Five Survive: AN INSTANT NUMBER 1 NYT BESTSELLER AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER! An explosive crime thriller from the award-winning author of A Good Girls Guide to Murder.

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There’s definitely a lack of character development in Five Survive compared to the author’s previous trilogy, which could be due to the fact that this is a standalone novel, but I had trouble keeping each person separated as they all sounded exactly the same. As far as characters go, I thought Red and Oliver in particular were very compelling and well developed; the latter especially was increasingly terrifying as the book went on, and I loved the juxtaposition between the him and the sniper as different kinds of antagonists. What ensues is a high stakes novel with secrets, lies, and drama with one of the six not making it out alive. Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook). We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic.

All friends in some which way or another, brother and sister, boyfriend and girlfriend or just simply friends. While Five Survive has a completely different feel than AGGG, it still showcases Jackson's fluid and engaging writing style. A fearsome, remarkably ambitious novel that breaks through the boundaries of the genre to become epic - in all the best senses of the word.i have to mention that, surprisingly, the story managed to make me interested again at 60% or so, i finally felt like it was going somewhere when a few things that i definitely didn’t see coming started happening and suddenly i was invested. Because everyone there has secrets- it's simply a matter of figuring out whose is scandalous enough to kill for. i absolutely loved the A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder trilogy (i gave 5 stars to all the three books) so i was sure i would love this one too — and well, as you can see, i didn’t. Jackson set the scene well, with a good amount of background building, and lots of tension starting to grow.

Holly Jackson is the international bestselling author of the YA crime series: A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER, which has sold millions of copies and adapted into a major television show.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. It may have some inconsistencies, but it was a delicate read, although, I still have some unanswered questions to smear off; you'll understand, it's wild, and quite literally, full of tension. some parts i already guessed which made it slightly unenjoyable to read (i mean red was not very subtle) but it was overall underwhelming and wasn't enough for me to fully appreciate this book. Once I saw the premise of this new thriller from the author of The Good Girls Guide to Murder, I knew I needed to read it! readers who enjoy a locked-in/cornered kind of scenario might enjoy this more than i did, but i personally dont think this is HJs best work.

The trips starts off fine, but soon the tires of their RV are shot out in an area with no cell service. the characters in here were definitely a mixed bag- some I genuinely liked, others were meh and even some inspired murder (can you guess who that last one is? PLUS, the whole story takes place in less than 24 hours inside an RV which is such a unique concept, setting, and timeline.but the reason i gave it 4 stars is bc the story goes so fast and it’s incredibly enjoyable even with some of the characters driving me crazy and i actually quite enjoyed it. i didn’t enjoy reading her inner monologues at all, they were too monotonous and long for no reason.

i had the expectation that thrillers would be more of a page-turner experience but with this book trying to flip a page made me miserable because i just didn't care. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. It's also super weird that Jackson names the mafia family Gotti, after the most famous New York crime boss, when the characters are from Philadelphia, which has its own notorious crime families. was very disappointing and underwhelming so i'm hoping that a good girl's guide to murder is better. Eighteen year old Red and her friends are on a road trip in an RV, heading to the beach for Spring Break.There wasn't really a romance much in this, but thankfully, I didn't hate it when it was presented, I just felt indifferent towards it. i can see why the author thought that showing her trauma was important — however, it was not necessary to mention it all. The decisions they make and the overall atmosphere feels stale and stagnated at times, occasionally leaving you to question their choices or states, but those are the characters responding to this deathly scenario. Oliver is a complete psychopath, and I'm sure that he was acting out of fear, but still, that was crazy, and so is he.