15.9k reviews for:

The Push

Ashley Audrain

4.01 AVERAGE

ricklie's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

seelivread's review against another edition

5.0

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Y’all wonder why I never want to have children…
On that note, this was beautifully written and heartbreaking. I hope Blythe finally gets the peace and closure she needs. rip to Sam. Fox needs to OPEN HIS FUCKING EYES and put that girl in an institution.

evuks16's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

superscarymary's review against another edition

4.0

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(3.9) Enjoyed the build up. The ending left me screaming because I needed more. Unnerving, slow paced, and disturbing. I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

rachelnakagawa's review against another edition

4.0

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4.5

jordanc118's review against another edition

2.75

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hailsreadz's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse

lollywall's review against another edition

4.5

challenging sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

klamotte's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hil_arias's review against another edition

5.0

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Update: updating my review to 5 stars. I was explaining it to my friend recently and talking about how the entire way the book was written really keeps you guessing and questioning what you know. The fact that I’m still thinking about it a month later tells me that it’s worth a better review.


I’m not sure what I just read. Was it a thriller…or the memoir of a very mentally ill woman. I read it because I saw it highly recommended by various TikTok users. It honestly just made me sad and had me questioning reality. I’m torn with how to rate it, it wasn’t bad but it also wasn’t good? Perhaps I’ll stew on it over the weekend before keeping this rating as my final answer.