Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Five Survive by Holly Jackson

257 reviews

lizzieiles's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, and Gun violence

Moderate: Murder, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Minor: Confinement and Alcohol

riverlasol's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Death of parent, Violence, Murder, Blood, and Gun violence

sayhar13's review against another edition

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

rxchxel's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I’ve put off reading this book for a while but ended up finishing it in one day because I was so hooked! Plot twists galore and so many times my breath was held in anticipation! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Gun violence, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

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clemireads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder

lias_library22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Gun violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence

melindac's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I absolutely loved the ending. It was so satisfying seeing everything be revealed and the way everything ended up working out. I hated Oliver so much though and I was hoping he would die the whole time while reading this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Murder, Medical content, and Gun violence

Moderate: Violence and Toxic relationship

Minor: Blood and Toxic relationship

thewoodlandbookshelf's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Death of parent, Gun violence, Violence, and Confinement

jduns57's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, and Gun violence

bladebailey's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Six friends have borrowed an RV for a roadtrip when they find themselves stranded on a remote road with no cell service, shot-out tires, and a sniper threatening their lives unless one of them steps forward with a secret he wants. 

Five Survive comes together as an exciting thriller with sordid secrets and fracturing relationships, but it does drag its feet for the first 50% or so. I found myself bored and yearning for the constant bickering to stop so that the actual storyline could move forward but, once it did, Five Survive moves fast and has all of Jackson's trademark twists and last minute reveals. I still prefer the A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series but Five Survive stands solidly as a standalone thriller with summer slasher vibes, untrustworthy characters, and a narrator who feels unreliable at times. A buried romance subplot helps provide some levity. I definitely recommend Five Survive, my only two criticisms that it can feel painfully slow and I think we're meant to want everyone to survive the night but Jackson succeeds a little too well at making one particular character so repugnant that I was actively begging to see him take a bullet by the end of the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence