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Five Survive by Holly Jackson

18 reviews

librarymouse's review against another edition

5.0

I came into this book understanding it to be a thriller. I finished it in tears. This book is a thriller with the most tender human aspects, and shows the sheer variety of reactions people can have to life threatening situations.
Red and her lack of trust in her own memory makes for very interesting narration.

Holly Jackson has a wonderfully immersion way of telling a story. I didn't want to put the book down.

I hated Oliver and I'm glad he's dead. He's so well written. If someone I love was dating someone like him, I'd do everything in my power to remove them from that situation, up to and including doing physical harm to him. The whole family deserved to be knocked down a peg, possibly with the exception of Maddie. I'm glad she's the only one of them to survive. The first read through, I thought the cop shot him, not Arthur's brother. The w iting does a great job capturing the confusion of the situation. Red running at the cop to keep another version of herself being made makes for fantastic full circle character development.

Red's healing moment as she's on the brink of death ending with "...but mom stayed with her, right here in her hand. At the end of all things, mom stayed and so did the stars." had tears rolling down my cheeks.

Having the woman who stood in to be a mom to Red be the person who killed her mom is somewhat expected, but the twist was very well done in this book.

Overall, this is a fantastic book with terrifyingly round characters, fun tropes, and fun twists on tropes.

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janneke2302's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I love this book. I don't really have any words for it right now, so I might come back at a later time to add more, but all I can say is that I love this book. I loved Red and Maddy and Arthur and Simon and Reyna. I loved that I could predict somethings, while others were complete shocks to me. I hate the ending, but at the same time I love it and I think it's perfect for this book and the only way it could've ended. I love the way Holly Jackson manages to make me excited and thrilled and wildly spinning theories throughout most of her books and still always manages to leave me an emotional mess afterwards. This book has definitely proven that I don't just love the A good girls guide to murder series, I just love all of Holly Jackson's writing. I'm already impatiently waiting for and hoping on another book by her

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haleybre's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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mozimmerm's review against another edition

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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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