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The Push by Ashley Audrain

47 reviews

gm_vak's review against another edition

dark sad 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

bethbarron's review against another edition

dark medium-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? It's complicated

2.5

Generational trauma, grief, motherhood anxiety, postpartum, and more.
This was a very dark exploration of motherhood and all of the things listed above. While I found it interesting and stressful at times, the ending felt incomplete - not in a mind-blowing cliffhanger way.

Definitely don't recommend reading this if you're a mother or plan to be one any time soon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Child death

jlalor92's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

Minor: Physical abuse, Infidelity, and Grief

kamin8882's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This book is soooo twisted !!! I was hooked from the minute I started reading it !! I loved the 2nd person narrative, I think it really added some
Thing new to a story like this. I loved the different generation POV, showing the readers how each mother had her own set of issues due to how she was treated by her own mother. There are a lot of crazy, twisted things happening !! 

The ending of this story will blow your mind !! I really shop she writes a sequel because I think EVERYONE wants to know what in the heck happened!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Miscarriage

nocturnalreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

Have you ever imagined that a mother could hurt her child? 

 

Ashley Audrain’s debut, The Push, is dark, nerve-wracking, and unsettling that will send chills to your spine. 

 

The Push is a devastating tale of a mother that explores the darker side, trepidation, and insecurities of motherhood. 

 

The story mainly focused on the relationship between Blythe and her peculiar daughter Violet, who is unsettling, frightening with disturbing behavior. Soon, Blythe starts believing that her daughter is different from kids and has inherited the trauma and is less trusted by her husband and the more she self doubts herself. 

 

The story is narrated from the second POV and in a manuscript style that is vividly gripping and carefully crafted that captures sensitive emotions like depression, trauma, and postpartum experience/depression in a very well manner. 

 

I finished this book in one sitting and didn’t felt that it’s Ashley’s debut novel. The writing style is phenomenal and absorbing. I love the manuscript style, which is short and easy to read, and an absolute page-turner. 

 

It has fulfilled my desire for a gripping thriller. I highly recommend everyone to pick this book immediately. 

 

“I felt like the only mother in the world who wouldn’t survive it . . . The only mother who couldn’t fight through the pain of newborn gums cutting like razor blades on her nipples. The only mother who couldn’t pretend to function with her brain in the vise of sleeplessness. The only mother who looked down at her daughter and thought, Please, Go away.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Violence

anniepaigespages's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Sexual content

magnifyingreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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: Child death, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, Self harm, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, and Suicide

Minor: Gore, Vomit, and Blood