Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Five Survive: Locked-Room-Thriller - eingesperrt in einem Campingbus - unglaublich packend by Holly Jackson

60 reviews

danielle_farris's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book is amazing! I started it because I have read all of AGGGTM. The author did not disappoint. The book starts out kind of slow, laying out all the background information. However it picks up with different plot twists all the way to the end. The last few pages were very creative in the way they present more of the story. I definitely would have never made the connections the way the author did at the end. I was so engrossed while reading this book that I cried like twice! This book is a 10/10 highly recommend it. I will probably reread this book in the next few years.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Medical trauma, and Gun violence

Moderate: Gaslighting, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Minor: Drug abuse

specialinterestbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mental illness, Gun violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Blood, Gaslighting, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

agxxo'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Confinement, and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

nenac0's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Grief, Murder, Cursing, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism

leah08855's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Blood, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Gun violence, Death of parent, Death, Murder, and Violence

savreads28's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Body horror, Infidelity, Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Confinement, Grief, Medical content, and Violence

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

charlie222's review against another edition

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.

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

kupids's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

 

“..she took apart the walkie-talkie. Piece by piece, wire by wire, but she never did find her mom’s voice hiding inside.”

the plot of this book was severely underwhelming - the 'plot twist' reveals felt cartoonish and convoluted, springing out of no where with pretty much no way for the reader to discern what really happened without it being spelled out to them. certain characters felt infuriating and completely senseless, making decisions that wouldn't even have a chance of working when faced with a traumatizing situation like the one they're in, it was easy to tell that these subplots were just created for the 'wow factor'. unfortunately, those moments really pulled me out of the story and made it so so hard for me to actually care about any of the characters or what was going on.


despite that, i did enjoy holly jacksons writing. it was fast-paced and definitely tense at times, the descriptions of grief were beautiful and not what i expected out of this book. these discussions were genuinely heart-wrenching and i found myself near to tears at the end of the book (those who know.. know) so thats increased the rating dramatically. i loved the idea of this book but the cartoonish actions of the threat and the unexplained stupidity of the mc's threw me off way too much, because of this i can't give this book higher than a 2.5.

edit; 97% of the reveals were also extremely predictable, i guessed the main-ish one in the first couple chapters.. woops.
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Gun violence

devowynn's review against another edition

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? No

3.5

certified white woman moment

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Violence, Alcohol, and Confinement