A review by lit_vibrations
The Push by Ashley Audrain

5.0

Definition of a mfkin PAGE-TURNER!!! This book was crazzzzzy but in a good way cause I could barely put it down. Although it may come off a bit dark to some when it came to the suspense she gave it. The mystery GAVE IT. The thrill she GAAAVE IT. I’ve never read anything like this and the author really took it there with her topic of choice being motherhood. I can truly say she delivered with this one. The premise was masterfully executed to the point where I needed more hell I still want more because of the ending lol.

Blythe comes from a family of women who’ve all dealt with trauma as a result of their mother’s. Now that she’s about to have her first child Violet, she begins to question whether she’ll possess those same traits as her mother and grandmother. Soon Blythe realizes her baby girl isn’t like most children and the mother-child connection she hoped for isn’t there. Her husband Fox seems to think it’s all in her head I even thought for a moment maybe Blythe was tripping. But as the novel progresses you realize maybe Violet does have a little Chucky seed inside her and she knows when to play her role around others.

Blythe didn’t have the best mother and her mothers mom wasn’t any better. So, it’s easy to say Blythe was overreacting due to her traumatic childhood and then losing her son Sam only intensified the situation. I hated Fox for leaving her in such a terrible state not to mention he was cheating. Losing a child was hard on them both but the way he played the situation wasn’t cool. Even when Blythe was trying it wasn’t enough.

Overall, the book was top tier in my opinion but to each his own. The ending almost made me lose my shit