Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Push by Ashley Audrain

268 reviews

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: Grief, Murder, Car accident, and Child death

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

Minor: Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, and Stalking

alangmaack's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-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? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gaslighting, Grief, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Death, Bullying, Murder, and Toxic relationship

cdingler07's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

Struggling with how to rate this. It’s SO good but it’s also so complex and deep that it almost feels wrong to rate it so highly. One of the best books I’ve read at conveying complex feelings. I couldn’t help but take on the hurt of the main character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Abandonment, Death of parent, Grief, Child death, Suicide, Self harm, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content and Toxic friendship

Minor: Abortion

lizreaderhold's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

artistic_nightsky'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

A very interesting storyline. At the beginning I personally had to get into the you perspective, because I‘m not used to it. The ending was a bit sudden… and I‘m still asking myself a lot of questions

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide

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: Child death, Car accident, Alcoholism, Grief, Death, and Suicide

gianna_lodato's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

3.0

I really wanted to love this book, I did. Honestly everything pointed to me liking it but for some reason it didn't really vibe with me. I can see why people loved it though the writing was sooooo good and the portrayal of grief was incredible

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, and Child death

ms_sarah621's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-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? Yes

3.75

Wow, this was dark, painful, and tense. The different feelings in motherhood and the struggles that are faced. This book was a quick read, and the flashbacks really had my attention. About 50% through the book, I started to hate where things were going. However, I was really satisfied with the ending. A very complex look at sanity, raising a child, and marriage. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Car accident, Abortion, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Blood, and Self harm

hollaylonn's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child death, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

tillie__'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Child abuse

Moderate: Grief and Mental illness