Push vs Seeds of Yesterday: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Incest, Child Abuse, Domestic fiction, Fiction

Push Sapphire · 1996 ★★★★☆ 3.9 163 pages · ≈ 3 h 01 m · Moderate

Precious Jones, an illiterate sixteen-year-old, has up until now been invisible: invisible to the father who rapes her and the mother who batters her and to the authorities who dismiss her as just one more of Harlem's…

1 film adaptation

African American Girls Teenage mothers African Americans Bildungsromans

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Seeds of Yesterday V.C. Andrews · 1984 ★★★★☆ 4.1 382 pages · ≈ 7 h 04 m · Moderate

“And so it came to pass the summer when I was fifty-two and Chris was fifty-four that our mother's promise of riches, made long ago when I was twelve and Chris was fourteen, was at last realized.”

Seeds of Yesterday is a novel written by V. C. Andrews. It is the fourth book in the Dollanganger Series. The story continues from the point of view of the protagonist, Cathy, following her from the age of 52 until her…

General fiction Novel Dysfunctional families Family life

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Side by side

The verdict

Readers rate Seeds of Yesterday highest: Seeds of Yesterday 4.1 · Push 3.9.
Push is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 7 for Seeds of Yesterday.
Push has the widest readership — 60456 ratings behind its score.
Push runs the darker storyline; Seeds of Yesterday stays the lighter read.

How to choose

Want a one-evening read? Push ≈ 3h vs 7h for Seeds of Yesterday In the mood for something dark? Push a darker storyline than Seeds of Yesterday Want something lighter? Seeds of Yesterday an easier tone than Push

Scores by source

	Push	Seeds of Yesterday
Goodreads	3.9 (60456)	3.7 (82)
Hardcover	4.0 (57)	3.5 (45)
Google Books	4.5 (67)	5.0 (3)
Apple Books	4.5 (216)	4.5 (196)

Reception

	Push	Seeds of Yesterday
Ratings	60456	196
Editions	19	44
Film adaptations	1	1
Want to read	42634	—
Reading it now	1339	—
Written reviews	7301	—
Wikipedia attention	13982	9086
Pages	163	382

Questions readers ask

Which is rated higher: Push or Seeds of Yesterday?

Seeds of Yesterday has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Seeds of Yesterday 4.1/5, Push 3.9/5).

Which is shorter to read: Push or Seeds of Yesterday?

Push is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Push (163 pages, ≈ 3 h 01 m); Seeds of Yesterday (382 pages, ≈ 7 h 04 m).

Which is harder to read: Push or Seeds of Yesterday?

Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Push: Moderate; Seeds of Yesterday: Moderate.

Have both books been made into films?

Push: 3 film adaptations; Seeds of Yesterday: no film adaptation on record.