Holly Jackson

The brand new unmissable crime thriller from Holly Jackson, best-selling, award-winning author of the Good Girl’s Guide to Murder trilogy.

Eight hours.
Six friends.
One sniper . . .

Eighteen year old Red and her friends are on a road trip in an RV, heading to the beach for Spring Break. It’s a long drive but spirits are high. Until the RV breaks down in the middle of nowhere. There’s no mobile phone reception and nobody around to help. And as the wheels are shot out, one by one, the friends realise that this is no accident. There’s a sniper out there in the dark watching them and he knows exactly who they are. One of the group has a secret that the sniper is willing to kill for.

A game of cat-and-mouse plays out as the group desperately tries to get help and to work out which member of the group is the target. Buried secrets are forced to light in the cramped, claustrophobic setting of the RV, and tensions within the group will reach deadly levels. Not everyone will survive the night.

Five Survive

kari <33

You couldn’t do that with dead moms, though, rebuild them. They stayed gone. 

making it say whatever she wanted it to. You could do that with memories too, sometimes. Lie to yourself, think fake thoughts to cover the ones you didn't want.

Just Red and Just Arthur, and they should probably just stay that way, because she didn't know how to be somebody's someone.

That was when Red knew for certain that she and Oliver Lavoy did not live in the same world. She could never hear a helicopter and think it was sent for her. No one loved her enough for that.

a lot of ppl annoyed me and lowkey predictable, but it was a nice read. it didn’t make me seat at the edge of my seat as what tiktok told me lol

MC does NOT have potential if she genuinely believed the sniper was not for her.

Elin Hakvoort

Even though I kind of got pieces of puzzle at some point, it was pleasant to read it

Mariia

While it didn’t quite reach the level of AGGGTM for me, this book definitely delivered an intense, gripping experience. The twist after the main plot? I have to admit that I did not see that coming from Arthur.

I had a love-hate relationship with Red. At one point, I was genuinely frustrated with her. In the middle of complete chaos, she’s can't stop thinking about those curtain patterns? Like, girl? Get a grip! As for Maddy, I really wish she had shown more strength and pushed back against her brother’s manipulation. She deserved better.

Simon and Reyna left me with mixed feelings, but since they weren’t central to the story, I didn’t dwell too much on them. What really bugged me was Oliver. I can't believe he got off so easily. With how manipulative and self-centered he was, I honestly think he should have faced more consequences.

Overall, I enjoyed the read. However, I do think the story would’ve benefited from more varied settings. Spending 300 pages mostly inside an RV over the course of just 8 hours made the pacing feel a bit claustrophobic at times. A little more movement or change in scenery could’ve added to the tension and made the plot even more thrilling. But yes, it's a 4-star read for me.

Kath

While it didn’t quite reach the level of AGGGTM for me, this book definitely delivered an intense, gripping experience. The twist after the main plot? I have to admit that I did not see that coming from Arthur.

I had a love-hate relationship with Red. At one point, I was genuinely frustrated with her. In the middle of complete chaos, she’s can't stop thinking about those curtain patterns? Like, girl? Get a grip! As for Maddy, I really wish she had shown more strength and pushed back against her brother’s manipulation. She deserved better.

Simon and Reyna left me with mixed feelings, but since they weren’t central to the story, I didn’t dwell too much on them. What really bugged me was Oliver. I can't believe he got off so easily. With how manipulative and self-centered he was, I honestly think he should have faced more consequences.


Overall, I enjoyed the read. However, I do think the story would’ve benefited from more varied settings. Spending 300 pages mostly inside an RV over the course of just 8 hours made the pacing feel a bit claustrophobic at times. A little more movement or change in scenery could’ve added to the tension and made the plot even more thrilling. But yes, it's a 4-star read for me.

The book was slow at the start and I initially wanted to drop it however i decided to trust the process and it did not disappoint. The plot was filled with plot twists and the wrap up of everything in the end made the whole thing a full circle moment. 

Lane Loyola

Holly Jackson, why do you always have to make endings like that?!?!?!?! 😭😭

Sílvia

This is a pretty good book. If you’re reading this after “a good girl’s guide to murder” keep in mind that this is a different type of book. This is not a trilogy, but you could say that it’s still divided into main chapters. Fast paced, never felt bored reading this. 

Loved how everything was explained, and how the circle finally closed. The last 100 pages or so were fucking dope! 

mirta <3

This is a pretty good book. If you’re reading this after “a good girl’s guide to murder” keep in mind that this is a different type of book. This is not a trilogy, but you could say that it’s still divided into main chapters. Fast paced, never felt bored reading this. 

Loved how everything was explained, and how the circle finally closed. The last 100 pages or so were fucking dope! 

This didn’t amount to what I wanted to be. The idea was so far-fetched and the ultimate execution of it wasn’t my favorite. I always enjoy Holly Jackson’s writing but storytelling I know what it can mount to. Now I will say I was satisfied by what happened to one character because I haven’t hated a character so much than this one. That consequences of action were needed but this was so crazily done. It was a whodunnit but in an RV? Yeah if anyone has ever been in a RV let alone with six grown people they were getting around that thing like it was a penthouse suite😂 

Priscilla Stanfield

3.5/5⭐️

This didn’t amount to what I wanted to be. The idea was so far-fetched and the ultimate execution of it wasn’t my favorite. I always enjoy Holly Jackson’s writing but storytelling I know what it can mount to. Now I will say I was satisfied by what happened to one character because I haven’t hated a character so much than this one. That consequences of action were needed but this was so crazily done. It was a whodunnit but in an RV? Yeah if anyone has ever been in a RV let alone with six grown people they were getting around that thing like it was a penthouse suite😂 

Fast paced and easy read. Only got one mark off because the main characters inner voice was difficult to read hahah.

Kass

only cause it’s Jackson she’s pretty dope

florrr

oliver is a piece of shit and he deserved that fr !!!!! love how every characters were built! had soo much fun and i did cry reading that letter at the end (i hope she went). simon stan through and through (i jus, for sum reason, love his character so much).

開花

Oliver and Catherine so had it coming. Sucks that Red couldn’t find out what the curtain design is but i think she wouldn’t care anymore. The letter was cute (but so devastating it gave ‘hey sarge, remember me?’ vibes)i hope she went.

melanie

SPOILERS it was good like it was but idk i thought it’d be better? the reveals were good. i only suspected arthur when he went to go look for red in the beginning so i was like omg :o and did not suspect catherine like daaamn your best friend?? i’m so glad oliver died i was so sick of him 

I don’t even know what to say except for fuck Oliver you got what you deserved 

Pia 

Holly Jackson is an instant read for me. 

This book was so good, the characters and the evolution of what happens inside the RV are amazing. I loved it, if I could i would reread it again for the first time.

Red was such an interesting main character, she was unreliable obviously, but she was so different from Pip that i loved it. 

My only gripe was the ending,  i just wanted more. It was a little unsatisfying, with the very end being up in the air much like how agggtm ended. 

Marleigh Toenyes

Holly Jackson is an instant read for me. 

This book was so good, the characters and the evolution of what happens inside the RV are amazing. I loved it, if I could i would reread it again for the first time.

Red was such an interesting main character, she was unreliable obviously, but she was so different from Pip that i loved it. 

My only gripe was the ending,  i just wanted more. It was a little unsatisfying, with the very end being up in the air much like how agggtm ended. 

Nach den ersten Seiten hat mich dieses Buch echt mental zum schwitzen gebracht. Sehr sehr gut durchdacht und geschrieben, allerdings hat mich jeder einzelner Charakter sauer gemacht. Trotzdem fantastische Wendungen, das Ende ist auch ok.  

Leon

So finishing this book was so fun. I enjoyed every minute of it. The twists, the turns, and THE BETRAYAL!! Ugh it was so good. I love Hollys work and i love her writing and stories. I wanted more of them. Like i wanted to know how Maddy feels about everything, if her dad got it together, i wanted to know how Red feels about EVERYTHING. Just a good read but im giving it a 4 star because it gives me more questions at the end than answers. 

Kaitlyn Grooms

Raven Kelly

I LOVED "A Good Girl's Guide to Murder" and the writing style that Holly Jackson brought to it, but I absolutely did not like this book very much. The writing style felt very fanfic and thrown together super quickly. I know there's only so much that can happen in an RV that breaks down in the middle of the woods story, but I'm shocked I finished this book honestly. Just not executed as well as I thought it would be after reading other Holly Jackson books.

I've heard amazing things about Jackson's writing, so I was looking forward to picking this up. It was fine. I thought the premise was a lot better than the execution. I loved the idea of this group of kids being stuck in the middle of nowhere while someone picks them off. I expected it to be tense and suspenseful, but it wasn't. I also didn't like any of the characters, so it didn't make a difference to me who lived or died. Everything played out like a CW teen drama. What kept me going was the pacing. The story happens at breakneck speed, which is what you want in a thriller. Was it predictable? Yes. Was it over the top? Yes. Did I still find it slightly entertaining? A bit, yeah. So while it wasn't super impressive, I'd still recommend it if you're looking for a quick thriller to pick up.

Heather Harrington

Kimmy Hobden

I really liked the plot twisted. Super easy and quick read 

Jasmin 

I read this in the span of a day, so that should tell you all you need to know about how good this book was.

and this is more of a pet peeve than anything else, but sometimes the dialect Holly Jackson writes in is so distinctly British English it pains me.

This could be due to the fact that I minored in linguistics and am a self-proclaimed linguistics nerd, but there are some sentences that are not grammatical to most American English speakers. The thing is, there's such detail paid to things like Simon saying "youse guys"--a phrase commonly used in the northern United States, but not when it comes to other general American grammaticality. I'm being harder on this because it takes place in the US--in AGGGTM, the UK version takes place in the UK and the US version takes place in the US. These instances took me out of the narrative and were a little disjointing for me.

Holly

I read this in the span of a day, so that should tell you all you need to know about how good this book was.

HOWEVER,

and this is more of a pet peeve than anything else, but sometimes the dialect Holly Jackson writes in is so distinctly British English it pains me.

This could be due to the fact that I minored in linguistics and am a self-proclaimed linguistics nerd, but there are some sentences that are not grammatical to most American English speakers. The thing is, there's such detail paid to things like Simon saying "youse guys"--a phrase commonly used in the northern United States, but not when it comes to other general American grammaticality. I'm being harder on this because it takes place in the US--in AGGGTM, the UK version takes place in the UK and the US version takes place in the US. These instances took me out of the narrative and were a little disjointing for me.