Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Five Survive by Holly Jackson

70 reviews

kfquarium's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Confinement, and Classism

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

aklovekorn's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Murder, Blood, Violence, and Toxic friendship

icedlemonade's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Gun violence, Abandonment, Murder, Body horror, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

inkysplodge's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, Blood, Cursing, Gore, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gaslighting, Alcohol, Infidelity, and Classism

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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Blood, Gun violence, Bullying, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Murder

lucy_jan_smith'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Murder, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Cursing

ellvee3838's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

It was a very fast paced book. I started it and was questioning whether I was going to like it but I quickly found out that I was. I finished it in one day it was so good I couldn’t stop reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Police brutality