Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Five Survive by Holly Jackson

17 reviews

bee__reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

This book is absolutely fantastic holly Jackson knows how to write characters and books that can tear your heart to pieces

the letter from Arthur at the end completely tore me to pieces I cried so much and it showed more of his character

this book had so many twists and turns that I never knew what direction it was going in

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Content Warnings

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

mozimmerm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.25

Wow, this book was quite the rollercoaster. Each character was compelling and different and had their own quirks and faults. I looooove the narration style so much. Highly recommend! 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Addiction, Car accident, and Child death

lucypoppleton6's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

CREEPY 
ANNOYING
CREEPY
SCARY
CREEPY
WIT’S END
CREEPY

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Medical content, Alcohol, Gun violence, Blood, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Kidnapping, Stalking, and Gaslighting

bookishgoob's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• 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: Confinement, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Gore, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Stalking, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Medical trauma, Violence, Alcoholism, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Classism, Murder, Blood, Torture, and Toxic friendship

laurenevlyn's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Holly Jackson has quickly risen on the list of my favorite authors with the agggtm and now this. I love the way everything that’s been building up comes together at the end, even though there’s so much. Other authors struggle with plot twists when’s there’s more than a few in a row, but I think it was done wonderfully here. Even though it’s a standalone, I find myself wanting more of Red and Arthur’s story. Also great job making the most insufferable character I’ve ever read (on purpose I know), and keeping his, and the other characters’ flaws consistent throughout. All in all a wonderful read, although it seemed a bit drawn out at times. Great first book of the year!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death of parent, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Confinement

Minor: Stalking, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Addiction, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical trauma

rellaviir's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I listened to this on audio and this was an intense ride. The ending is slightly predictable, but you are still second guessing everything the entire way. This was a solid standalone from Holly Jackson and I look forward to more from her in the future. 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, and Addiction

bookedandbusy's review

dark tense medium-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

This was an incredible thriller! It had me on the edge of my seat the entire time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death of parent, Addiction, Murder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Blood, Gore, Confinement, Alcoholism, and Alcohol