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The Push by Ashley Audrain

25 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

hillarydanielle's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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

3.0

Will keep you guessing as to if this is simply a reflection on motherhood and the struggles many mothers go through or if this is truly a thriller.
Dragged a bit for me with the long recurring descriptions of grief and motherhood, I think I wanted more thriller aspects and maybe a bit more from the other timelines. Loved that they included the multi-generation storylines though. 

After reading that last line I wished this had been more of a thriller with more action/twists throughout. I kept waiting for something more shocking to happen in one of the mother or grandmother storylines, like Blythe actually killing her mother for example to show that these horrific murderous tendencies run through their maternal line. Overall crept under my skin and definitely kept me on edge, I hope that father wises up finally.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Self harm, and Vomit

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

magnifyingreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• 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 death, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, Self harm, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, and Suicide

Minor: Gore, Vomit, and Blood