Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Push by Ashley Audrain

107 reviews

samlopez93's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Intense, chilling, and psychological, The Push is one book I could get out of my head for a while!! <Spoiler>Not sure if this is really a spoiler to say but I'll tag it just in case! Fans of The Good Son will very likely love this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Car accident, and Child death

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, and Stalking

roxfoxreads89's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

2.0

See full review on goodreads. All of these books have the same plot, it’s irritating 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

alangmaack's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gaslighting, Grief, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Death, Bullying, Murder, and Toxic relationship

chloelj27's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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, Self harm, Child death, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Blood, Abandonment, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

Minor: Death of parent

fynnoffypie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

This book held me from the very start to the last sentence. It was the book I chose to read during Burning Man this year, in which I was taking the time to go through some personal growth and reflection on my relationship with my mother. Let me tell you, this brought me to tears, and I will never see my mother the same way. It tells a gripping story of motherhood, feminism, and mental health. As a midwife who left the field, this book provides a jarringly accurate portrayal of the feelings women often go through after traumatic pregnancies/births and the effect this has on their ability to bond with their babies. Not only that, but the author tells a tale of the shame, self-doubt, and isolation that comes with regretting motherhood, or even disliking your own child. These are stories women have been trying to tell for years, and this is the first book I've encountered that I feel truly encapsulates that. Despite being fiction, this book is wrapped in a very lonely and painful truth for mothers, and I thank the author for putting this onto the world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Child death, Misogyny, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Murder, Death, and Child abuse

cathuluu's review against another edition

dark tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Mental illness, Grief, Infidelity, Child death, Pregnancy, Self harm, Abandonment, Miscarriage, Murder, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Stalking, Medical content, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit

bon_xx's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Death, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Stalking, and Self harm

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Dementia, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Gore, and Toxic friendship

mariaadamaszek's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, Grief, Child death, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

amplawrence's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Self harm, Gaslighting, Medical content, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Confinement, Car accident, Grief, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Suicide

Minor: Abortion

ksuazo94's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Infidelity, Medical content, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Blood, Abandonment, Violence, Self harm, and Grief

Moderate: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Gaslighting