Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Five Survive by Holly Jackson

50 reviews

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

marippe's review against another edition

4.25

"That's for the six of you to figure out. And remember one thing:
You can't see me but I can see you. If you try to run, I will shoot."

Y'know this did go crazy. Maybe a lil too crazy at the end.
This book does all happen in one location, which can be difficult to pull off, but I think it did it well.

I still don't get why Red acts the way she does. Several times she's randomly like "No one LOVES ME" like girl I get it but lets take a moment.

Oliver was so overbearing tho he nearly caught these hands.

If the book went a bit deeper with the connections between the characters I defo woulda liked it even more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Gun violence, and Death

ella7211's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Death of parent, Confinement, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Violence, Car accident, Gore, Grief, and Kidnapping

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

dielilla'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Gun violence, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Police brutality

Minor: Classism

itstruly_flower's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Gun violence

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, and Medical content

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

ajaje's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

5.0

Cries

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Death, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Violence, Gun violence, Blood, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content