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Push by Sapphire

11 reviews

shelbynik's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Violence, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Eating disorder, Incest, Bullying, Body shaming, Pedophilia, and Rape

magicole's review

challenging dark hopeful reflective sad tense

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Trafficking, Addiction, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Racism, Transphobia, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Incest, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Abortion, Bullying, Ableism, and Child abuse

frobishery's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Incest, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Homophobia, Pregnancy, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

midnightmarauder's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

3.0

I usually don't watch movies that are based on books before reading the book. But, I watched Precious years ago, as a child, not knowing that it was based on a book until I got older.

I've read this book before, in 2020, but didn't really read it with the intention of comparing it with the movie. This time around, however, I did just that.

Push goes more in depth about Precious and what she went through than the movie Precious ever did. We hear more about her childhood trauma, her mother's (possible) trauma, and even her classmates'. 

Here are some things I didn't like:

This book can be hard to read (aside from the subject matter) if you're a fluent reader because Precious

Spoiler

is severely illiterate

, so a lot of the paragraphs can be tough to decipher. Context clues and a basic understanding of phonics can help you somewhat make sense of it, though. 

Also, in the book, Ms. Rain is described as a dark-skinned woman with long dreads. In the movie, however, she's portrayed by Paula Patton, a light-skinned mixed woman with loose, wavy hair. I didn't really enjoy how they changed her.

Finally, Precious' neighbor, Miss West, was fully aware of what Precious was going through, yet didn't seem to care enough to call the cops. What kind of mess was that? 

Since I've seen Precious multiple times and know how much it's had an impact on me, I expected the book to be amazing. But, I didn't really vibe with it like I thought I would. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Pregnancy, and Violence

Minor: Racism, Racial slurs, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, and Self harm

mouwuol's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Cursing, Drug use, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Abandonment, Blood, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Infidelity, Ableism, Death, Lesbophobia, Classism, Emotional abuse, and Medical content

maggieparedesauthor's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Trigger warning: Incest, rape, sexual assault, disability, learning disorder, death, disease

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pregnancy, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cursing, Death, Addiction, Medical content, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Abortion, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

clau7047's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Child abuse, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Bullying

georgia_gabrielle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Push is a brilliant book about not letting your past stop you from discovering who you could be in the future and allowing others to help you become your best self.

I really appreciate the style this is written in, you could really see Precious struggling to learn and develop her language skills. Overall a quick and thoughtful read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Racism, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Classism, Incest, Pregnancy, Bullying, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

nicoleherz's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-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

4.0

Only realized after that it wasn't a true story, not sure if that's a good thing or not
Really moving
Extremely explicit in terms of abuse, VERY difficult to read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Addiction, Classism, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Racism

foreverfoxes's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Antisemitism, and Terminal illness

Minor: Excrement, Murder, and Dementia