Reviews with content warning for Emotional abuse - Magnolia Parks

oh my god this book is a trip. I HATEDD this book while reading it up until the plot twist. It very much normalizes toxic relationships, toxic fighting, every toxic behavior, and even kinda altercations, that being said !!!!! do not romanticize any of it !!!!!!! this book reminds me so so so much of my toxic relationship so it was kind of hard to read at times. i love magnolia so so much and i hate bj so so so much and i hate things that he does to magnolia and i hate that it’s somehow normalized in this universe. I was so rooting for magnolia to choose tom :( the plot twist actually made me sick to my stomach. my literal stomach started churning palms started sweating and heart started racing. had to actually stop reading and look around me multiple times while reading the end to remind myself that I’m not in a similar situation Magnolia is in in the book anymore. ALL THAT BEING SAID, I’m def reading the next ones. and praying everyday that magnolia is done with bj for GOOD.

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reneelizabeth_'s review against another edition

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emotional sad tense 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

3.75

I instantly fell in love with the friend group and the vibes (love the found family trope), very gossip girl vibes as everyone says. But was not a big fan at all of the writing style - 1-3 similies and metaphors per page is a bit overkill (read page 306 if you want a prime example). The characters and relationships are SO toxic it's ridiculous.

HOWEVER, I couldn't put it down, I kept thinking about it when I wasn't reading, I was obsessed. I have not read a book this long in such a short amount of time. I devoured it.

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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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lizzieundercovers's review against another edition

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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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wet_towlette's review against another edition

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

1.25

This book needs an editor and a half. On one page she had blue eyes, the next they were green. She was wearing pants and then suddenly it was a dress. Things like that happened literally every chapter lmao. Also all of the characters were awful and I hated all of them and this is just heterosexual bullshit :)

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