Book Review: Push by Sapphire

I bought this book because I wanted to know what all the talk was about. I was also inclined to read this book because of that new movie that's coming out called "Precious" starring Mo'Nique and Mariah Carey. So, off I went and purchased the book I couldn't wait to get my hands on.

Where do I start? First, I want to say the book is HORRIBLE!!! The book is very graphic! I'm talking about abuse horrible and abuse graphic. Things that were said in that book I wouldn't wish on anyone!! The book actually left me with a disturbed spirit after I finished it. Some details....I still can't get out of my mind and bothers me just thinking about it! Let me get back to what the book is about. The book is about a girl named Clariece Precious Jones who is abused from the time she's 3 years old!! Both her mother and father abuse her sexually and emotionally. Her father rapes her constantly from the time she was 7. Precious ends up getting pregnant twice by her own damn father! What pissed me off about that is.....where were the mandated reporters at?! No one dared mention this information to BCW or CPS bureaus? No one considered calling the police to state concerns on a child of 12 years of age having a child by their own Daddy?!! Precious' Mom was also an abuser who used to feel her up and made her do nasty things! Precious was born to be a sex slave if you ask me! Precious' first child had Down Syndrome and was placed with Precious' grandmother. Precious' second child was a healthy baby boy she chose to raise on her own. Precious was also an illiterate who didn't even know how to read or write! She was 16 and still in junior high school! That is until someone decided to step in and offer services. That's when a bit of hope comes into the book but then it takes us right back to being depressed when Precious finds out she's HIV positive thanks to her Dad. The book pretty much ends there. We never find out what happens to her Mom....if she was arrested, sent to jail, NOTHING! We end up not knowing what happens to Precious! Does she move forward? Does she get a job? How does she cope with living with the HIV virus? We are left to guess?! And I hate guessing games! I'm going to assume the author wanted me to feel these emotions but I didn't like what I felt. For me to say I didn't like the book was an understatement. I'm just hoping the movie is better than the book. For those of you who missed the trailer called "Precious" here it is below:



BTW, to all of those who didn't read the book just yet, Ms. Rain is supposed to be a black woman with dreadlocks not the character that plays the teacher in the movie (who is Paula Patton). I get real upset when people don't follow the guidelines or the story for what it is! "Precious" will be out in theatres on November 6th.