#The Push

[whence-the-woody]

I have never seen anything as fond as dan during that all or nothing gauntlet

[biandevil]

First 4 books of 2024 📚

All great reads in my opinion, with the lowest being The Midnight Library simply because it was a very….I don’t know how to say this other than it’s a book that was clearly written to be a bestseller and to appeal to as many people as possible. Kind of like a blockbuster film. It goes deep but not Deep. It says a lot of very obvious things. But it’s still an enjoyable book. I’m glad I got it for $1.99 at a thrift store.

HIGHLY recommend Hench if you love supervillains and root for the bad guy.

Time War….what else can I say that has not already been said. Stunning, confusing, a wonder.

The Push was a great thriller that had a lot to say about womanhood, personhood and motherhood. I read it in 1.5 days.

[half-empty-gxrl]

i just finished reading the push by ashley audrain and it’s all i’m going to be thinking about it for the foreseeable future. i’ve never read a book that left me so unsettled.

[andreai04]

“My imagination could tiptoe slowly into the unthinkable before I realized where I was headed.”

[alienigena-pansexual]

Nunca me había pegado antes. Y yo nunca había tenido esos sentimientos encontrados: pena de mí misma, vergüenza y el corazón roto.

El instinto - Ashley Audrain

[thebestbookrecommendations]

The Push - Ashley Audrain

Blythe Connor is determined that she will be the warm, comforting mother to her new baby Violet that she herself never had. But in the thick of motherhood’s exhausting early days, Blythe becomes convinced that something is wrong with her daughter–she doesn’t behave like most children do. Or is it all in Blythe’s head? Her husband, Fox, says she’s imagining things. The more Fox dismisses her fears, the more Blythe begins to question her own sanity, and the more we begin to question what Blythe is telling us about her life as well. Then their son Sam is born–and with him, Blythe has the blissful connection she’d always imagined with her child. Even Violet seems to love her little brother. But when life as they know it is changed in an instant, the devastating fall-out forces Blythe to face the truth. The Push is a tour de force you will read in a sitting, an utterly immersive novel that will challenge everything you think you know about motherhood, about what we owe our children, and what it feels like when women are not believed.

Read if You Like:

Thrillers

Psychological Thrillers

Unreliable Narrators

Mysteries

Contemporary Fiction

Suspenseful Fiction

Recommended if You Enjoy:

A. J. Finn (The Woman in the Window)

Paula Hawkins (The Girl on the Train)

Karen McQuestion (The Moonlight Child)

Alyssa Cole (When No One is Watching)

What I Liked:

One of the best books I read this year. I don’t typically love unreliable narrators, but this one worked so well. The book kept me guessing the whole time and I couldn’t put it down.

What I Could Have Lived Without:

Nothing! Fantastic read with no complaints.

Rating: 5/5

[fiction-heals]

“A mother’s heart breaks a million ways in her life time.”

[darlingrxby]

the push by ashley audrain is a big 5/5 stars, like i don't think any other book i will read this year it's going to live up to that kind of excellence.

[bradburyshriver]

“People do that, don't they, when they spend time together--take on each other's subtle gestures, begin to act like each other.” -Ashley Audrain

[swan2swan]

Whoever conceived and animated this moment, I hope they're doing well and thriving. This is S-rank romance stuff here.

[wizard-laundry]

QUICK REMINDER

In the US: threatening government officials is a felony under federal law (the president in particular is protected under 18 U.S.C. § 871). Even memes.

be careful with your jokes if they spill over to active officials.

[delusionalbestie]

the push by ashley audrain PISSED me off like what the hell i would’ve strangled violet to death end of story

[mroddmod]

rough seas

[chomper-womper]

I started reading The Push and it's good so far 👌 I hope this book hits hard. Rearrange my brain for awhile.

"We could have counted our problems on the petals of the daisy in my bouquet, but it wouldn't be long before we were lost in a field of them."

[bacchuschucklefuck]

couldnt draw my thang for mid-autumn so treated myself to a calne redesign instead

[fiction-heals]

“The days are long but the years go fast.”