Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Five Survive by Holly Jackson

54 reviews

melamoo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Murder, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Cursing

corikane's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-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

2.5

kind of predictable, had to suspend my disbelief a lot, not nearly as good as her book series - still a compelling read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Blood, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship

vyxbui's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

if a book is able to make me shocked by the plot twist and then proceed to make me SOB for the last 20 pages straight, it deserves a 5-star rating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Death, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gun violence, Violence, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, and Medical trauma

hematthews's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Medical content

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Police brutality

serendipity421's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic friendship, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Blood, Violence, Confinement, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Alcohol

mollymoo1234's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

I just finished this book and I’m convinced holly jackson has a power to just make us stare at a wall for like 20 minutes after finishing books because I did the same when I finished as good as dead , but omg it was so addictive and is definitely worth a read . Enjoy x 
⚠️spoiler ⚠️* If Oliver hadn’t died I would have killed him myself I HATED him ⚠️spoiler ⚠️

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Content Warnings

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

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

     I really enjoyed this book! It was twisty and dark. It also kept you guessing. I saw a few things coming, like one of the twists but not the others. 
     I knew what Oliver's secret was because of Oliver. He was just evil, soulless, and totally unlikable.       The rest of the characters were fairly likable. Though Simon was iffy on the likable scale. 
     

I'm so relieved that Oliver was the one to die! He's the one who I hoped would be the only one not to survive because he was an evil jackass, and clearly a sociopath like his mother.

 
    I cried at the end but still liked the ending. It was a very emotional book with lots of grief and guilt. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Car accident, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Death, Classism, Cursing, Gun violence, Confinement, Violence, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Medical content and Infidelity

Minor: Gaslighting and Alcoholism

radioactive_ray's review against another edition

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Toxic friendship

megwilli's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

4.25

I would have rated this higher if Oliver wasn’t single-handedly the worse character ever to be written in literature. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Gore

Moderate: Death of parent and Blood

kaela_arcuri's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Violence, Murder, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Death, and Blood