Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Push by Ashley Audrain

269 reviews

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

chloelj27'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Self harm, Child death, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Blood, Abandonment, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

Minor: Death of parent

fynnoffypie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book held me from the very start to the last sentence. It was the book I chose to read during Burning Man this year, in which I was taking the time to go through some personal growth and reflection on my relationship with my mother. Let me tell you, this brought me to tears, and I will never see my mother the same way. It tells a gripping story of motherhood, feminism, and mental health. As a midwife who left the field, this book provides a jarringly accurate portrayal of the feelings women often go through after traumatic pregnancies/births and the effect this has on their ability to bond with their babies. Not only that, but the author tells a tale of the shame, self-doubt, and isolation that comes with regretting motherhood, or even disliking your own child. These are stories women have been trying to tell for years, and this is the first book I've encountered that I feel truly encapsulates that. Despite being fiction, this book is wrapped in a very lonely and painful truth for mothers, and I thank the author for putting this onto the world. 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Vomit

peachxslime's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death, and Child death

Minor: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Dementia, and Abortion

brotestantethic's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Enchantingly real. Reads like an expose on motherhood, on what it means to fail at it. Speaks to how motherhood and womanhood are intertwined; to fail at one is to fail at both. I thought this book was really well executed. I wasn’t really surprised or scared by anything. Except by how beautiful it was. Thoroughly enjoyable!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, and Infidelity

moriahleigh's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

aaronreadsatad's review against another edition

challenging 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Death, Blood, Grief, Drug use, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Cursing, and Violence

Minor: Abortion

bon_xx's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Death, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Stalking, and Self harm

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Dementia, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Gore, and Toxic friendship