Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Push by Ashley Audrain

767 reviews

nicole_cob_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Gaslighting

gelbu's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

An insanely gripping read — I literally could not put it down from the first moment I started reading. A story about some of the ugliest challenges that come with motherhood. We follow our narrator, Blythe, as she grapples with becoming a mother and watching her family fall apart while everyone around her refuses to understand her. Would rate this five stars, but I felt legitimately ill at some points out of sheer indignation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

cheyrohm's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

It's like "We Need to Talk About Kevin" with more generational trauma.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content

hkc0211's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

penapeed's review against another edition

5.0

Just wish there was a sequel .

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

karen_vandyne's review against another edition

fast-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

3.75

Probably a good explanation of motherhood, what it's like to have difficult child, but it didn't get me as much as her other book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, and Stalking

kwynters's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Violence, and Murder

hanbart19's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Grief

Moderate: Miscarriage

bookishjester's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I loved the beautiful, simple yet elegant prose that this author used. Her writing inspired me, and so did her candor. The frankness of her writing was shocking but believable enough to keep my emotionally invested in Blythe's story and character development, through the unraveling of her family and partially her psyche. The ending was so well done, leaving it open ended but in such a foreboding way. I'll never forget this book. It comes with tons of content warnings, so proceed with caution if you are not in the right mental space, but it is a book that will make you feel all the emotions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Terminal illness

aurynorange's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.75

I am so emotionally drained but also think I’ll be up all night thinking about this book. The fear I have of becoming like the mothers in this book and the childhood trauma I have with my own mother had me gripping this book, reading for hours on end. My only thing is I thought the climax of the book would be something really serious happening, but I still loved the heart plummeting feeling of those last few pages. I felt my heart hammering through a lot of the book… wow wow wow

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death