Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Push by Ashley Audrain

186 reviews

tralahaie'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child death, Miscarriage, Murder, Abortion, Cancer, Suicide, Mental illness, and Car accident

marissanbullis's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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: Mental illness, Gaslighting, Grief, Toxic relationship, Child death, Death, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Abortion

chi_reads3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Pregnancy, Grief, and Mental illness

betweenbooksandkitsch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

kaleydearest's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

This review contains spoilers —

I'm confused why this has such a high review? It wasn't a bad book but it wasn't good either.

I hate when books are very very unrealistic.

If you believe your child pushed a kid off the slide and killed them, why wouldn't you take them to some sort of therapy? If you hear from your child's teacher that they are pulling kids pants down and putting rock in their underwear, why wouldn't you take them to some sort of therapy? If you believe your child cut off another child's hair and saw the fear in that child's face, why wouldn't you take them to some sort of therapy? IF YOU THINK YOUR CHILD KILLED THEIR SIBLING, WHY WOULDNT YOU HAVE TAKEN THEM TO SOME SORT OF THERAPY?! Why are you sweeping these events under the rug? 

I knew the ending would end the way it did - It was extremely predictable. I didn't actually hate that part of the book though.

It felt validating for Blythe honestly. I just feel like she was so pathetic. She let herself, her husband, her children, and especially Jett down by turning a blind eye to such horrific behavior. 

 

All in all I feel like the book used such an intense tragedy to reel you in but everything else was subpar

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Child death, and Murder

j_pink23's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Mental illness, and Suicide

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Child abuse

krush's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Self harm, Stalking, Grief, Suicide, Child death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Murder, Death, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, and Child abuse

merbears's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Suicide

caoimhe_fleming's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Addiction, Pregnancy, Abortion, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, and Self harm

stacylaughs's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Blood, Abandonment, and Body shaming

Moderate: Misogyny, Infidelity, Suicide, Sexism, Child death, Mental illness, Violence, and Physical abuse

Minor: Vomit, Blood, Stalking, and Infertility