The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

Welcome to the discussion for The Push, by Ashley Audrain. Staci will be on hand to keep the talk rolling. Have fun!

I read this a few months ago, so I'll be watching with interest to see what others think. 😊

I have also read it last year. Waiting to see the discussion. I had a rather mixed feelings.

I just finished this book and loved it. I wonder if her husband had suspicions too or if he didn’t see any of that behavior from Violet. I also wonder how much was nature and how much was nurture. She was left alone to cry for hours as a baby and that must have had an impact.

Read the book earlier this year and I LOVED IT! Can't wait to see the discussions.

I read this at the beginning of the year and I still think about it. There’s some massive trigger warnings in it. I didn’t love it, and I definitely didn’t love the characters in it, but the story still has me thinking about it almost a year later!

This has been on my TBR for a while. I’m excited to read it.

I definitely did not like The Push and knew the ending would be exactly what it was.

I really liked this book. Some of it was hard to read because of the subject matter. It was definitely twisted. Not the usual thriller fare which I appreciated. 4 stars from me.

A book of two halves. Initially we hear about what it means to be a mother and the difficulties suffered by different generations within the same maternal line. A natural thing surely for women to experience the natural joys of motherhood. However when you are tired from sleepless nights and anxious about bonding with your baby, it can be trying.
In the second half of the book we begin to understand loss and the different ways this can be experienced. This book will have you counting your blessings and reaching for the tissues. A great first novel.

Blythe had challenges with Violet and we all know it’s wrong to show overt favoritism towards one child over the other, thinking of Sam. Fox wasn’t much help as a husband though, was he? Still, I enjoyed this book very much as a psychological thriller. I especially loved the ending phone call.