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Five Survive by Holly Jackson

5 reviews

icedlemonade's review against another edition

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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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luuleggelibri's review against another edition

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

2.75

Attendevo con trepidazione questo libro.
Dopo aver letto la trilogia di "Come ucc1dono le brave ragazze" (A good girl's guide to murd3r), al cui terzo libro ho dato 5⭐, non potevo non leggere anche questo.

L'inizio è molto promettente; la trama è costruita in modo semplice ma efficace.
I personaggi sono normali e allo stesso tempo vaghi, sfumati, dai pensieri e dal passato non così chiaro.
Al punto giusto troviamo una situazione di pericolo imminente tale che mi ha fatto provare un'inquietudine profonda, al punto che per un paio di notti non ho dormito poi così tanto bene 😅 può essere che sia perché non sono abituata a questo genere narrativo.

È scritto in modo molto scorrevole, cosa che mi ha invogliato ad andare avanti con la lettura (almeno all'inizio). 

É uno standalone. 
I personaggi escogitano e poi scelgono diversi piani d'azione per tirarsi fuori da questa situazione. Tuttavia mi aspettavo più colpi di scena, più sorprese.

È stato un buon tentativo di scrivere qualcosa dopo "A good girl's guide to murd3r", ma mancavano novità, elementi non facilmente predicibili, che avrebbero reso la mia esperienza di lettura più coinvolgente.


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siennaflynn's review against another edition

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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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alyssareads17's review against another edition

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adventurous 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

5.0

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m4rtt4's review against another edition

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dark emotional 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? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

WHAT A PAGE-TURNER !!! (stayed up till 4am binge-reading this). So tense, this actually made me anxious and scared to go to sleep?? Who knows if there's someone out there hunting me with a sniper as well. I was so invested in this story, yet I must deduce one star because the plot and setting felt quite unrealistic.
there could've been so many other choices than mafia?? overall the setting was just.. something that could only ever happen in fiction (lol). AND DAMN DID I HATE OLIVER, I can't believe I still despise him the most even after learning about all that horrible stuff. He just made me so angry I actually would've hit him. Also I really hope Red says NO to Arthur's final request — the romance/crushing stuff was cute in the beginning but now with all the knowledge, Arthur is a fucking awful person as well AND DOESN'T DESERVE RED. The open ending was a nice solution, but why did it have to be told through a letter? I hate letters in books.
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