Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Push by Ashley Audrain

72 reviews

tatih's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

bohemianrain's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Violence

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

peepmybookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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, Violence, Suicide, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death of parent and Toxic relationship

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

maplegreen's review against another edition

challenging dark 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: Child death, Violence, and Mental illness

mariacandet's review against another edition

dark 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

2.5

I can't deny that this was a fast, gripping read. I really appreciated the insight Audrain gives into Postpartum Depression, it's not something that's often explored and she does it really well. But I was very underwhelmed by the rest of the novel. There's an attempt to explore a generation of ("bad") mothers, about a lack of bond between a mother and child, and how this idea of "bad" motherhood can be inherited from mother to daughter, but the filiation isn't particularly developed. I know we stay mostly in Blythe's point of view, but I wanted to know more about Etta and Cecilia, I wish we would've gotten to see their inner lives and how they tied (better, closer) to Blythe's.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Minor: Abortion, Self harm, and Suicide

gm_vak's review against another edition

dark 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

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

glitteringeyes418's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Violence, Suicide, Self harm, Death of parent, Body horror, Bullying, and Abortion