A review by chloek608
Five Survive by Holly Jackson

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

4.0

 I recommend this book if you like: 
-YA thriller 
-YA mystery 
-good audio listen 

I highly anticipated the release of this book as I have loved all of Holly Jackson’s books so far. I actually listened to this book via BorrowBox which suited me best for this type of book. I would say this storyline is the darkest and scariest yet of hers and at times I was nearly afraid to listen on! But I was too curious to stop. 

I think the book could definitely been made shorter but there were important clues dropped throughout and the ending was super clever how the author tied all the connections together. 

There are six friends heading on spring break and they get lost in the RV. RV gets the tyres shot out and fuel tank shot. It is a planned attack. Someone in the RV is in on it. 

Red was comforted by Arthur and I was shocked to discover he was the traitor. He had been infiltrating Red’s life for months to try and learn about the shooting she had been eye witness to involving Arthur’s father. It turns out Red was being paid to say she witnessed a murder by Oliver and Maddie’s mother, who was high up in the police. Secrets unravelled, Oliver’s mum was responsible for killing Red’s mum who was later shot by Arthur. Oliver was shot but no-one liked his character anyway. It left on a slight question mark on whether Red will meet up with Arthur on the date he told her in a written letter. I think she will as there were true feelings between them both even after the betrayal.
 

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