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kiryomi'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
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Blood
Moderate: Mental illness and Gun violence
agggt_reading's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Murder
alexmall029's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence, Blood, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail
alexiconic's review against another edition
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Blood, Gun violence, Bullying, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Murder
naisdayz's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Holly Jackson's books will do it for me every single time, I swear. It's been a while since I didn't want to put a book down because it was just so gripping.
Whenever I thought I knew what was happening, I was proven wrong every time.Catherine Lavoy being the one to murder Red’s mom was SICKENING.
Oh, and fuck Oliver. I cant say that enough.
I was confused on why they didn't try checking the Walkie Talkie for bugs earlier since that seemed like one of the most obvious places to me, but it might have been one of those things that seemed too obvious. As in, irl I probably wouldn’t have realized that, either.
I wish there would have been an epilogue, though. (Or maybe I’m just sad it’s over lol)
Those fucking curtains are probably going to follow me until the rest of my life. What’s up with them?
Whenever I thought I knew what was happening, I was proven wrong every time.
Oh, and fuck Oliver. I cant say that enough.
I was confused on why they didn't try checking the Walkie Talkie for bugs earlier since that seemed like one of the most obvious places to me, but it might have been one of those things that seemed too obvious. As in, irl I probably wouldn’t have realized that, either.
I wish there would have been an epilogue, though. (Or maybe I’m just sad it’s over lol)
Those fucking curtains are probably going to follow me until the rest of my life. What’s up with them?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, and Violence
titan_reads's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
3.75
A bit of a slow start, but it picks up about half way through. A little bit repetitive but it was intriguing and that kept me going. I found the characters all a bit unlikable and think that the author did a really great job writing frustrating characters.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence and Death of parent
tesorae's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Gun violence, and Death
bibliophilola97's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Gun violence
bea_g_i's review against another edition
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? It's complicated
1.75
I think the idea behind the book was really good and it was well constructed.
However, I found the narrative voice quite hard to stomach. I’m sure it was a creative choice but due to the characters past there wasn’t very many peaks and troughs in their emotion which meant it was always tense. This meant the severity of certain moments wasn’t as tense as it could be.
So I think the plot was good just some of the authors creative choices weren’t for me.
However, I found the narrative voice quite hard to stomach. I’m sure it was a creative choice but due to the characters past there wasn’t very many peaks and troughs in their emotion which meant it was always tense. This meant the severity of certain moments wasn’t as tense as it could be.
So I think the plot was good just some of the authors creative choices weren’t for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Gun violence
Moderate: Stalking