A review by dpearson5257
Magnolia Parks by Jessa Hastings
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 🥹🥹
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 🥹🥹
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse