16k reviews for:

The Push

Ashley Audrain

4.01 AVERAGE

wrongpaige's review against another edition

4.25

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hannahmdiaz's review

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

jenmooremo's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

dbgirl's review against another edition

3.75

tense 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

sethwaylin's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

tigerlipgloss's review against another edition

3.75

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Slow and unsatisfying, but captivating

brooker35's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional sad medium-paced

coopermaehawk's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

emhammerstrom's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional 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

megshomelibrary's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was a surprising one. I’m reading it for my February book club and I flew thru it. I think Psychological Thrillers are climbing in ranks of favorite genre recently. The main character Blythe has essentially distrusted her daughter since the day she was born and felt nothing for her. But then Blythe has a son and absolutely adores him. When bad things happen around her, is she right to think her daughter is causing them? Or is it all in her head and she’s blaming her child daughter for things unfairly because of her dislike of the girl and her past with her own mother? 

Slightly predictable but still chilling ending.