Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

The Push by Ashley Audrain

93 reviews

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

What. The. Fuck. This book is so twisted and terrifying. I can’t imagine being so scared of a child in real life but this child is … I just don’t have words. I haven’t ever read a book like this. It’s a psychological thriller and is full of the most heinous acts committed by a kid with no remorse. The bigger horror would have to be being the one who brought that child into the world and having no one believe how psychotic your kid is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Car accident, Abortion, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

lets_book's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Self harm, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Abortion, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Alcohol, Body horror, and Sexual harassment

claudia3's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child abuse, Child death, Car accident, Death, and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual content

cassiereadsbooks_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

frannyb's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, and Grief

lawwenlew's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Car accident, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Child death

the_savannahhumphrey's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Car accident, Child death, Gaslighting, Grief, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

nickgalentine's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.5

Wow. Just wow. I'm not big on thrillers. I think the last one I read was Verity by Colleen Hoover, and we all know how I feel about her books. Still, I did enjoy the mind-fuck, so when I read the synopsis of The Push, I decided that I could handle another thriller.

Especially one that, for me, is particularly personal. I suffered from post-partum depression with my children to an extreme degree that required treatment. So, on one hand, I loved that there was a story about a mother who felt disconnected from her baby. On the other, I hated that I felt connected in that way

, especially since her firstborn did indeed turn out to be evil. Mine is thirteen, and while he does try, he's not very evil. Chaotic good, more like.

Anyway, the book. I loved the way it was written. Every word felt perfectly chosen for the occasion, and every glimpse of the past we got opened up an entirely new perspective of the future. It was gripping, frightening, and at times breath-taking. It's a portrait of motherhood on one hand, and an examination of how women are taught not to believe even themselves and to sacrifice everything on behalf of their children.

At the times it needed to be, it was literary. At the times it needed to be, it was bone-chilling. As mothers, fathers, caregivers of all types, we want to think the best of our children, especially when they're children. But what all are we looking past? What are we capable of forgiving and forgetting when it doesn't align with our view of our child?

Thought-provoking, gripping, a one-sitting read, I highly recommend The Push to anyone who's not afraid of books involving child death and violence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Car accident, and Death

_federica_'s review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Idk I can’t really say I enjoyed reading this book. Even though the synopsis was really intriguing to me, the book didn’t live up to my expectations. It felt kind of forced and a little exaggerated at times, but I liked how the book focuses on the psychological aspects of the main characters. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Car accident, Child death, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

kimbekaw's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Miscarriage and Bullying