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The Push by Ashley Audrain

96 reviews

tralahaie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicide, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

kalynnar's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Murder, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

violentte's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

This book gave me so many emotions from start to finish.  Audrain writes gripping story of motherhood, mental health, and adultery.

This book provides a jarringly accurate portrayal of the thoughts/feelings women often go through after traumatic pregnancies/births and the effect this has on their family and the bond with they have with their child. 

This book follows the shame, self-doubt, and isolation that comes with regretting motherhood, which became heavy at some points. This book does a beautiful job at encapsulating the negatives that can come with motherhood. This book does the rare job of exposing this

Now with characters 

Fox was so unsupportive and seemed to only want a child,

then cheating on his wife after the lost of a child was horrible in more ways then one. 

This book does a great job handling the first person POV. It was interesting reading from a first person‘s point of view that included the character being an , unreliable source. Readers are left questioning whether or not the daughter Violet is truly evil or if this is all overly exaggerated due to the underlining issues, the main character is going through. I absolutely LOVED the name Violet for as long as I can remember from The Series of Unfortunate Events to Ultraviolet, but this Violet made my stomach turn

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Miscarriage, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Abortion, and Pregnancy

caoimhe_fleming's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

moraisemma's review against another edition

dark 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, and Car accident

_chelseachelsea's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

While The Push doesn’t necessarily bring anything new to the genre (and its ending will leave you a bit dissatisfied) it’s certainly fast-paced and tense enough to keep you locked in. A tight, quick read that explores the choice of motherhood (and how often women feel as though it is not a choice) and the crushing responsibility of it. An excellent pick for your year-end list.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Suicide, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Miscarriage

ekaramanov's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Grief

Moderate: Death, Car accident, and Gaslighting

samlopez93's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

Intense, chilling, and psychological, The Push is one book I could get out of my head for a while!! <Spoiler>Not sure if this is really a spoiler to say but I'll tag it just in case! Fans of The Good Son will very likely love this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Minor: Domestic abuse, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

jackie_reads_314's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

Amazing, brilliant, terrifying. I feel like my jaw was on the floor for a majority of the story. The ending was *chef’s kiss*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Car accident

erinhanso's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Suicide, Grief, and Car accident