Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Five Survive by Holly Jackson

124 reviews

sunniva174's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Murder, Grief, Blood, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Car accident and Alcoholism

Minor: Sexual harassment and Torture

theromanticace's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Confinement, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, Police brutality, Alcohol, Death, Classism, Stalking, and Murder

mollybooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Death, Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Violence

ccassidy98's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Gore, Murder, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, Blood, Kidnapping, and Gun violence

soytube's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Gun violence, and Murder

jordn's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

4.5

past me thought i was just going to read a fun, action-packed YA thriller... little did i know i was going to get my heart ripped out of my chest. seriously, the last 100 pages of this book were so gripping and emotional for me in a way i was not expecting.  

admittedly, the plot was a little slow to begin with and i found some moments overly descriptive but this was easily forgiven for how good it got in the second half. i also predicted a lot of the plot twists but i didn't mind bc this is a thriller more than a mystery & it definitely served its purpose of being thrilling. holly jackson is also so good at revealing things that i still get shocked even if the reveal is something i already guessed. the commentary on "red feelings" was also very touching and something i will probably think about for a very long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Gore

klaraax's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Gun violence, and Grief

lollyac01's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship

m1972c's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Death, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent and Grief

bookishmillennial's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

disclaimer: I don’t really give starred reviews because I don’t like leaving them. I enjoy most books for what they are, & I extract lessons from them all. Everyone’s reading experiences are subjective, so I hope my reviews provide enough information to let you know if a book is for you or not. Find me on Instagram: @bookish.millennial or tiktok: @bookishmillennial

I listened to the audiobook of this, and I don't know that I recommend that format. The narrator was okay, but some parts were a bit corny for me to hear. I think maybe I would have liked this better if I read the ebook. Regardless, I listened to this entire book at 2.5x speed in a few hours while I ran errands as my dog got his haircut hahaha. I had a great time looking concerned and nervous in public as I listened to this twisty & turny young adult thriller!

I did not predict the motivations of the person who was stalking this group of six kids in their RV, I didn't predict the backstory of Red's mom, and I did not predict the subplot of the romance! I don't want to ive anything away, but the only part that did feel predictable involved when the six teens almost got help/reprieve. That's all I'll say!

Overall, I was surprised, saddened, and will continue to read whatever Holly writes! I can't wait for the tv adaptation of AGGGTM (still my favorite books from her)!

cw: gun violence, death of a parent, murder, grief, extortion, child death

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Grief