Reviews with content warning for Confinement - Five Survive

Considering the premise of the book I thought it would be much faster paced than it was. 6 teenagers rent an RV to go to spring break in California. They take a wrong turning and blow a tyre, only to find after replacing it that all their other tyres have blown too. Coincidence? Of course not! It turns out there's a sniper outside and at least one of them has a secret that is worth killing for.
The main character is Red. We spend a lot of time in her head which I personally found slowed the narrative down, as we deal with her inner turmoil as she battles with not only the guilt over the death of her mother years ago as well as the secret that she's been told to tell no-one.
But her friends lives hang in the balance, and it turns out she's not the only one with a deep dark secret. Would have been a 4 star read if we had had switched perspectives a little but other than that a solid read.

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challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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insidious_toxins's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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inkysplodge's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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4.0

When describing or reviewing this book I mostly think “nice”. Five Survive was a very nice book. The suspense was great, the character conflicts were nice, the twists were good, the build-up was cool, the representation of grief and adhd-like experiences of red was good. It wasn’t perfect - sometimes the repetition (although clearly purposeful) was too much for me, some of the character relations could’ve been more fleshed out, sometimes the pacing was a bit inconsistent - but it was a good, enjoyable, nice thriller.

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luuleggelibri's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Attendevo con trepidazione questo libro.
Dopo aver letto la trilogia di "Come ucc1dono le brave ragazze" (A good girl's guide to murd3r), al cui terzo libro ho dato 5⭐, non potevo non leggere anche questo.

L'inizio è molto promettente; la trama è costruita in modo semplice ma efficace.
I personaggi sono normali e allo stesso tempo vaghi, sfumati, dai pensieri e dal passato non così chiaro.
Al punto giusto troviamo una situazione di pericolo imminente tale che mi ha fatto provare un'inquietudine profonda, al punto che per un paio di notti non ho dormito poi così tanto bene 😅 può essere che sia perché non sono abituata a questo genere narrativo.

È scritto in modo molto scorrevole, cosa che mi ha invogliato ad andare avanti con la lettura (almeno all'inizio).

É uno standalone.
I personaggi escogitano e poi scelgono diversi piani d'azione per tirarsi fuori da questa situazione. Tuttavia mi aspettavo più colpi di scena, più sorprese.

È stato un buon tentativo di scrivere qualcosa dopo "A good girl's guide to murd3r", ma mancavano novità, elementi non facilmente predicibili, che avrebbero reso la mia esperienza di lettura più coinvolgente.

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