A review by miadress2
Magnolia Parks by Jessa Hastings

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.0

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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