Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Push by Ashley Audrain

150 reviews

amorales107's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Car accident, Mental illness, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Abandonment, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Miscarriage and Infidelity

Minor: Suicide

becway's review against another edition

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

Graphic: Child abuse, Infidelity, Self harm, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Child death

cuddlygryphon's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, and Self harm

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Confinement, Miscarriage, Murder, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

Minor: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Medical content, Abortion, Alcohol, Blood, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, and Toxic relationship

faythfarrar's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Suicide, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Abandonment, Mental illness, Stalking, Abortion, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

drownedinfictionx's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Self harm, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

ericaburns1's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Kept me reading because I was invested in what was going to happen. Although certainly shocking things happen, I wanted it to go further. The writing was well paced and brutally honest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit, Dementia, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

madeleinebay's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Murder, Abortion, Sexual content, Child abuse, Car accident, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Pregnancy, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

reburkah's review against another edition

fast-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

3.75

I wasn't sure what to rate this. It is an exploration of postpartum depression and the cycle of abuse. I found it to be incredibly heavy but I also hated Blythe. I did not think she took any accountability for her own actions and their consequences. At some points I found the book to be misogynistic and I thought there were too many irrelevant references to breasts/children's genitals. I think if you have issues with body image this would not be a good read for you. Check TWs as this book is chock-full of triggering things that I found hard to enjoy as a reading experience but I think it was an important story to be told. This was outstanding for a debut and I finished it in a day.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Child death, and Infidelity

Moderate: Self harm and Suicide

Minor: Dementia

hanmitche11's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

5.0

Wow, what a psychological thriller about how motherhood and trauma affects generations. The writing is so descriptive making it all the more twisted to read. I found myself feeling so many different emotions from tearing up to uncomfortably laughing to being shocked. Would love a second book or last few chapters from Violet’s POV. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

zreadz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment

Moderate: Abortion