Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Five Survive by Holly Jackson

72 reviews

melindac's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I absolutely loved the ending. It was so satisfying seeing everything be revealed and the way everything ended up working out. I hated Oliver so much though and I was hoping he would die the whole time while reading this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Murder, Medical content, and Gun violence

Moderate: Violence and Toxic relationship

Minor: Blood and Toxic relationship

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

olliejp2004's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gun violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, Blood, Classism, and Gore

Moderate: Toxic relationship

itsheyfay's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol and Classism

Minor: Infidelity

bluvlvt'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Violence

yara_mcg44's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Gaslighting, Blood, Cursing, and Toxic relationship

pikkumarja's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Wow! Holly Jackson is truly one of the greatest ya writers! This one was amazing, the tension and the anxiety when reading were very real.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Violence, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism

k_a_t_y's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Gun violence

Minor: Toxic relationship and Blood

xvicesx's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

Solid performance by Holly Jackson, but not up to the level of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. 

I think the pacing of the second part of the book was much better than the beginning. This took a very long time to clear its throat, metaphorically speaking, and I was quite bored with everything by the time things really started to get spicy. 

That said, the mystery was very well done, and the ambiguous ending was quite good to my mind. 

For those worried about Red's apparent rambling thoughts, I'd likely say she's got ADHD. It sounds like it, with the fixations and the lack of object permanence. Just go in with an open mind and a bit of kindness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Blood, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Grief and Blood

Minor: Infidelity and Alcohol