Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Five Survive by Holly Jackson

11 reviews

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

     I really enjoyed this book! It was twisty and dark. It also kept you guessing. I saw a few things coming, like one of the twists but not the others. 
     I knew what Oliver's secret was because of Oliver. He was just evil, soulless, and totally unlikable.       The rest of the characters were fairly likable. Though Simon was iffy on the likable scale. 
     

Spoiler

I'm so relieved that Oliver was the one to die! He's the one who I hoped would be the only one not to survive because he was an evil jackass, and clearly a sociopath like his mother.

 
    I cried at the end but still liked the ending. It was a very emotional book with lots of grief and guilt. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Car accident, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Death, Classism, Cursing, Gun violence, Confinement, Violence, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Medical content and Infidelity

Minor: Gaslighting and Alcoholism

huremovickaaa's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gore, Murder, and Blood

neaaen's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Very tense, the plot line changed many times unexpectedly! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol and Alcoholism

librarymouse's review

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.

Spoiler

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Car accident, Gore, Grief, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

janneke2302's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Gun violence, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Death of parent, Blood, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

haleybre's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Car accident, Death, and Grief

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

ashmak06's review

adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Hate crime

hannah_mariee's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

mgcalder's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Good twists and the plot was very engaging but the writing was a bit repetitive at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Blood, Gun violence, Murder, Death, and Death of parent