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Five Survive by Holly Jackson

78 reviews

alyssareads17's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Grief, Blood, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Minor: Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, and Cursing

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

wrappingpaper's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.5

My first Holly Jackson read! Truthfully, I found the first half of the book quite slow - it felt like not much was happening. And then, all at once, there was so many plot twists in the last 50 pages or so. 
I liked the characters (some of them anyway) and it’s a shame (spoiler) Red and Arthur didn’t get to be together. Or maybe they did - who knows? We don’t really find out. 
Either way, it was a pretty intense book - there was more death than I expected considering it’s a ya thriller. I didn’t mind tho. I liked the writing - not my favourite style ever, but I might read more of Holly’s books someday :) would recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Police brutality

Minor: Vomit

charlie222's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

This left me in so much shock and the ending is so emotional. I gave this book 5 stars even though it has taken me so long to read it but I don't blame that on the book. I really liked the characters and all the different personalities, I also enjoyed how fast this book was and the setting.

Spoiler

I was in disbelief at the protagonist being an unreliable narrator, and it left me gagged that she has been lying to the reader! Also, I felt so bad for Maddy at the end of the book because she was so sweet. The letter at the end is also so sad, and the fact that Red's last words to the reader is her basically dying is so powerful. I really enjoyed the backstory about Red's mum and their relationship. I also loved the court case because it was quite interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death of parent, Murder, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Blood and Cursing

Minor: Alcohol

laraveliants's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

“One sniper. One gun. One red dot. And one liar.”

Five Survive is a very fast paced mystery/thriller that spans for a few hours. Six friends trapped in the middle of nowhere with an active shooter hiding in the trees sounds like something I would enjoy reading about. Unfortunately, the first half dragged but the second half picked up and tensions skyrocketed. This is the part I enjoyed, the one where the characters start pointing fingers and there is absolute chaos. The plot twists shocked me and that ending left me wanting more!!!!

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Content Warnings

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

rubyduller's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood and Stalking

Minor: Alcohol and Addiction

effys's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This has 100% taken the top spot of books I've read this year and it'll be a hell of a challenge to beat. This book was so amazing and well written. The characters were incredibly well developed to the point I absolutely hated one of them! 
The further through the book I got the more on edge it put me desperately wanting to know what comes next and the ending absolutely destroyed me in the best way! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Gun violence, and Murder

aryaharikrishna's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Murder, Death of parent, and Violence

kawaii_rose's review

challenging 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I absolutely adored this book! The plot twists were incredibly unpredictable, and the diverse cast of characters was fantastic. A small sequel would be wonderful, as the cliffhanger left me wanting more.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Murder

Minor: Cursing

xapoptosisx's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

This book I have no words. The ending the twists, the main characters. Holly Jackson has done it again, leaving me staring at the wall after finishing her book, I'm in shock. Although i have never wanted to punch a character more Oliver Lavoy irritated the fuck out of me which I think was the intention. Red and Arthur had me screaming/pos. Anyway good book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol and Bullying

Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism