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The Push by Ashley Audrain

26 reviews

ashleyjapan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Self harm, and Gaslighting

Minor: Death of parent, Dementia, and Vomit

sylvestra's review against another edition

dark emotional 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: Child death, Car accident, Death, Grief, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Body shaming, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

littlebookcastle_sam's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

pplydm's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

The Push is a stimulating book written excellently by Ashley Audrain. This thriller novel tells of Blythe's gloomy life, from her youth to motherhood, using her point of view in narration. The mystery theme, I presume, included a question of who to blame for the rift between Blythe and her daughter, Violet. Readers were given context of Blythe's descent providing a brief background of her parents and grandparents. I felt totally heartbroken for Blythe as I believe her to be a loving mother who did her very best in raising her children and in maintaining her marriage and friendships.

 The shortness of each chapter gave an ideal pacing; it wasn't slow nor fast. The book was effective in instilling fear. I flinched with the idea of kids incorporated with murderous thoughts and acts. Ultimately adding another star for this book to reach a 5/5 star review. The reason being was its pleasant ending which was what I'd personally preferred as finale also.

Blythe, people might think bad things about you that aren't true. The only thing that matters is what you believe about yourself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Suicide

Minor: Dementia and Violence

dapperreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.0

I’m not sure what I was expecting with this book, but I just didn’t get it. It’s interesting and honestly the ending is beyond predictable and that annoyed me. I was hoping it would go a different direction with the ending but alas, the typical predictable ending it was which took my enjoyment of this book down a notch. 

Besides the predictability, this book needs a TON of trigger warnings - child abuse, infidelity, child death, miscarriage, abortion, spousal abuse, post-partum depression, mental illness, divorce - I’m sure I’m missing some. This book is basically a giant trigger warning with a predictable ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Mental illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Miscarriage, and Infidelity

Minor: Abortion and Dementia

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