Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Long Way Home by Jessa Hastings

7 reviews

matildaesandell's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

Okay this one had a little bit more depth in the story which I liked, but it again felt pretty repetitive and very toxic and I still hate everyone. The end blew my mind though… like what the heck just happened? 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

emmaasbokhylla's review against another edition

emotional funny sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, and Child death

headinthepages's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment, Alcohol, Car accident, Child death, Sexual violence, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

iemilia's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense 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

5.0

Please check trigger warnings before picking up this book.

I’m glad I didn’t give up on this series. The first book was okay, I enjoyed it but wasn’t overly impressed. The second book, Daisy Haites, was not for me. Didn’t like the writing style and found it difficult to connect with the characters. This book however exceeded all of my expectations. I loved seeing glimpses from the early days of Magnolia and BJ relationship, their past, all of it. It was an emotional rollercoaster and the ending.. gosh. In a way this book made me want to re-read the first book. 5⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Death, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Car accident, Miscarriage, Alcohol, and Child death

savbowmer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Blood, Emotional abuse, Rape, Medical trauma, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Alcohol, Vomit, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Cursing, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, and Grief

ailemaa's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child death, and Toxic relationship

midnight_rose_reads's review

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home is the third book in the Magnolia Parks Universe. It picks up a year after the events of the first book. Magnolia is living in New York after the dramatic events of the end of the first book. She comes home for her father’s wedding.  BJ has been in therapy to work on his issues and hopefully to win Magnolia back. While she’s in London for the wedding she gets a job offer from Tatler  to be their new style editor. She accepts and she and BJ try to navigate their way back to each other.

This was another emotional installment in this series. Big secrets and revelations about Magnolia and BJ’s past get brought to light making you look at the first book very differently. There are once again beautiful passages about their love for one another and how they view their relationship. However, I believe this book is a bit too long. I think it would have been much tighter paced had it had 100 pages or so shaved off. As it was, some things felt very repetitive, such a scenarios and/or phrases. Other than that, it’s another solid edition to the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Toxic friendship, Child death, Medical content, Death, Grief, Cursing, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders