Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

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

86 reviews

cheekylaydee's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.75

Considering the premise of the book I thought it would be much faster paced than it was. 6 teenagers rent an RV to go to spring break in California. They take a wrong turning and blow a tyre, only to find after replacing it that all their other tyres have blown too. Coincidence? Of course not! It turns out there's a sniper outside and at least one of them has a secret that is worth killing for.
The main character is Red. We spend a lot of time in her head which I personally found slowed the narrative down, as we deal with her inner turmoil as she battles with not only the guilt over the death of her mother years ago as well as the secret that she's been told to tell no-one. 
But her friends lives hang in the balance, and it turns out she's not the only one with a deep dark secret. Would have been a 4 star read if we had had switched perspectives a little but other than that a solid read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

beightmana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Alcohol, and Classism

insidious_toxins's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

inkysplodge's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

alexiconic's review against another edition

4.0

When describing or reviewing this book I mostly think “nice”. Five Survive was a very nice book. The suspense was great, the character conflicts were nice, the twists were good, the build-up was cool, the representation of grief and adhd-like experiences of red was good. It wasn’t perfect - sometimes the repetition (although clearly purposeful) was  too much for me, some of the character relations could’ve been more fleshed out, sometimes the pacing was a bit inconsistent - but it was a good, enjoyable, nice thriller. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

luuleggelibri's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

Attendevo con trepidazione questo libro.
Dopo aver letto la trilogia di "Come ucc1dono le brave ragazze" (A good girl's guide to murd3r), al cui terzo libro ho dato 5⭐, non potevo non leggere anche questo.

L'inizio è molto promettente; la trama è costruita in modo semplice ma efficace.
I personaggi sono normali e allo stesso tempo vaghi, sfumati, dai pensieri e dal passato non così chiaro.
Al punto giusto troviamo una situazione di pericolo imminente tale che mi ha fatto provare un'inquietudine profonda, al punto che per un paio di notti non ho dormito poi così tanto bene 😅 può essere che sia perché non sono abituata a questo genere narrativo.

È scritto in modo molto scorrevole, cosa che mi ha invogliato ad andare avanti con la lettura (almeno all'inizio). 

É uno standalone. 
I personaggi escogitano e poi scelgono diversi piani d'azione per tirarsi fuori da questa situazione. Tuttavia mi aspettavo più colpi di scena, più sorprese.

È stato un buon tentativo di scrivere qualcosa dopo "A good girl's guide to murd3r", ma mancavano novità, elementi non facilmente predicibili, che avrebbero reso la mia esperienza di lettura più coinvolgente.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

lucha0s's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I just didn’t want to put this book down, I needed to know what happened next! Filled with red herrings and clues dropped along the way, I had a fun time trying to figure out the culprits.

That being said, I was not a fan of Red as a character and didn’t feel connected to her at all. All of her forgetful, scatterbrained-ness didn’t seem to be helpful to building her as a character and seemed only to be used as plot mechanism more than anything else.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

readwithde's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I was so excited for another book by Holly Jackson, but this one did not live up to the magic of the Good Girl's Guide series.

Thecentral mystery was interesting, but treated as a B plot. The main plot -- the teens trapped in the RV -- became much more annoying in light of the actual circumstances. 

All in all, not bad, but I would have loved to borrow this from the library instead of using an Audible credit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Death, Infidelity, and Police brutality

ella7211's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail