A review by anthonyk
The Push by Ashley Audrain

1.0

this is easily one of the worst books I have ever read. This was neither thrilling nor a dark character study, the only thing "dark" about it was the black hole siphoning my patience this book created while I was reading it. Every single character in this book is not a person: they are flat, stock characters where every little detail is told instead of shown. So many characters have so little motivation/reason to act the way they do. Why does Fox not believe his wife? Why does Violet hate her mother so much? Why does Cecilia hate Blythe so much? Why did Etta hate Cecilia so much? Also the book's implication that the reason why Etta was abusive was because she had the "nerves" when really I think it's coded she's bipolar, but also plz authors stop making mentally ill people behave this way; there are mentally ill abusers just as much as there are mentally ill people seeking treatment who don't mistreat their children.