Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Five Survive by Holly Jackson

428 reviews

the_llewbrary's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

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

ghostsversion's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Holy shit this book was good. Like whew Holly ya really cooked with this one. I mean from the constant fixation on random stuff to the foreshadowing of stuff from the very beginning, this really was a good thriller mystery. Also the way

I so wanted Oliver to die but in my head being like “nah he’s too nasty to not live” and then him actually dying? ✨Perfect✨

By the way, Red really had me scared for a moment there. Although her talking again with her mom was sweet and all, it was also devastating. Luckily she pushed through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Blood, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Cursing

Moderate: Vomit and Toxic relationship

annamwallace66's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gaslighting, Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

jessboyd05's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Infidelity

echo_chamber's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism and Infidelity

flylillies's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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 book destroyed me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

cheekylaydee's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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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Content Warnings

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

dogearedbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

The ending is very similar to a Good Girls Guide tk Murder. Like the parent of the best friend.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Infidelity

cecilie_allison's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death of parent, Gun violence, Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Addiction, and Gaslighting

Minor: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Infidelity

myappleconpizza's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.75

It was so unbearably slow  😒.  I almost gave up becase it seemed as if nothing was progressing a quarter into it. After

it's revealed that the signal is coming from someone inside the RV, it speeds up tho.

Red was an annoying character, and so was Maddy. However, i did come to appreciate their quirks once conflict arose. Maddy is still not redeemed from

siding with her brother, who obviously had problems, over Red.

Compared to AGGGTM tho, the book is lacking. 🫡 a nice read by the end but not re-readble ❤️‍🩹

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Mental illness, Death of parent, and Vomit