Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

The Push by Ashley Audrain

36 reviews

gem114's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.0

Oof. This book did not live up to the hype for me. For a psychological thriller, I did not find it very thrilling at all. I thought it was slow and predictable, and I kept waiting for a twist that never came.  Maybe part of the issue is that I don't have kids so I couldn't relate to the motherhood drama? I'm honestly not sure, but regardless, this won't be going on my list of books to recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, Death of parent, Blood, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Violence, Vomit, Infidelity, and Gaslighting

Minor: Stalking

caties_books'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

4.5

MASSIVE TW FOR CHILD/BABY VIOLENT DEATH, CHILD ABUSE, SELF HARM AND GRIEF. Can't possibly overstate how much you should not read this if you are sensitive to any of the above, they're very explicit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Stalking, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

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

sn2606's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Abortion

Minor: Dementia, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

jmeslener'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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Infidelity and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

readwithkat's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• 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

I was eager to read this after hearing so much hype about it, but unfortunately it fell flat for me. This WAS compulsively readable and I finished it within 24 hours, however I kept waiting for some big reveal or twist that never came. The multiple timelines and change in generational stories could be confusing at times and I'm ultimately not sure how those stories connected to Violet's character. There are LOTS of content warnings for this one: child death, PPD, vaginal birth, childhood abuse, suicide, abandonment, neglect, miscarriage, infidelity, and some others I'm sure I didn't catch. This is definitely not a book I would blindly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Self harm, and Infidelity