Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Push by Ashley Audrain

268 reviews

lindseypaige's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Miscarriage

moonmoonsun'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Child death, Grief, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

moraisemma's review against another edition

dark medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, and Car accident

datashthough's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Child death, and Abandonment

kennedymartin's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Stalking and Infidelity

Minor: Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Mental illness

_chelseachelsea's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.5

While The Push doesn’t necessarily bring anything new to the genre (and its ending will leave you a bit dissatisfied) it’s certainly fast-paced and tense enough to keep you locked in. A tight, quick read that explores the choice of motherhood (and how often women feel as though it is not a choice) and the crushing responsibility of it. An excellent pick for your year-end list.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Car accident, Suicide, Death, Child abuse, Dementia, Grief, and Child death

Minor: Miscarriage

ekaramanov's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Grief

Moderate: Car accident, Gaslighting, and Death

rebecca_77's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Pregnancy, Grief, Suicide, Self harm, Child abuse, Death of parent, Child death, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Infidelity

kathryn_reads_paiges's review against another edition

This was initially boring to me and the tropes here felt tired (nature vs nurture, unreliable narrator, etc.) I had a physical copy I flipped through and found it disturbing…yet predictable based on what I’d read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Medical trauma, Grief, Pregnancy, Child abuse, and Abandonment

Minor: Gaslighting

mempereur's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Pregnancy