Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Push by Ashley Audrain

698 reviews

leena645's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

3.5

What the heck! Why did it end like that? I wish there was one more chapter so I know what happened. Ugh. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Murder, Death of parent, Child abuse, Infidelity, Grief, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

vnavarro's review against another edition

challenging 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

Moderate: Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Self harm, Pregnancy, Suicide, Abortion, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Infertility, and Bullying

sare1125's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pregnancy, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Mental illness

j_strath's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Self harm, and Blood

Moderate: Vomit and Suicide

clarahooyer's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

4.25

Really, really liked it, but was a little offput by the pacing.

The book starts off making me think every problem is the result of the main character being a bad mother. Eventually I started to realize the book meant for the child to be evil. It felt like the book changed halfway through from being a story about generational abuse, to a story about an all out evil child that the mother can't be blamed for. It was very thought provoking( which I like), but I was left wondering how the author intended me to interpret the story. I think that, as a book about abuses cycles, it is almost too extreme in its evolution. However, if viewed as a book about an evil child, than it properly explores all the environmental factors that cause the child to become the way she is.

Definitely a book I will be thinking about for a while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Death, Abortion, Grief, Mental illness, and Cursing

Minor: Suicide, Vomit, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Infertility, Abandonment, Miscarriage, Self harm, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

jbigelow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

laur_astor's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

4.0

This book kept me on the edge of my seat! I was really enthralled but then lost my interest toward the end because it ended kind of abruptly and it felt a little predictable. I was hoping we would get some other perspective outside of Blythe because I thought she was unreliable. But overall, I really enjoyed the audiobook!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, Abandonment, and Pregnancy

lucykae's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Child death, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

addberg's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

this book makes me feel sad. while it reminded me of “we need to talk about kevin”, i feel like it delved more into how neglect, trauma and experiences become part of us and can move through generations. the power of connection that bodies are capable of is wild. while we think of mothers as all one kind of way - giving their life, body and energy to a growing life from the very beginning - we don’t always think of how the negative feelings can also be felt. 

while i enjoyed reading the book, it  left me feeling sad and i’m not sure i’d recommend it to a friend, especially one who is a mother

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Child abuse

hward's review against another edition

challenging mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Child death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Self harm, and Mental illness