The Push

The only thing about this novel that thrilled me was returning it to the library.

I couldn't read this book in any less than 100-page sittings, it held my attention in a vice. It's been a while since I put a book down and counted down until I had time to pick it back up again. Disturbing plot, painful focus on where familial abuse/ legacies of trauma meet mental illness meet the rollercoaster of motherhood, wanted and not.

3.5 stars. This was a breeze to read, it dragged just a couple times for me. I don’t know that it added much to this type of story - unreliable narrator, is the kid evil or not, etc. But I did enjoy the emphasis on motherhood and the expectations of motherhood. The shame in expressing anything besides “it’s all worth it!”