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Summary: I FOUND PUSH FULL OF SPIRIT AND AWAKENING
Review: PUSH, REPRESENTED WHAT OUTSIDE INFLUENCE HAS ON OUR YOUTH. I WAS ABLE TO VIEW THE SIDE OF PAIN THAT
I HAVE NEVER IMAGINED BEFORE.
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Summary: Haunting and beautiful
Review: When you first start reading this book you are hooked. It's sad, beautiful, and it will make you angry all at the same time. You'll fall in love with this girl and the author. Thank you Sapphire.
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Summary: Unflinching, Gritty Portrayal
Review: This is a unique book, dealing with subjects not usually dealt with---incest, abuse, living life on the last rung of the ladder. It is told in a spare, direct prose style for the most part, with some poetry towards the end of the book. PUSH tells, in the first person, the story of a black girl named Cleerice Precious Jones. Precious is one of those people, who never had a real chance in life. She is dealing with .... The name of the book comes from her having to push..., as well as having to push to ever succeed in getting out of the cesspool of her dysfunctional family life. Precious falls through the cracks of the system that is suppose to save children like her. Part of the problem seems to be that she is so traumized by what has and is happening to her, she finds it impossible to communicate her pain and her need for help. The other part of the picture seems to be a lack of understanding and trust between the ...." Precious is virtually .... She apparently has some kind of ...since she is to .... However,Precious is very interested in wanting to learn how to read, and in getting an education. She wants a better life for herself. This is not a book for the easily disturbed or faint of heart. This is a raw, honest, hard-hitting book.
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Summary: The Most Depressing Book I Have Ever Read
Review: PUSH was on of the most depressing pieces of trash I have ever read. The character whose name happens to be Precious, was never redeemed. Although in life, things are not all happy and gay, this character had NOTHING good happen to her. The end of the tale made it even more depressing! Sapphire could have put at least one good thing in the novel. I would not recommend this book to my enemies.
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Summary: I have never Cried so hard!!
Review: I picked up this book as I was going under a hair dryer and 4 hours later I put it down. Finished!! It is a very small book that has a hugh story. The girl in the book had such a hard life that all you can do is pray for her and rejoice that she still strives to make a better life for herself. It will make you feel as if there is no reason for you not to succeed. I just wonder if it is a true story? I hope the author will continue writting such moving art.
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Summary: I think that Push was an alrighty book.
Review: I thought this book was straight. At first it was hard to read because it was written the way that she spoke. I thought it was sad and a real emotional story. It seems like a true story. I think there should be a part 2. I think that the law should have done more to Precious's mom, than just take away her checks. This book was not realistic, but it was good.
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Summary: Lurid, manipulative, stereotypical trash
Review: Every hot-button dysfunction is thrown into this miasma of garbage. This vile book is nothing more than The Color Purple, updated and dumbed down so that any moron can read it. Haven't we seen enough from the "'buked-and-scorned" genre? An utter waste of paper and ink.
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Summary: A vey powerful and thought provoking book
Review: This book was recently discussed by my book club and it was one of the best discussions we've had in along time. The book was very thought provoking, it showed of yet another person's reality in life.
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Summary: What an awful book
Review: This lousy book reinforces too many stereotypes about African-Americans to be considered a "good" book. The character of Clareece Jones is ridiculously ill-conceived and implausible. By burdening "Precious" with a trauma hot-line shopping list of problems, Saphire mocks these serious issues. Such gratuitous use of the AIDS virus is unforgivable. Either save your money or buy the Magnetic Poetry Kit instead.
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Summary: A THINKER!!!
Review: This is a wonderful book!! When I started reading it, I couldn't put it down. I actually sat up until 3am to finish it. I highly recommend it to be read by African-Americans.
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