Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Five Survive by Holly Jackson

71 reviews

lexi98's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

✨ Book Review ✨

Five Survive by Holly Jackson

Format: Physical

Genre(s): Mystery/Thriller

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Quote: “The guilt a physical pain in your gut, twisting and twisting, like a hunger that never ended”

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Eight Hours

Six Friends

One Sniper

Stuck in an RV ••• Will they all Survive?!

This book takes you on a rollercoaster that you CANNOT get off! To me, the book starts off slow (like the start of a rollercoaster going uphill) and then, with every twist and turn and new surprise, it was a straight nose-dive to the end. Like the book stated, EXACTLY Five Survive. 

📚 Summary 

This book is set over a course of 8 hours (10 p.m. to 6 a.m.) with six friends traveling from Philadelphia to Gulf Shores for Spring Break. In between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m., the RV comes to a halt when they had a flat tire. The friends changed the tire, got back in the RV, then CRACK! After crack after crack, all four tire were blown out. And CRACK! A sniper shooting out the gas tank and now, they are stuck. 

They all hear a faint “Hello” and find a walkie talkie. “What if I said you were the right people, in the right place at exactly the right time…” This was not a random attack - it was planned. Someone in the RV knows something that the sniper wants - a secret. “You know who you are and you know what it is.” But what good is a secret if it’s told? 

With tensions rising, the stakes are high … the sniper is getting impatient and so is everyone in the RV. They all will have choices to make: reveal their secrets in hopes that it’s THE secret or start to turn on each other. How bad could it get inside the RV? 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Blood

mia_reads_books1119's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

There’s quite a bit of swearing

ajaje's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Cries

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Death, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Violence, Gun violence, Blood, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content

nenac0's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Grief, Murder, Cursing, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism

siennaflynn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gun violence, Violence, Death, Murder, Death of parent, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting

rylin_marie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Violence, Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Gaslighting, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Torture, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Cursing, Medical content, and Murder

savreads28's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Infidelity, Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Confinement, Grief, Medical content, and Violence

alyssareads17's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Grief, Blood, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Minor: Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, and Cursing

charlie222's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This left me in so much shock and the ending is so emotional. I gave this book 5 stars even though it has taken me so long to read it but I don't blame that on the book. I really liked the characters and all the different personalities, I also enjoyed how fast this book was and the setting.

I was in disbelief at the protagonist being an unreliable narrator, and it left me gagged that she has been lying to the reader! Also, I felt so bad for Maddy at the end of the book because she was so sweet. The letter at the end is also so sad, and the fact that Red's last words to the reader is her basically dying is so powerful. I really enjoyed the backstory about Red's mum and their relationship. I also loved the court case because it was quite interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death of parent, Murder, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Blood and Cursing

Minor: Alcohol

macie_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, and Violence