Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Push by Ashley Audrain

36 reviews

kirkspockreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Grief, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying, Infidelity, Self harm, Medical content, and Medical trauma

kirstenw13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

I can’t give this stars yet because I’m still processing. This book was all of my fears regarding marriage and motherhood played out. It carved my heart out of my chest and hit it with an SUV. The book was cathartic as well, there was something comforting about reading the worst scenarios I can imagine. Anyway, I can’t say I liked it but The Push will stay with me for a long time and if that isn’t the mark of a good book I’m not sure what is.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, and Toxic friendship

pookiee's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

a chilling novel about a mother who suspects her firstborn is a sociopath who

killed her second child

, and the effects this has on their family as she is not believed. there is a lot of domestic drama and generational trauma. I wish it went a bit harder with what it wants to say, but the writing is good and it doesn’t read like a debut. I love short, vignette-like chapters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infidelity, Self harm, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Murder

blumerlamotte's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The Push was disturbingly interesting. The author made the main characters relatable in their awfulness and realistic in their complexity. The author also did a great job of making the reader take turns, loving and hating the same character at different points in the story. I found the ending very unsatisfying. I’m curious what others think.

This book will leave you thinking "WTF did just read"!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Murder, and Pregnancy

princess_marie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Medical content, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Blood, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, Dementia, and Alcohol

soupysammy's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I really wanted to keep reading once I finished it was so easy to read and fall into the lives of the characters. Was very intense in moments and reminded me a lot of other stories I’ve read such as Baby Teeth, or story telling similar to Gillian Flynn’s books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child death and Death

Minor: Child abuse

cathuluu's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

amplawrence's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion

ksuazo94's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

samsbgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, Medical content, Car accident, and Pregnancy