this book is made of but it must be crack because I genuinely devoured this. Hooked immediately, like within 20 pages and did not want to put it down. This might actually follow most toxic relationship I’ve ever read about. I don’t even know what to say without giving everything away, just read the synopsis I guess 😂 the writing was immaculate, the vocabulary used left me with so many quotes that made me really stop and think. This is probably my most tabbed book to date.

I’ve seen far too many negative reviews because “this is just a toxic shitty relationship and it’s disgusting” I mean, yeah? Stop reading books that aren’t your cup of tea. The synopsis LITERALLY tells you exactly what they are about and this one in particular laid it out pretty black and white that that’s exactly what this book is, toxic. Also I feel like it can really hit home to a lot of people but if you’ve never experienced a toxic relationship or even an abusive one or one with a trauma bond or even bad co dependency issues yourself then maybe you just wouldn’t get it and it obviously wouldn’t be for you. Be thankful for that and read something that works for you. If you’re looking for something that will make you feel some emotions, this will do it for sure.

Oh, and fuck you BJ Ballentine :)

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