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Five Survive by Holly Jackson

223 reviews

wrappingpaper's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

My first Holly Jackson read! Truthfully, I found the first half of the book quite slow - it felt like not much was happening. And then, all at once, there was so many plot twists in the last 50 pages or so. 
I liked the characters (some of them anyway) and it’s a shame (spoiler) Red and Arthur didn’t get to be together. Or maybe they did - who knows? We don’t really find out. 
Either way, it was a pretty intense book - there was more death than I expected considering it’s a ya thriller. I didn’t mind tho. I liked the writing - not my favourite style ever, but I might read more of Holly’s books someday :) would recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

moonlitreading_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

“One sniper. One gun. One red dot. And one liar.”

Five Survive is a very fast paced mystery/thriller that spans for a few hours. Six friends trapped in the middle of nowhere with an active shooter hiding in the trees sounds like something I would enjoy reading about. Unfortunately, the first half dragged but the second half picked up and tensions skyrocketed. This is the part I enjoyed, the one where the characters start pointing fingers and there is absolute chaos. The plot twists shocked me and that ending left me wanting more!!!!

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Content Warnings

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

mollybooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

lollyac01's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Gun violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

devowynn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

certified white woman moment

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement, Violence, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

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

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

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

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

Moderate: Blood, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

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

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Alcohol

izzymc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Fantastic book, would recommend to anyone in to "A Good Girls Guide to Murder"/ Holly jackson, or dark, tense, murderous books you will love this 

the plot twist in this book are big and I wish Arthur and Red got a better relationship, but I am happy Oliver and Catherine died with all the harm they brought to people.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail