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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Didn't most of us want to be in a band in high school? To be popular and have fans and a following and everyone talking about you! Vienna has had a rough growing up, she can never do anything right according to her mother and pretty much has raised herself so when they move once again and she gets into it with another girl on her first day, she knows things haven't changed for her. Little does she know this event will change her life forever in meeting her eventually best friend Madison. The two bond over their love of older music and decide to form a band. As fame happens overnight for them, they realize that maybe they can and will make it in the music industry after all. Taking advice of others, they add a few more members to the band and Bittersweet is born and success is on the way, it is all they could have ever dreamed off, but when a bad accident in the middle of a snow storm happens, Bittersweet is just that.... bittersweet due to a horrible tragedy, but was it? As the police start questioning Vienna and digging into what happened, and the time frame things seem as blurry as the blizzard was. What really happened that day and why would someone risk everything they worked to achieve? This was a fun, twisted read and I enjoyed all the different parts as well as the interrogation parts that were included through out. Thank you to the author and NetGalley for the complementary ebook and to Thriller Book Lovers Promotions for the tour invite. This review is of my own opinion and accord.
Only One Survives is a prime example of a book that completely throws you for a loop when you realize everything you thought you knew was so wrong, and I’m here for it! Vienna is quite a character with so many complicated facets and I really enjoyed getting to know the real her. This is one I’m going to be thinking about for a while after reading it.
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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🖤Unreliable Narrator
🖤Fame/ Music
🖤Atmospheric Scenes
🖤LOTS OF TWISTS BABY
Whatttttt. Guys, I was addicted to this book. I COULD NOT STOP READING. It starts with an atmospheric winter scene. 6 ladies in a rock band are driving in the storm to get to an event and they get in a tragic accident. We know two are alive, two are dead and someone is missing. Told in before the accident , day of accident and after accident, we are about to go on a roller coaster journey of rock n roll and one heck of a mystery. The story mainly focuses on the friendship of Vienna and Madison who are best friends and originally started a band.
Once part two started my head was spinning. My jaw was to the floor. This was my first Hannah Mary McKinnon book and it most certainly won’t be my last! Definitely an auto buy author for me now!
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Hannah Mary McKinnon is DIABOLICAL. This unhinged story of an all girl rock band and the tragedies that strike is killer, pun intended! Hannah can turn a character on a dime and leave you reeling in the wake of their wrath, and you will never see it coming. I finished this book and had to do some souls searching because… I almost wanted the villain to get away with it? This would not be the first time that Hannah has made me feel this way about a villain and I know it won’t be the last. I wish I had longer with these characters but I could not stop reading once I got started, I finished it in about 24 hours time! I am still shocked and in a state of dismay… I know this one will stick with me for a long time to come.
Only One survives was a fun read!
The book follows two different timelines: backstory of Vienna and Madison meeting and forming a band with 3 other women; then flashing to the night of their bus accident and their night spent in a cabin during a snow storm.
I enjoyed the book! It was a quick, fun read. Some parts of it felt a little YA. Some of the twists were predictable and could see coming miles away but it didn’t necessarily take away from the journey getting there.
I received an ARC from NetGalley and MIRA in exchange for my honest review!
The book follows two different timelines: backstory of Vienna and Madison meeting and forming a band with 3 other women; then flashing to the night of their bus accident and their night spent in a cabin during a snow storm.
I enjoyed the book! It was a quick, fun read. Some parts of it felt a little YA. Some of the twists were predictable and could see coming miles away but it didn’t necessarily take away from the journey getting there.
I received an ARC from NetGalley and MIRA in exchange for my honest review!
adventurous
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was such a captivating story. I’m someone who loves rockstar memoirs and thrillers, so combining the two was book heaven for me. The characters were absolutely atrocious (which was fantastic, we were suppose to dislike them), the writing was very well done, and the half way twist was seamless.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
When it comes to “Only One Survives,” I must say I am very torn about my opinion. Part of me loved the book for its entertainment value, it was just a fun book to read! I liked the concept, although I will say comparing it to Daisy Jones and the Six isn’t the best comparison. This book is much much more dark than Daisy Jones. I would almost put this in a Riley Sager category or similar to the book “How to Kill a Guy in 10 Ways” by Eve Kellman. I did feel like at times McKinnon gave out too many clues or made things easy to figure out, which made the ending fall a bit flat. Please let us be trapped in the cabin with Bittersweet until the LAST SECOND when you flip the script! Overall I think this is a fascinating read if you’re a fan of the impact of social media on people’s lives and you appreciate dark thrillers. Thank you to NetGalley and MIRA for letting me read an ARC!