Magnolia Parks
Ratings92
Average rating3.6
Not the book for me. Didn't like the writing style. Believe characters are supposed to be twenty somethings and act like they're 15. Hated the constant calling of Nick names/shortened names. Boring and bleh. Disappointed since I sincerely expected to love this book!
Could not get into the very British writing style, the huge cast of characters, and the lack of a plot
3 1/2 stars
if you read this while acknowledging that bj and magnolia have a toxic relationship and knowing that this isn't realistic then you'll most likely enjoy it. read it as it is. messy, toxic, drama.
I was enthralled from the start. Laughing, tearing up and aching with magnolia
Dios que dramaaa, esto no es un libro de romance aunque hablan de el así, veo en este libro algo más profundo algo más allá de solo el romance que tiene. Me parece increíble el hecho de que no se romantiza la toxicidad de ellos, saben que son tóxicos y que no es sano lo que hacen.
Es un libro que me va a dejar reflexionar no seguramente hasta el día que yo me muera porque si es un libro que tiene varias cosas que reflexionar este el hecho de cómo se relacionan los personajes todo lo que pasa la infidelidad que sucede y cómo se van dando las cosas cómo uno llega a ser con el pendiente con las personas todo un trauma generacional ahí de lo más cabrón es un libro muy bueno muy entretenido que me ha hecho o sea estar es un libro que me va a dejar reflexionar no seguramente hasta el día que yo me muera porque si es un libro que tiene varias cosas que reflexionar este el hecho de cómo se relacionan los personajes todo lo que pasa la infidelidad que sucede y cómo se van dando las cosas cómo uno llega a ser con el pendiente con las personas todo un trauma generacional ahí de lo más cabrón es un libro muy bueno muy entretenido que me ha hecho o sea estar ahí pegada al teléfono ahí leyendo como loca apasionada porque para qué o sea son malas personas no son buenas personas son increíblemente tóxicas pero se ganan el cariño de uno a pesar de que hagan unas idioteces como acostarse con la mejor amiga de tú en el momento novia y luego ocultar el hecho de que se acostó con la mejor amiga pero pues cositas de la vida no?
Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0 ☆
DNFed at 21%
This book was not it for me, considering the hype i thought I would enjoy it is has everything I love in a book and yet it was not it for me at all.
Found the characters insufrible, Felt as if every trait they had had to be turned into a plot that maybe went somewhere later in the book but didn't go anywhere or make any sence at the time.
Eu- idk what to say tbh like i love these characters the same way i can hate them but also i love the drama and the writing and so much about this book is wrong but so so good! i need to read this whole series
This is the LAST damn time I read a book I found off booktok!!! This was so brutal!!! Did I read the same book as everyone else or am I missing something.
Nothing redeeming or relatable about any of these characters. They were all so self involved and stupid. I could have cared less about the “romance”. The writing was confusing... was this YA or adult I have no idea. All I know is this book was not for me and I will definitely not be reading any of the other books in the series
4,5 ⭐️
Beautifully written, the reflexion on love throughout the book made me think, feel and hope at the same time.
For a debut novel what a great way to start it.
I juste could not give it a 5 stars because I yelled at those two from the first page. Just stop!
I can't believe I was gaslit into reading this book. BJ is a toxic pig and Magnolia is
3.25/5 ✭
summary: this is a guilty pleasure read. toxic romance that is somehow very addicting. I don't think I can really even call the relationships in this book ‘romance' it's definitely too toxic for that. There were no characters that I wanted to root for, they were all equally as bad as each other.
For a book with so much rich people drama,it took me SO long to read it idk why. It wasn't even rly boring but I guess it's hard to read a book that's full of romance, and yet you hate the romance itself :) none of this is healthy for either BJ or Magnolia :)
So maybe they both do deserve each other :)
(Will I read the other books tho? Maybe
I rarely do not finish books but I can't read this. I made it like 12% I can't do it anymore it's so bad
This was initially a 3.5 but then i sobbed at the ending (which is very rare that a book would make me cry like this so) it's a 4.
The 1 star that i have taken away from it is because the writing is just plain awful, like it's mind numbing and made my already 2 brain cells shake in their place but here's the thing. This book, unexpectedly, was so fun to read. Starting it with the right mindset, with the knowledge that this is NOT a romance but simply drama and lies and heartbreaks and just every thing you need out of a good show, you have more fun. There were things that bothered me, but because I walked into this with very less expectation, i didn't care. It was addictive. When i wasn't reading it, i was thinking about it.
In fact, i picked it up twice and dropped it both times but third time's the charm right? I just can't believe I actually liked it. I was so sure that i'll hate it, that I will give it 1 star.
Anyway, the cover is fucking hideous.
rating - 5/5
let's be fair, we all know this book is toxic and repetitive and the romance is unhealthy to the point of obsession. do we hate that though?...that is a very good question...
(the way i loved you by Taylor Swift playing as i write this, is very fitting *)The drama, the writing and just everything was done so well; the universe had me by a chokehold by like page 2. I was highlighting and screenshotting like my life depended on it and almost ordered a physical copy, only to find out it's extremely expensive to deliver here but we're saving so dw.If that doesn't tell you how much i liked this, i don't know what does.Rooting for BJ and Magnolia like my life depends on it. (slightly less so after that ending but we'll see what occurs). excited for the second book but I'm spacing them out so they don't put me in a slump.After writing like this:The trick shot fails. The disaster of what we've become blitzes right past what we were, circles the drain of what we could be a couple of times before it teeters off to the side and lands smack bang right where we don't want to be. can you blame me??? There was just such beautiful, beautiful writing especially at specific plot points—the hard reset 15 seconds, her reciting all of bj's tattoos while having segs w tom (skull emoji*) and a few other instances. I LoveD it.
just a fun experience reading it all tbhtbh. same way we want to experience a breakup to feel the pain in breakup songs, i wanted to be cheated on just so i could feel magnolia's pain, you know? no? just me? okay- (don't know what that says about me; Bridget would know)
I did think the author did a really really good job at putting those feeling in words, though. The universe was so fleshed out and detailed, it felt extremely real. My only complaint would be more info on a few of the side characters maybe, so they didn't seem two-dimensional compared to magnolia and bj.
But this universe has to be up there with the addicted books. REALLY REALLY loved itt; if this isn't a 5 star book, i don't know what is, honestly.
Gossip Girl meets After(book series).
Definition of a guilty pleasure. Great as a palate cleanser.