Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Push by Ashley Audrain

272 reviews

saraellenme's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Self harm, and Child abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, Car accident, Abandonment, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abortion and Miscarriage

anfisap's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

First, the audiobook is fantastic and a really great way to read the book. I’m not a parent, so while it was dark, it wasn’t emotionally difficult to get through. However, if you are a parent, definitely look at trigger warnings. It’s definitely a different perspective on motherhood than what is normally depicted in the media and I enjoyed that. 

We expect a mother to automatically unconditionally love their child and for the child to love and need their mother. But what happens if that’s not true? The mother is “broken” and the children is innocent in all this. The mother is paranoid to think their child doesn’t love them. The husband blames the mother even though the same pressures don’t apply to him. Other mothers will never admit to struggling the same way. This book explores all of that and more.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Suicide

nadir's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Stalking, Abandonment, Grief, and Infidelity

Moderate: Stalking, Suicide, Death, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Car accident, Miscarriage, and Sexual content

nerdylari's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Child abuse

Moderate: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

jj_tj's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, Car accident, Infidelity, and Child death

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Suicide and Self harm

peyviz'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I enjoyed this book, the beginning was a little confusing, but once I caught on to the structure and characters it was easy to follow. I accidentally ruined the ending for myself and I think I would have really enjoyed the ending if it was a surprise. overall I enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism and Suicide

Minor: Racism

claire_reardon's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.0

I waited two entire months on Libby…for this? Maybe it was just the Tik Tok hype but I didn’t find this as crazy and captivating as everyone said it was. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Abandonment, Bullying, Death, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Infidelity, Suicide, Child death, Grief, Abortion, Miscarriage, and Toxic relationship

dmiyoshi's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This book was hard to put down and was overall a great read. I think reading this as a woman gave me a different feeling than what a man might feel. Not saying a man wouldn't enjoy it but this book covers alot of feelings and emotions a woman might go through than might be hard to relate to. 

I expected something different when reading this book, but I really enjoyed the direction it took. It makes you think a lot about the experience of being a woman and expectations on becoming a mother. It's both sad and terrifying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Minor: Suicide

bek67's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

4.75

I flew through this book. Yes it was predictable but I enjoyed the F out of it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, and Death

Minor: Bullying and Suicide

amplawrence's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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, Self harm, Gaslighting, Medical content, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Confinement, Car accident, Grief, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Suicide

Minor: Abortion