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The Push by Ashley Audrain

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lennareem's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes

5.0

biscuit_3's review against another edition

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Huge TW for child death. That is a hard limit for me and this wasn’t an enjoyable read.

sarahtsg333reads's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

What a read! This book kept me guessing. I loved the twists and turns. The characters were frustrating and some of them I liked, some of them I hated, and some of them I felt so many things for. Spectacular!

sweetbabyray1's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

3bee3's review against another edition

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slow-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

3.75

mtstellens's review against another edition

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2.0

If you've read ‘We Need Talk About Kevin,’ you’ve read this. Its pretty much that except a little bit less extreme and with quell done flashbacks to Blythe’s childhood, her mother’s life and her grandmother’s life. I think that this book would have been a lot more powerful if it left us guessing, if it didn't have that last sentence that seemingly confirm that Violet actually did kill her brother and that other boy. I feel like this would have been better as a book about generational trauma, maybe even with a chapter from Violet’s perspective and not a thriller. It made all of the good parts feel cheaper. I really liked the moments when Blythe can kind of see past what she assumes about Violet and sees that she might just be a girl who is struggling and not a sociopath. I think that if the mother was struggling and maybe not totally correct about Violet, at least the more serious things that she does it would be better. I mean Blythe has been traumatized and is under a lot of stress, and ends up doing crazy things like befriending her ex’s current partner in disguise. Also, Fox is terrible in such a predictable way and yet it still makes my skin crawl.