![]() ![]() This is one of those books that I can’t say that I liked or enjoyed because the subject is not one that I consider enjoyable. “Horrified” is the best word that comes to my mind when I try to describe how I felt as I read this. The topics of rape, incest, physical and verbal abuse, illiteracy, and poverty are all brought to the forefront to show the readers exactly what Precious (and the countless people in real life who live like Precious) go through and how tough it is to come out of circumstances like that. ![]() In graphic detail the reader learns about the horrors of Precious’ life. ![]() Remembering how much the movie made me cringe with disgust I braced myself and decided to dive into this book. ![]() I saw the movie Precious, which was based on this book, when it first came out several years ago, but I finally had the opportunity to read the novel when I stumbled across it in my local library. This was a tough read, for more reasons than the subject matter. Push– a word that is used several times in this book and is the term used to encourage the main character, Precious, to continue her efforts in making a better life for herself. In the meantime here’s my review of the book Push by Sapphire. I surprised myself with a trip to the library and picked up a few books and got distracted from the books I started reading a while back. Work, work, work as usual, but I have been reading. ![]()
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