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Five Survive by Holly Jackson

28 reviews

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

thursday_iris'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing

anjh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

oh my god. wow. how do i put all my thoughts about this book into one review. the amount of times i was holding my breath or about to beat up oliver (fuck oliver) through the page or getting literal shivers down my spine. this thriller was THRILLING let me tell you, holly jackson has some way of keeping you guessing and keeping you on the edge of your seat wondering “then who is it?? what?? how??” and suddenly a few pages down the track everything makes sense and slots into place and you beat yourself up for not realising sooner how holly tricked you and played with your mind through her writing, to make you believe and empathise with characters that were actually plotting violence and silently hating characters that were completely innocent. there were a few points in this book - particularly towards the start - where i almost felt like the writing style was similar to that of a poorly written wattpad fanfiction just because of the way holly has chosen to repeat seemingly useless details over and over and over again and i was thinking “why on earth is this relevant??” but thinking about it in more detail and reading online analyses of this book it makes sense that red is so detail focused and obsessive likely as a result of trauma. 

i love red so much and can relate to her a lot and i hate oliver. i really hate oliver. fuck oliver. oliver sucks. the light blue tabs are “fuck oliver” tabs. oh and the letter at the end oh my god holly jackson will be paying for my therapy after this. ***PLS CHECK THE CONTENT WARNINGS IF UR THINKING OF READING!!***

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Medical content, Murder, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Alcoholism

Minor: Cancer and Confinement

funshine3's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

It was a quick and easy read. I didn't see the twist coming at the end

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Blood, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Violence, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gore, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

bookswithlauren's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

1.0

I was so disappointed after reading Five Survive because the premise has so much potential; and I love the Good Girls Guide to Murder series. However, this book fell completely short for me for many reasons.

Firstly, none of the characters actually seemed to get along with each other which made me wonder why they were taking a trip together.

Secondly, the plot and plot twists just became more ridiculous as the book went on. Personally, each twist and turn seemed to be going for the shock factor more than anything else, no matter how much it actually made sense within the story.

Thirdly, the character of Oliver. He completely changed from this ambitious, slightly bossy, older brother, there to supervise the group to this horrible, violent and manipulative person. The personality change just did not make any sense to me at all. I understand that the entire situation the characters find themselves would generate panic and stress but this just seemed completely unnecessary. 

Now this might not bother some people but it really bothered me. Fourthly, throughout the entire book, the shooter/gun is referred to as a sniper by multiple characters. Then, all of a sudden, the shooter/gun is being referred to as a rifle. I understand you can get sniper rifles but this term was never used.

I might be too old for this kind of YA book now but I just did not enjoy it at all. It was over-dramatic, unrealistic even for a YA thriller book and there was no real character development to allow that connection to form between the reader and the characters.

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Content Warnings

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

bones_jackson'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Esse livro foi feito especificamente pra um público alvo, então se o leitor for fora do público alvo, não vai achar tão interessante. Dito isso, como eu faço parte do público alvo, eu nem senti o tempo passar, muito bom

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Medical content, Infidelity, Grief, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

siennaflynn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting

rylin_marie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Violence, Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Gaslighting, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Torture, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Cursing, Medical content, and Murder

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