Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Push by Ashley Audrain

138 reviews

pipbiz's review

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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 and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse and Self harm

Minor: Suicide

nuh_thaan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

The deep dive into Blythe's psyche, childhood, and her mother's childhood really provide context to what goes through her mind. The concept of behaviors being passed down because of the bond that women have is always very interesting.  Violet has such a strong personality too, I'd be interested in exploring her thoughts more in depth as well.

Blythe doesn't connect with Violet, but she did connect with Sam. Violet pushed Sam into the street which caused him to die. Or at least that's what we're meant to believer. Blythe tries to be a good mother, Blythe tries to learn and befriend Gemma (in a roundabout way), Blythe tries to get Fox to understand what is happening. Blythe tries. Unfortunately, no one listens to her and the result is more chaos.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Bullying and Miscarriage

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

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

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

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: Child death, Death, and Grief

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

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

erenreads's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This book made me genuinely so uncomfortable at times, and even though it was predictable i read it in a day and just could not put it down. And i loved the addressing her husband thing a lot.

HOWEVER. The author is VERY weird about sexuality at times (especially at the gallery and about breasts in general), it just keeps repeating the same stuff over and over, literally no one but Gemma is lovable or even tolerable in the whole book, and it’s just. overall extremely “meh”.

I definitely would recommend it to people but like, most of these reviews get the expectations HIGH. it wasnt worth the hype (even though i absolutely enjoyed it too)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

abrasieve's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Self harm, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse and Excrement

Minor: Cursing, Sexual content, Vomit, and Abortion

schadmad's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Misogyny, Self harm, Dementia, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

shingekiyes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

(another library audiobook rental) 

jesus mary and joseph this book was a mindfuck. motherhood is so scary and this book only worsened my fear. this was a thrilling examination of generational trauma and, as the summary says, what happens when women aren’t believed. 

it was admittedly very slow and takes place exclusively in this woman’s mind, so anyone looking for action or plot should not turn to this book. however, i found the internal monologue, paired with the flashbacks, very entertaining. i was on the edge of my seat the entire time, begging for some closure, some truth. 

not my typical read but totally worth it. 

hashtag mommy issues, amirite?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Miscarriage, Blood, Stalking, Abortion, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Suicide, Vomit, Mass/school shootings, and Death of parent