Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Push by Ashley Audrain

706 reviews

m2deloria's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Infidelity, Child abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Mental illness

caylistens's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Violence, Suicide, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, and Stalking

mskog's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

I'm a sucker for unreliable narrators, particularly with plenty of built-in ambiguity. The perspective of Blythe writing it to convince Fox added a lot of inherent distrust as well. 

I definitely appreciate the authenticity and it was a pretty compelling read. I was thinking and talking about it for a few days after finishing it, which is usually a good sign.

The writing quality was good but not maybe to the standard of most of my 5*s, which is why it's a 4.25* for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

jfarmer18's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

adriannapagan's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Child death

Minor: Child abuse

valeriedittrich's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

i think about this book all the time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Child death

kendrajbean's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Child death and Child abuse

khowick24's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

sarakeepshersanity's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

This book is going to be one that stays with me. This is my second book by Ashley Audrain and the way she approaches motherhood with such open brutal honesty, this book particularly about the darker harder parts. This book is emotional, at times I resonated with it as other times I was horrified and devastated. It's... a lot...but it's also engaging. I couldn't stop listening (beautiful narration as well on the audiobook). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

vnavarro's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Moderate: Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Self harm, Pregnancy, Suicide, Abortion, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Infertility, and Bullying